The Wisconsin Shelf
The Wisconsin Farm They Built: Tales of Family & Fortitude
Corey A. Geiger
The History Press
c/o Arcadia Publishing
420 Wando Park Blvd., Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
www.arcadiapublishing.com
9781467152747, $23.99, PB, 240pp
https://www.amazon.com/Wisconsin-Farm-They-Built-Fortitude/dp/1467152749
Synopsis: Corey Geiger is an international agricultural journalist and pair=
s his rural roots and lively storytelling talents to capture six generation=
s of life in America's Dairyland in "The Wisconsin Farm They Built: Tales o=
f Family & Fortitude".
After his mother Anna was killed by a train, Elmer Pritzl was thrown into a= dulthood at the tender age of sixteen. A clever and crafty fellow, Elmer qu= ickly found work at the local foundry. Promoted to foreman by age eighteen,=
he began supervising men double and even triple his age during the depths =
of the Great Depression.
However, that professional career track ended abruptly five years later whe=
n Elmer fell in love with a farmer's daughter, Julia Burich. Six months aft=
er their wedding, Julia's father passed away, and with no living male relat= ives left in her life, Julia's mother, Anna Burich, asked, "Elmer, will you=
run my farm?" So, Elmer, born a city boy, transformed his life and began a=
love affair with a Wisconsin family farm.
Critique: A quintessential memorial tribute to the Wisconsin family farm, "= Wisconsin Farm They Built, The: Tales of Family & Fortitude" features an in= formative Forward by Wisconsin historian and storyteller Jerry Apps, a two = page listing of 'A Basic Family Tree of Those Mentioned in the Book', and a=
six page Bibliography. Fascinating, informative, inspiring, "Wisconsin Far=
m They Built, The: Tales of Family & Fortitude" is the extraordinary, uniqu=
e, exceptional, and informative history of a family farm -- as well as an u= nreservedly recommended pick for personal, community, college, and universi=
ty library Wisconsin History and Mid-West American Agricultural History col= lections and supplemental curriculum studies lists.
Editorial Note: Corey Geiger (www.coreygeiger.com) is also the author of "O=
n a Wisconsin Family Farm: Historic Tales of Character, Community and Cultu= re" . In 1995, this University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate joined the Hoa= rd's Dairyman editorial team. In 2013, Geiger was tapped as the publication=
's fifth lead editor. Geiger was elected the sixty-fifth president of Holst= ein Association USA and serves on the board of directors for the World Dair=
y Expo. He remains true to his farming roots, managing and owning a portion=
of his six-generation family farm that serves as the epicenter for "The Wi= sconsin Farm They Built: Tales of Family & Fortitude".
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