01479cam a2200349 i 4500 2357480540 TxAuBib 20150302120000.0 131216s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2013044629 9781421414508 hardcover : alk. paper 1421414503 hardcover : alk. paper 9781421414515 pbk. : alk. paper 1421414511 pbk. : alk. paper (OCoLC)866563746 DLC eng rda DLC YDX YDXCP BTCTA BDX CDX UKMGB OCLCF PUL AGL TxAuBib rda Danbom, David B., 1947- Sod busting [BOOK] : how families made farms on the nineteenth-century plains / David B. Danbom. How families made farms on the nineteenth-century plains. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014. x, 129 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier How things worked Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-121) and index. How they acquired land -- How they built farms -- How they got credit -- How they built communities -- How the plains matured. 20150302. Agriculture Great Plains History 19th century. Farmers Great Plains History 19th century. How things worked.