Description This new edition of Maude (1883-1993) has been updated by Mardo Williams' daughters, adding historical details their dad wished to make, twice as many photos, and nine appendices not present in the 1996 hardcover (which won an Ohioana Library Award for its author).
During her 110-year lifetime, Maude went from a 400-lb.
wood-burning stove to a microwave oven, from an outdoor privy to indoor plumbing.
She got the vote in 1920 and voted in the next 18 Presidential elections.
With poetry and human dramas (two murders and a suicide), written by a master journalist, the book shows the impact of the changing times on shy, unassuming Maude, her fun-loving husband Lee, and their four active children.
They farmed 100 acres on the banks of Rush Creek in Logan County (Ohio).
A favorite with book discussion groups, Maude has been adopted by several colleges for use as a supplemental American history text.
Mardo Williams brings out the extraordinary in a seemingly ordinary century's worth of experiences in his fine biography of Maude.
-Leonard Lopate, New York & Co.
, National Public Radio Maude is not only a fascinating story of an extraordinarily resilient woman but also an invaluable insight into how family life, and making a living, changed so dramatically during the 20th century.
The book is of considerable value not only to general readers but also to social historians.
Richard Trainor, Vice-Chancellor, University of Greenwich, U.
The antics of the children are delightful, as is the wisdom of Maude and her husband, Lee.
You'll read how neighbors helped one another during long days of harvest and butchering, you'll learn of games you've heard your grandparents speak of, you'll begin to understand the strength it took just to survive in a world without modern conveniences.
--Wendy Green, The Logan Daily News Maude .
puts a human face on history, showing us how the innumerable changes that occurred during the twentieth century forever altered life for.
Calliope Press Maude (1883-1993): she grew up with the country, paperback/mardo williams
