Custom combining on the Great Plains: A history

by Thomas D. Isern

hardcover with dust jacket

248 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1981

About the author

Professor of History & University Distinguished Professor, North Dakota State University
Author & presenter of Plains Folk on Prairie Public radio (and NPR One)
Author & presenter of the Willow Creek Folk School, livestream at plainsfolk.com
Married to historian & editor Suzzanne Kelley
Home in North Dakota, farm in Kansas
Bethany Swede
OSU Cowboy
NDSU Bison
Originator of the following Goodreads Listopia lists:
*The Dakota War in Dakota Territory
*German-Russian Country
Goodreads group manager, "Great Plains Book Club"

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Reviews

[Glenn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Growing up on a farm and involved with the harvest, I always wondered about this group of people who roamed the prairies with the combines and trucks. Every year there were some in the neighborhood but our farm was one of those middle-sized ones that Dr Isern notes had their own harvesting equipment once the combines came to the market place. Before that they did hire harvesters with their threshers to help out. These links made this an enjoyable and educational book for me.