Land of the Burnt Thigh

The Project Gutenberg eBook, Land of the BurntThigh, by Edith Eudora Kohl, Illustrated by StephenJ. VoorhiesThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.orgTitle: Land of the Burnt ThighAuthor: Edith Eudora KohlRelease Date: January 17, 2008 [eBook #24352]Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ISO-8859-1***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LAND OF THE BURNT THIGH*** E-text prepared by Barbara Kosker, Suzanne Shell, Jeannie Howse,and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team(http://www.pgdp.net) Transcriber's Note:Inconsistent hyphenation in the original document has beenpreserved.Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. For a completelist, please see the end of this document. LANDOF THEBURNTTHIGHLANDOF THEBURNTTHIGHEDITH EUDORA KOHLDrawings by Stephen J. VoorhiesNew York, London, Funk & Wagnalls Co., 1938.TOTHE MEMORY OFIDA MARYCONTENTS A Word of Explanation xxxiiiI A Shack on the Prairie 1II Down to Grass Roots 16III "Any Fool Can Set Type" 36IV The Biggest Lottery in History 46V No Place for Clinging Vines 64VI "Utopia" 83VII Building Empires Overnight 99VIII Easy as Falling Off a Log 120IX The Opening of the Rosebud 143X The Harvest 164XI The Big Blizzard 185XII A New America 199XIII ...