false 810875 66 male Moorhead, MN 01/2008 12/2009 8 157 157 true 5685849 read 0 true 1642052 currently-reading 0 true 1642051 to-read 0 false 4579251 the-cutbank-girl-by-erling-rolfsrud Stalking Susan: A Novel (Hardcover) by Julie Kramer]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81383284 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51WpZuUvanL._SL75_.jpg 810875 Keith http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/810875-keith Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:41:52 -0800 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81279474 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1234606708s/2657.jpg 810875 Keith http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/810875-keith Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:32:48 -0800 The Plague of Doves: A Novel (Hardcover) by Louise Erdrich]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78003029 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255643485s/2227528.jpg 810875 Keith http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/810875-keith Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:30:58 -0800 more...]]> Westhope: Life as a Former Farm Boy (Hardcover) by Dean Hulse]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76051534 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51iY449NFVL._SL75_.jpg 810875 Keith http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/810875-keith Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:27:55 -0700 more...]]> Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs (Hardcover) by Elissa Wall]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75282776 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255629380s/2659997.jpg 810875 Keith http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/810875-keith Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:04:28 -0700 more...]]> Power & Stride: The Nancy Burggraf Story (Hardcover) by Merrie Sue Holtan]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74446542 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51j1iRE%2BOxL._SL75_.jpg 810875 Keith http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/810875-keith Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:17:33 -0700 more...]]> The Virgin's Lover (Paperback) by Philippa Gregory]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74446221 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166719849s/16183.jpg 810875 Keith http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/810875-keith Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:04:49 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39478617 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg 810875 Keith http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/810875-keith Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:00:31 -0700 Brandie wrote: "I was so happy to come across this review. This wonderful small book was written by my great-uncle.

When I first read the book I was really touched to learn a small piece of history of my fami..."
Thank you fore the comment, Brandie. You should indeed be proud to be the grandaughter of Siri. Women were central to the settlement of the plains, and I always knew that those who stayed became women who were bigger than life. Now I know that the same holds true even for those who went back home. Harding County was America's last frontier. Archer Gilfillan, in his book, SHEEP, muses that when homesteading finally came to Harding county, the requirement for "proving up" a homestead was reduced from five years to three years by the federal government, because, in Harding County, "it took only three years for a man to go completely broke." If you haven't read Gilfillan's book, you might enjoy it. It has been reprinted several times since its first appearance around 1930, most recently, I think, by the University of Minnesota. It is a look at Harding County from a different perspective, the perspective of a highly educated alcoholic bachelor sheepherder who did go broke in less than three years out there.
Thanks again for the comment. I shall always treasure the memory of the book.
]]> Finger Lickin' Fifteen (Stephanie Plum, #15) by Janet Evanovich]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68706092 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255691120s/6048530.jpg 810875 Keith http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/810875-keith Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:44:05 -0700