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Article: Mushrooms, ham loaf and days gone by ...
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- Dayton Daily News
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- March 17, 2008
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Mildred Armstrong Kalish writes so lovingly about growing up in
rural poverty that it almost makes you rue your middle-class
upbringing.
"Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm
During the Great Depression" came highly recommended by my mother,
and that's no surprise. She was born a few years removed from the
Depression and a few miles removed the farm, but the memoir still
rings true to her Iowa roots.
More surprising is the fact that "Little Heathens" made the New
York Times Book Review's list of top five nonfiction books for 2007.
Its straightforward prose ("Here's how we made our bed for the
coldest weather ...") and down-home subject matter (chapters include
"Box ...