A Piece of Kansas Soil
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A Piece of Kansas Soil
By: Jim Cossaart
"Nobody understood it. Nobody. My love for a piece of Kansas soil was only shared by those who were long buried in it."
Jim Cossaart was a windmill repairman, a blacksmith's apprentice, a tractor salesman, a rancher, and a farmer, who eventually became a dentist.
Jim's prairie home has been in his family for six generations.
Surviving dust storms, tornadoes, the farm crisis of the 1980s, and near bankruptcy, his farm still stands as a symbol of the tenacity of the tallgrass prairie itself.
These beautifully composed stories of the Great Plains, filled with suspense, redemption, love, and barely believable characters, provide the backdrop for the author's personal struggles to preserve both the land and his relationship to it.
Paperback; 390 pages
ISBN: 978-0996428316
About the Author
Jim Cossaart, in addition to his multiple occupations before settling on dentistry, has lived in several locations throughout Kansas, Nebraska, and Vermont.
He earned his bachelor's degree in Agriculture from Kansas State University years before graduating from UNL's Dental College, where he was the oldest student in his class.
He and his wife now run a dental practice in Bristol, Vermont
By: Jim Cossaart
"Nobody understood it. Nobody. My love for a piece of Kansas soil was only shared by those who were long buried in it."
Jim Cossaart was a windmill repairman, a blacksmith's apprentice, a tractor salesman, a rancher, and a farmer, who eventually became a dentist.
Jim's prairie home has been in his family for six generations.
Surviving dust storms, tornadoes, the farm crisis of the 1980s, and near bankruptcy, his farm still stands as a symbol of the tenacity of the tallgrass prairie itself.
These beautifully composed stories of the Great Plains, filled with suspense, redemption, love, and barely believable characters, provide the backdrop for the author's personal struggles to preserve both the land and his relationship to it.
Paperback; 390 pages
ISBN: 978-0996428316
About the Author
Jim Cossaart, in addition to his multiple occupations before settling on dentistry, has lived in several locations throughout Kansas, Nebraska, and Vermont.
He earned his bachelor's degree in Agriculture from Kansas State University years before graduating from UNL's Dental College, where he was the oldest student in his class.
He and his wife now run a dental practice in Bristol, Vermont