Background
Bolsterli, Margaret Jones was born on May 10, 1931 in Watson, Arkansas, United States. Daughter of Grover Clevel and Zena (Cason) Jones.
( In this gracefully written memoir, Margaret Jones Bolst...)
In this gracefully written memoir, Margaret Jones Bolsterli recounts her experiences as a lively, observant girl coming of age on an Arkansas cotton farm during the 1930s and 1940s. The Mississippi River's broad, flat floodplain provides the setting for her vivid strokes of memory and history each portraying key elements of the "southern sensibility." Bolsterli's themes include the southerner's strong sense of place, the penchant for stories rather than true dialog, a caste system based on formality and race, the underlying current of violence, and the repressive function of evangelical religion. She also examines manners, the patriarchal family structure, the "southern belle" concept, and the persistence of the memory of the Civil War. A fascinating chapter on food indicates how African and European customs are melded in southern cuisine to include chicken, pork, "cracklin' bread," gravy and biscuits, field peas, turnip greens, butter beans, devil's food cake, and dill pickles. Comparable to Shirley Abbott's Womenfolks, Born in the Delta is a valuable resource for those interested in southern history and culture, as well as readers who just enjoy a good story, well-told.
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( n telling the story of five generations of her family a...)
n telling the story of five generations of her family and its farm in the Arkansas Delta, Margaret Jones Bolsterli brings together her own research, historical perspective, and family lore as it reaches her from the days of her great-grandfather down to her nephew. The result is a family saga that is at once universal and personal, historical and timeless. During Wind and Rain moves from the land’s acquisition in 1848 through the Civil War and Reconstruction, the 1927 Flood, the Great Depression, and the drought of 1930 to the modern considerations of mechanization, fertilizer, pesticides, and irrigation. The transformation of dense swamp and forest to today’s commercial agriculture is the story of two hundred acres worked by people sowing their fate with sweat, ingenuity, and luck. From the hoes of Bolsterli’s great-grandfather Uriah’s time to her nephew Casey’s machinery capable of cultivating an acre in five minutes, During Wind and Rain poignantly portrays five generations of farmers motivated by dreams of a crop so good that the memory of it can warm the drafty floors of adversity for the rest of one's life.”
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(In her perceptive chronicle of everyday life on an Arkans...)
In her perceptive chronicle of everyday life on an Arkansas plantation, Harriet Bailey Bullock Daniel sheds light on the plantation economy, medical practices, religion, slavery, and sex roles in the period from 1849 until Daniel's marriage in 1872. The work is a rich mixture of mundane details surrounded by momentous events, and Daniel's sure grasp of both provides enjoyment and enlightenment for any reader.
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Bolsterli, Margaret Jones was born on May 10, 1931 in Watson, Arkansas, United States. Daughter of Grover Clevel and Zena (Cason) Jones.
Bachelor with honors, University Arkansas, 1952. Master of Arts, Washington University, St. Louis, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, 1967.
Assistant professor, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, 1967-1968; Professor of English,, U. Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1968-1993; professor emeritus, U. Arkansas, Fayetteville, since 1993; director Center for Arkansas and Regional Studies, U. Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1984-1987. Fulbright lecturer, Portugal, 1986. Visiting research fellow Yale University, 1997-1998;board directors Arkansas Humanities Council, 1992-1994.
( n telling the story of five generations of her family a...)
(In her perceptive chronicle of everyday life on an Arkans...)
( In this gracefully written memoir, Margaret Jones Bolst...)
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Member Modern Language Association (president women's caucus), South Center Modern Language Association.
Married Mark Bolsterli, December 30, 1953 (divorced December 1964). Children: Eric, David.