| Edition |
University of Iowa Press paperback edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
A Bur Oak book
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Bur oak book.
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| Note |
Originally published: Ames : Iowa State University Press, ©1980. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Esther's Town could be "Any Town, U.S.A.," for the equals of its cast of characters can be found in any small town. And here, as usual, was the town newspaper editor, the observing eye of all the foibles and peccadillos that form any town's history. Remembering all the years with love and humor, editor Deemer Lee chronicled the forty-four years he gathered and wrote news - forty-one of them as editor and publisher of his town's newspaper. He dug into old records, recalled old times, and talked with old-timers. He illuminated the transition of Estherville, from pioneer settlement to a busy, active town |
| Contents |
An Era of Bootlegging, Culture under Canvas, and Arson -- Fearless Settlers and Rampaging Indians -- Blizzards, Prairie Fires, and Grasshoppers -- An Invasion from Outer Space -- New Life in the Town -- Progressives versus Standpatters -- Our Neighborhood Was Rarely Dull -- War Days and Happier Times -- When All the Banks Failed -- The Newspaper Game -- Eleven-Cent Corn, 108-Degree Heat, and a Twister -- Tears and Cheers -- Watching Estherville Grow -- It's All Progress, One Might Suppose. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Estherville (Iowa) -- History.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. |
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) |
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Iowa -- Estherville https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJkp9mfcYX7mtXBgy7bGHC |
| Genre/Form |
History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lee, Deemer, 1905-1979. Esther's town. University of Iowa Press paperback ed. Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2013 9781587295720 (DLC) 2011049772 (OCoLC)148583154 |
| ISBN |
9781609381769 (electronic bk.) |
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1609381769 (electronic bk.) |
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9781587295720 |
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1587295725 |
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1609385721 |
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9781609385729 |
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0813804590 |
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9780813804590 |
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