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Kansas Heritage
In the pages of Kansas Heritage there is much of America - rural America - with all its color, warmth, and charm. Mrs. Pabst's memoir of her happy, zestful childhood days in Kansas during the 1890's is a fascinating chronicle of a way of life that has all but disappeared in this age of electronics.
Interwoven with the author's own memories are those of her parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents, as they have been recalled and retold from generation to generation These family tales of the adventures and hardships of the courageous, sturdy men and women who trekked westward during the early and middle years of the last century make an impressive frame for the delightful picture Mrs. Pabst has drawn.
As young Lettie Little, in the years just before the turn of the century, concerned herself with the buzzing activity all around her - the church sociables, the spelling bees and the fun outdoors with her pony and dogs - she was also coming to know the saga of her family. She loved to hear the romantic story of how Great-grandfather John Castle, in the year 1820, had built a raft on which he and his bride sailed down the Ohio River on the journey westward in search of a better land and a better life. She never tired of hearing how her own father, Theodore Little, had been carried as a babe in arms, in the year 1859, into Kansas Territory where his first playmates were young Kaw Indians
Many other inspiring chapters of the family's history instill in the small girl a deep love for her country and her ancestry.
Reading Kansas heritage is a heart-warming experience. Mrs. Pabst sets down her memories in such informal style that the reader feels that he has dropped in for a visit with her in her Kansas home. (From the cover)
Interwoven with the author's own memories are those of her parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents, as they have been recalled and retold from generation to generation These family tales of the adventures and hardships of the courageous, sturdy men and women who trekked westward during the early and middle years of the last century make an impressive frame for the delightful picture Mrs. Pabst has drawn.
As young Lettie Little, in the years just before the turn of the century, concerned herself with the buzzing activity all around her - the church sociables, the spelling bees and the fun outdoors with her pony and dogs - she was also coming to know the saga of her family. She loved to hear the romantic story of how Great-grandfather John Castle, in the year 1820, had built a raft on which he and his bride sailed down the Ohio River on the journey westward in search of a better land and a better life. She never tired of hearing how her own father, Theodore Little, had been carried as a babe in arms, in the year 1859, into Kansas Territory where his first playmates were young Kaw Indians
Many other inspiring chapters of the family's history instill in the small girl a deep love for her country and her ancestry.
Reading Kansas heritage is a heart-warming experience. Mrs. Pabst sets down her memories in such informal style that the reader feels that he has dropped in for a visit with her in her Kansas home. (From the cover)
153 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1956
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January 30, 2021
A book in the same vein of Laura Ingalls Wilder's books, telling the history of her family and at the same time the history of a certain time in the United States. Pabst's family were pioneers who settled in Kansas and she tells the story of her mother and father's childhood as well as her own. This is particularly interesting for anyone living in the area of Emporia, KS as it is the history of that area as well. I enjoyed this and found her a good story teller although at the times it dipped into some confusing theology and had some offensive stereotypes.
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