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Checkered Years: A Bonanza Farm Diary, 1884-88 (Borealis Books)

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Title: Checkered Years: A Bonanza Farm Diary, 1884-88 (Borealis Books)
by Mary Dodge Woodward, Mary Boynton Cowdrey, Mary B. Cowdry, Elizabeth Jameson
ISBN: 0-87351-237-5
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
Pub. Date: October, 1989
Format: Paperback
Volumes: 1
List Price(USD): $12.95
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Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)

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Rating: 5
Summary: One of my favorite books
Comment: I first read the diary of Mary Dodge Woodward several years ago. Because I love the sound of Mary's written voice, I've reread it several times. It never fails to enchant. Reading this book is almost like time traveling back to the Bonanza Farm days. I found this story so compelling that I actually searched out the site of this old farm and visited with it's current residents. The site of the old Dodge farm is just west of Sheyenne Road, a half mile west of the Garrison Diversion substation. I stood in the remains of Mary's old cellar, and showed my children the location of the old barn that had the skull and crossbones sign painted on it. The location of the machine shop continues to hold so much old oil from Mary's time that grass does not grow on the site. This is a wonderful book for anyone that likes to read about the early days of Dakota territory.

Rating: 3
Summary: A true picture of life on the Plains in the 1880s
Comment: A friend loaned me The Checkered Years, and after reading it, I purchased two copies, one to give away and another to lend and ultimately to keep in my library. From the day-to-day writings of Mary Dodge Woodward, the reader begins to understand the central role of weather in the life of the early Dakota settlers - the awesome cold, wind, and heat; the blizzards, drought, and flood - all matter-of-factly but beautifully described in an unpretentious diary. The diary entries give a hint of the tremendous effort it took on Mary's part and that of her family to build up a large wheat farm, and along with that, the uncertainties she faced as a widow growing old. I wish the book had more background information in its introduction and more diary entries that, even though they probably would have seemed repetitive, may have given more focus to the people mentioned in the selections.

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