A prairie populist :: the memoirs of Luna Kellie /

Populist singer, Mid-Roader, editor, publisher, wife, mother of eleven, Luna Kellie was a well-informed, fervent member of the Farmers' Alliance movement in the latter part of the nineteenth century. Radicalized by railroad monopolies, corrupt government, recurring drought, heavy mortgages, and...

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Main Author: Kellie, Luna
Other Authors: Nelsen, Jane Taylor, 1965-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Iowa City, IA : University of Iowa Press, ©1992.
Series:Singular lives.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Populist singer, Mid-Roader, editor, publisher, wife, mother of eleven, Luna Kellie was a well-informed, fervent member of the Farmers' Alliance movement in the latter part of the nineteenth century. Radicalized by railroad monopolies, corrupt government, recurring drought, heavy mortgages, and a desperate combination of rising costs and falling returns, prairie farmers were turning their energy toward raising ""less corn and more hell."" Kellie actively sought to organize Nebraska into cooperatives and educate rural people about land, transportation, and money reform. Her compelling, often he
Physical Description:1 online resource (xix, 188 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-188).
ISBN:1587291657
9781587291654