The Iowa That Was
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The Iowa That Was

Memories of an Iowa Farm Boy Turned Philosopher

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The Iowa That Was

Memories of an Iowa Farm Boy Turned Philosopher

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"You can take the boy out of the farm, but you can't get the farm out of the boy." Wayne Gustave Johnson explores this proverb as he recounts memories of his early years on an Iowa farm rented by his immigrant Swedish parents. Nourished by these gentle parents, a little church, eight years of country school, and four older siblings, Johnson established the values that shaped his life. The labor-intensive farming of the 1930s grounded him in the dignity of labor and the sense of fulfillment which comes through cooperation with nature. A little church of fundamentalist leanings nurtured his love of choral music and gave him respect for the support provided by religious faith. While his eight years of country schooling would not quite classify as prep school experience, they did provide a basic grasp of the three Rs. Sex education--of sorts--is inevitable on an Iowa farm where the romancing of farm animals is open to view. The transfer of these observed activities to human experience was natural, but required some fine-tuning. At thirteen, the death of his father prompted the author to eventually pursue the big questions through the study of religion and philosophy.

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Publisher
Resource Publications
Year
2022
ISBN
9781666794502
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Social Science Biographies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Acknowledgements
  3. Chapter 1: Swedish Roots
  4. Chapter 2: Odebolt, Iowa, My Home Town
  5. Chapter 3: The Farm
  6. Chapter 4: Country School
  7. Chapter 5: The Little Church that Nurtured Me
  8. Chapter 6: Labor Intensive Farming
  9. Chapter 7: Horsepower on the Farm
  10. Chapter 8: The Farmer’s Wife: My Mom
  11. Chapter 9: How We Ate
  12. Chapter 10: Trapping, Hunting, and Fishing
  13. Chapter 11: Sex Education on the Farm
  14. Chapter 12: Our Values
  15. Chapter 13: My Dad Dies
  16. Chapter 14: In Retrospect