{"product_id":"from-the-hidewood-book-robert-amerson-9780873513340","title":"From the Hidewood","description":"In twenty-one interwoven stories, author Robert Amerson re-creates life on his family's 160-acre farm in the remote Hidewood Hills of eastern South Dakota from 1934 to 1942. Each story, told from the perspective of a family member or farmer neighbor, captures the moods, sounds, sights, and relationships of these rural Americans at a time of tremendous change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNine-year-old Robert Amerson is a dreamer fascinated by books, airplanes, and cars. As he grows older, he becomes impatient with old-fashioned horse farming, and he struggles to balance his responsibilities to the farm with the attractions of high school and life in town. His father Clarence, a master at making do, labors unceasingly but never seems to get ahead. His mother Bernice, who fights off dark emotions along with frustration at not -having it nice, - concentrates her energy on getting her children an education.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this time of Depression-related hardships, edging toward the eve of World War I, co-operation and hard work are key to the survival of small farms. Neighbors join together to butcher hogs, run the one-room school, build roads, thresh grain, and celebrate the landmarks of their lives. They turn out, without fail, to help a family suffering a disaster-filled summer. And they work hard for the means to better their lives with new tractors, gas-powered washing machines, indoor bathrooms, wells that produce good drinking water - and, eventually, rural electrification and milking machines. In From the Hidewood, Amerson has written far more than an -I remember when- account. In exquisite detail, he portrays a particular moment in time with a power that could help many readers better understand their own pasts.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50370871918865,"sku":"CIN0873513347G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51416600576273,"sku":"CIN0873513347VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52740449861905,"sku":"NIN9780873513340","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0873513347.jpg?v=1750883807","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/de-de\/products\/from-the-hidewood-buch-robert-amerson-9780873513340","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}