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Stories from the round barn

Title
Stories from the round barn / Jacqueline Dougan Jackson.
Author
Jackson, Jacqueline, 1928-
Publication
Evanston, Ill. : TriQuarterly Books, 2000, ©1997.

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TextUse in library S521.5.W6 J28 1997Off-site

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Description
x, 249 pages : illustrations, music; 19 cm
Summary
"Using stories, anecdotes, history, and even veterinary science, Jackson braids together a series of dramatic fragments and episodes to vividly recreate life on the Dougan dairy farm." "Founded in 1911 by W.J. Dougan near Beloit, Wisconsin, the Dougan farm, with its unusual round barn, is symbolic of a vanishing era. A renowned farm which was among the first to introduce many aspects of modern dairying to its operation, the Dougan farm eventually became a victim of agribusiness-style dairying and was closed." "As Jackson recreates the texture and tone of life on the farm, larger themes emerge: the constant balancing between material life and spirit, the quest for humane values within a hard world of business and labor, the difficult lessons fundamental to childhood."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Duggan family > Anecdotes
  • Duggan family
  • Farm life > Wisconsin > Beloit Area > Anecdotes
  • Dairy farming > Wisconsin > Beloit Area > Anecdotes
  • Family farms > Wisconsin > Beloit Area > Anecdotes
  • Dairy farming
  • Family farms
  • Farm life
Genre/Form
  • Anecdotes
  • Anecdotes.
ISBN
  • 0810151014
  • 9780810151017
  • 0810150727
  • 9780810150720
LCCN
97025488
OCLC
  • ocm37211224
  • 37211224
  • SCSB-349257
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library