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Book/Printed Material The story of my childhood, written for my children.

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Title

  • The story of my childhood, written for my children.

Summary

  • This brief autobiography written for the author's children and illustrated with photographs pays particular attention to children's activities and education in mid- nineteenth-century Minnesota. George describes the journey her family made when she was an infant from Indiana to Le Sueur County, Minnesota, and reminisces about her childhood in the villages of Ottawa and Le Sueur, where her father became a partner in a family-owned sawmill. After the Sioux uprising in 1862, in which many settlers in the region were killed, the family moved to Rapidan, in Blue Earth County (south of Mankato), onto land made available by the forced removal of the Winnebago Indians. In the course of the book George describes how sawmills of the time operated, provides information about local animals and plants, and recalls her early experiences with Indians.

Names

  • George, Alice Mendenhall, 1854-

Created / Published

  • Whittier, Calif. [Will A. Smith] 1923.

Headings

  • -  Frontier and pioneer life--Minnesota

Notes

  • -  Lettered on cover: A daughter of pioneers.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Medium

  • 3 p.l., 13-88 p. incl. mounted photos. (incl. ports.) 19 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F606 .G34

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 27004681

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf

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Rights & Access

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Chicago citation style:

George, Alice Mendenhall. The Story of My Childhood, Written for My Children. [Whittier, Calif. Will A. Smith, 1923] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/27004681/.

APA citation style:

George, A. M. (1923) The Story of My Childhood, Written for My Children. [Whittier, Calif. Will A. Smith] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/27004681/.

MLA citation style:

George, Alice Mendenhall. The Story of My Childhood, Written for My Children. [Whittier, Calif. Will A. Smith, 1923] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/27004681/>.