Land Of The Burnt Thigh: A Lively Story of Women Homesteaders On The South Dakota Frontier

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LAND OflllE BURNT THIGH i ii LAND Of THE BIIRNT TBIGB EDITH EUDORA KOHL Introduction by Glenda Riley 11 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESS iii New material copyright © 1986 by the Minnesota Historical Society. All rights reserved . No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information, write to the Minnesota Historical Society Press, 345 Kellogg Blvd. w., St. Paul, MN 55102-1906. First published in 1938 by Funk & Wagnalls, Inc. www.mnhs.org/mhspress The Minnesota Historical Society Press is a member of the Association ofAmerican University Presses. Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 @The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Drawings by Stephen J. Voorhies International Standard Book Number 0-87351-199-9 Library ofCongress Cata[oging-in-Publication Data Kohl, Edith Eudora, b. 1884. Land of the burnt thigh. Reprint. Originally published: New York: Funk & WagnaLls, 1938. 1. Kohl, Edith Eudora, b. 1884. 2. Frontier and pioneer life-South Dakota. 3. Farm life-South Dakota-History. 4. South Dakota-Social life and customs. 5. Pioneers-South Dakota-Biography. 6. South Dakota-Biography. I. Title F656.K65 1986 978.3'03'0924 [B] 86-12627 ISBN 0-87351-199-9 iv TO THE MEMORY OF IDA MARY v vi ...