HISTORY BY HAND

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Book Number: 404008 (title page)

The Book: Sod-House Days: Letters from a Kansas Homesteader 1877-78, by Howard Ruede. Edited by John Ise. Published by Cooper Square Publishers, New York, 1966. Index, illus., orange cloth, 8vo., 248 pp. VG condition.

Excerpts from a series of letters written by Kansas Homesteader Howard Ruede between 1877 and 1878. Reude was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in 1854 and went to Kansas at the age of 23. His letters chronicle his experiences and include many references to fellow homesteaders.

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