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Tables of Contents for Sod and Stubble
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Illustrations
ix
Foreword
xi
Thomas D. Isern
Editor's Preface
xvii
Acknowledgments
xix
Part One: Breaking Sod---A Story of Pioneer Life in Kansas
1
330
Preface
5
4
A Simple Wedding
9
8
The Hopeful Journey
17
13
A New Homestead
30
7
The Neighbors
37
6
The First Months in the Log Cabin
43
13
The Mad Wolf
56
6
Horse Thieves
62
5
The Bright-Eyed Baby
67
8
Grasshoppers
75
4
Two Letters
79
8
Grasshopper Relief
87
7
The Great Menace Again
94
3
The Prairie Smiles Once More
97
6
The New House, and a Trip Back Home
103
7
Dangers of Pioneering
110
8
Henry Signs a Note
118
9
The Coming of the Railroad
127
8
A Prairie Fire
135
5
The Road Fight
140
7
The Retreat of the Defeated Legion
147
7
Unkind Seasons
154
4
Good Years and the New House
158
13
Trouble for the Little Children
171
4
A Happy Day, and an Anxious Night
175
9
A Sick Baby
184
12
More Hard Years and Hard Problems
196
11
Henry Buys a Windmill, and Sells Some Cattle
207
9
More Drouth and Anxiety. . .and Hope
216
12
Good Crops and the New Barn
228
11
Trouble in School and Church
239
18
A Dust Storm
257
8
The Darkness Before Dawn
265
11
Better Times
276
8
The End of a Brave Fight
284
16
Rosie and the Children Manage
300
16
The Sale, and the End of Pioneering
316
9
Afterword: Sale Auction Book (1909)
325
6
Part Two: Sod and Stubble---The Ise Family Before and After
331
48
The Haag Family and the Early Years in Kansas
333
21
Henry Ise and the Eisenmanger Family
354
10
The Writing of Sod and Stubble
364
7
After Sod and Stubble: Of Rosa and the Children
371
8
Notes
379
56
Bibliography
435
4
Index
439