Happy as a Big Sunflower: Adventures in the West, 1875-1880

by Rolf Johnson

In 1876 Rolf Johnson and his family left Illinois for Phelps County, Nebraska. There they faced the challenges of pioneering on the Great Plains: digging wells, building sod houses, plowing and planting crops, and fighting prairie fires. Johnson's diary goes beyond individual conquest, however, and provides insight into the great cooperative endeavor of plains settlement. Rolf's Swedish family and neighbors worked and socialized with other Swedes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803276141
• ISBN13: 9780803276147
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Bison Books
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"