The burning prairie
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1 online resource (1 audio file (3hr., 16 min.)) : digital.
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electronic resource - Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: [United States] : Books In Motion : Made available through hoopla, 2016.
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Restrictions on Access Note: | Digital content provided by hoopla. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Gene Engene. |
Summary, etc.: | During the frontier days, North Dakota was considered the land of opportunity by hardy pioneers eager to settle on 160 free acres offered by the government. All they had to do was prove up on the land for three years and it was theirs. The Morgan family found proving up was no simple task. The prairie they experienced was a killer - hot and dry in the summer, numbing cold in the winter, torrential rains that turned their sod house into a dripping muddy mess, tornadoes, prairie fires, and hordes of insects. But they were determined to stick it out... |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Subject: | Pioneers Fiction North Dakota Fiction |