Leaves from a Farm Boy's Diary

Written by Eddie W. Schodt in 1994, this book is a series of delightful stories about his boyhood on a farm in rural North Dakota. Born in 1914, to parents who had just immigrated to the United States from Denmark, Eddie was the second youngest of eight siblings. His book is designed to give today's young people an idea of what it was like to grow up in a time when there was no electricity or running water, in an era before automobiles, radio, television, telephones, computers, or...
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Written by Eddie W. Schodt in 1994, this book is a series of delightful stories about his boyhood on a farm in rural North Dakota. Born in 1914, to parents who had just immigrated to the United States from Denmark, Eddie was the second youngest of eight siblings. His book is designed to give today's young people an idea of what it was like to grow up in a time when there was no electricity or running water, in an era before automobiles, radio, television, telephones, computers, or other modern amenities were common. It was a boyhood filled with farm chores and hard work, but also hunting and trapping, family fun, and friendships made at the rural school he attended.