The Youngest Brother
On a Kansas Wheat
Farm during the Roaring Twenties
and the Great Depression.
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Book Details
About the Book
The Youngest Brother is a firstperson account by the youngest of five children born to a prosperous Kansas wheat farmer during the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression. This is a family's struggle to preserve their relationships and maintain the farm after the father became seriously crippled when the author was just a toddler.
The Youngest Brother is entertaining and contains a touch of humor. It describes life as it was in the "the good old days," when considerably more than half of all Americans lived on farms. The Youngest Brother describes in detail the amenities of the day, but challenges you to make modern comparisons. The events are not chronological. Many overlap, yet, in general, they follow a historical sequence.
About the Author
C. Hugh Snyder was born in 1915. He is a retired meteorologist having served in World War II and The National Weather Service. He has three daughters, eight grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. He has written technical material on the job and after retirement has written a few articles for publication.