Rocky Ground: An Ozark Family Holds On Through Hard Times, by Margaret Dubois
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Rocky Ground: An Ozark Family Holds On Through Hard Times, by Margaret Dubois
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The economy didn't go through the Great Depression - people did. Margaret DuBois grew up in a period of historic deprivation. Her family had to retreat to her grandparents' Ozark farm to survive. The farm patriarch, her grandfather, was an orator - a minister who had once served as a State Legislator. Their home-life differed from most similarly-situated Ozark families in its focus on spiritual duties and the love of learning. Books lined their shelves. Political bombast and pious sermon occupied their dinners. They didn't get up pre-dawn as most farm families did. Hard times drew out the best and worst of human character. As she watched her family cope with all manner of human failing, and unremitting rotten luck, Margaret saw that people are complex and rife with contradictions. In her family's composure through bitter disappointments she saw a strength of character worthy of remembrance. And on that rocky ground where the DuBois family held fast, she hatched her dreams.
Rocky Ground: An Ozark Family Holds On Through Hard Times, by Margaret Dubois- Amazon Sales Rank: #4863409 in Books
- Published on: 2015-03-24
- Released on: 2015-03-24
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .58" w x 6.00" l, .75 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 228 pages
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. What was it like "back when?" By Marian Maragaret DuBois paints a picture of transitions. Because the Depression sent her family back to her grandfather's farm in the Missouri Ozarks, where it was possible to survive, and even thrive, without much money but with hard work, she spent her childhood in a Victorian household (horsehair sofas and kerosene lamps) that was dominated by her minister-politician-patriarch grandfather, whom she came to love and respect, even though -- as she concludes -- "he was wrong about nearly everything." The chapters are mostly self-contained, written at different times but, overall, illuminating the personal side of those crucial mid-20th century years of Depression and War. when power shifted within families, when children raised on farms and in small towns were called to fight abroad and take jobs far removed from their origins in order to better their lives and those of their families. The Dust Bowl caused a mass migration, followed by the mass exodus from those rural roots to population centers of wartime production. Here we see the personal side of those transitions through the eyes of an adult who remembers what it was like to be a child and a shy adolescent but was always an acute observer of the life around her... And the humor flows throughout. Getting a radio turned out to be a disaster for family peace as Grandfather insisted on arguing with FDR during his broadcast Fireside Chats. Missouri phrases and songs abound. There are tales of courage -- seeing family members facing off with an angry bull left DuBois believing she has no need to travel to Spain to see the bulls run at Pamplona. Tales of loyalty by family, including the animals (Old Pete, her brother's dog). Tales of disappointment, economic and personal. Tales of hope of a better life, through education (oh, the struggle to get to college!), through ingenuity and hard work. Here is the story of a time gone by as seen through the eyes of one who lived it and has lived long enough since to be able to make an assessment of what it meant in the context of the rest of the century. It's a rare view, and an intriguing one.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Engrossing coming of age story during economic hard times By Jane Freeman ROCKY GROUND, a memoir by Margaret DuBois, is a wonderful growing up story of life during the depression, on a farm in the Ozarks. There's humor and also sadness, seen through a child's eyes. She observes, but the adult reader knows more. Sometimes the adult Margaret interjects and explains. But the narrative still flows. Readers will reflect on their own childhoods. This book would be a great book club choice and also lends itself to read-alouds.Available from Amazon or business1@expressive.info
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A fascinating memoir By J. Miller Margaret DuBois has created a historical record of a special time and place in America: a farm in the Ozarks during the Great Depression. She brilliantly captures farm life in those years, its pleasures and its disasters. Her vivid characterizations of her family members bring them to life: her grandfather, so unflinchingly true to his principles no matter the cost; her grandmother, isolated by her deafness but nevertheless strong and independent; her father ever in pursuit of self-sufficiency but ever at the mercy of others' treacheries; her mother, diligent and patient and supportive of everyone else's aims; her brother, working so hard to make his dream of higher education come true; and herself, sharing her family's hard times but having the fortitude to find her own way in the world.Her fluid prose captivates the reader as tale after tale unfolds in this memoir, by turns hilarious and heartbreaking. We become acquainted with the farm's free-thinking guinea fowl, the docile Guernsey cows and their bellowing male companion, the goats with their cunning teamwork, and the hogs who rid the area of poisonous snakes.The family dynamics are riveting, the effects of world events are fascinating, and the fortitude in the face of adversity is inspiring. It's a book that informs and delights.
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