{"product_id":"plains-farmer-the-diary-of-william-g-deloach-1914-1964-paperback","title":"Plains Farmer: The Diary of William G. Deloach, 1914-1964 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Green Deloach\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJanet M. Neugebauer\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eCharles D. Shaw\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGathering eggs, planting crops, feeding hogs: firsthand experience of these grows more distant with each new generation. From 1914 to 1964, however, a West Texas farmer named William G. DeLoach quietly recorded this life-style. He described weather, plantings, harvests, births, and deaths in his diary. In doing so, he not only chronicled the life changes that everyone experiences but also kept a record of the developments taking place across the country and around the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe diary's editor, Janet Neugebauer, supplies interweaves explanations to round out the picture that DeLoach offers in his personal descriptions. Her history is a book unto itself that gives the context of the farming experience on the Great Plains. She explains the frustration farmers felt from overproduction, the price-cost squeeze, the exodus of young people into the cities, and the increasingly strong role the government played in what was shifting from a family's way of life to a corporate industry. Graceful and accurately detailed sketches by Charles Shaw provide the visual backdrop for DeLoach's story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis work provides an overview of fifty years of national and international history as well as an intimate account of the life of an ordinary man in a changing world. Few farmers had time or inclination to keep a record of their day-to-day lives, but William DeLoach's perseverance has left us with a rich history of one family's triumphs and failures during half a century. For anyone who ever lived on a farm or visited relatives' farms, as well as for those interested in this aspect of our national history, this book will prove a real treasure.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJanet Neugebauer is the assistant archivist for the Southwest Collection at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, where DeLoach's diary is located. She lived on a farm within eighty miles of DeLoach's for sixteen years. She is the author of several publications on farm and ranch life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.92 x 9.28 x 7.42 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 19, 1991\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51800116232480,"sku":"9781585440443","price":55.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/32e119d8584fab442829a8ae79e39ce5.webp?v=1780833307","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/plains-farmer-the-diary-of-william-g-deloach-1914-1964-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}