tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post115630868292448264..comments2024-02-24T18:30:26.749-07:00Comments on prairiemary: LAND OF THE BURNT THIGH by Edith Eudora KohlUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post-83444779570117648872013-11-30T09:57:11.388-07:002013-11-30T09:57:11.388-07:00I, too, LOVED Land of the Burnt Thigh. My gr grand...I, too, LOVED Land of the Burnt Thigh. My gr grandfather and family settled in the area in which the book is set in 1873.- spent the first winter in a sod hut etc. etc. I would loved to have spoken to Edith. To ask specifically where she writes about. <br />Karen Wittmayer Beckersbexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00325163684321703351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post-58725883146042508832010-09-05T15:30:08.663-06:002010-09-05T15:30:08.663-06:00I loved this book. Have you given thought to havi...I loved this book. Have you given thought to having any of the unpublished manuscripts published? It would be fun to read more. What happened to her after she left South Dakota? A biography of her would be fascinating.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post-63340418026608970222010-02-08T13:35:17.049-07:002010-02-08T13:35:17.049-07:00Aunt Edie, as we knew her, was my Grandmother'...Aunt Edie, as we knew her, was my Grandmother's sister-in-law. Aunt Edie eventually settled in Denver where she wrote regularly for the Empire section of the Denver Post. She also wrote about the historic mansions of Denver. Our family has some of her unpublished manuscripts. She was indeed a character.Wendynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post-1164850561132290082006-11-29T18:36:00.000-07:002006-11-29T18:36:00.000-07:00Ah, the Internet. Saturday I bought a roughed-up ...Ah, the Internet. Saturday I bought a roughed-up copy of E.E. Kohl's book LAND OF THE BURNT THIGH. I thought I had heard of it but was not sure. Before reading it I found your post on the Internet giving me a nice introduction to the work, which is wonderful. I read it with a sense of nostalgia for what Kohl wanted to happen to the area, from a perspective which realizes that her dream has dried up and blown away in this era of factory farms and dwindling population in the nation's breadbasket. And it is not that long ago. My grandfather travelled the west looking for work in the early 1890s. Thanks for being there for Kohl--I appreciate the background.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post-1156445104488808542006-08-24T12:45:00.000-06:002006-08-24T12:45:00.000-06:00I'm so glad you enjoyed the book, Mary. I thought...I'm so glad you enjoyed the book, Mary. I thought you would, given your interest in western history and the proximity to your grandparent's homestead.<BR/><BR/>Looking back now, it is hard to imagine the hardships of the homesteaders, but it really was not that long ago. My own father was born in a sod house on land that his grandmother (a widow with eight children) homesteaded in Nebraska.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com