Farming the Cutover

by Robert E. Gough

After northern Wisconsin was cleared by commercial loggers early in the twentieth century, enthusiastic promoters and optimistic settlers envisioned transforming this "cutover" into a land of yeoman farmers. Here thousands of families--mostly immigrants or second-generation Americans--sought to recreate old worlds and build new farms on land that would come to be considered agriculturally worthless. In the end, they succumbed not to drought or soil...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700608508
• ISBN13: 9780700608508
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.2"