Time in Thy Flight, Book One: Dakota Made

Time in Thy Flight, Book One: Dakota MadeIn Dakota Made, former sociologist Virgil Olson documents the life history of North Dakotas small towns. Now largely abandoned, these places nonetheless bear a social trace that lingers in the minds of those who at one time called them homebefore drought and depression emptied the Great Plains of homesteaders, their farms and dreams for a new life. Dakota Made opens onto a window of time between his parents generation which worked hard to lay the

In Dakota Made, former sociologist Virgil Olson documents the life history of North DakotaÕs small towns. Now largely abandoned, these places nonetheless bear a social trace that lingers in the minds of those who at one time called them homeÑbefore drought and depression emptied the Great Plains of homesteaders, their farms and dreams for a new life. Dakota Made opens onto a window of time between his parentsÕ generation which worked hard to lay the groundwork for communities, and his own generation which grew up by moving behind the scenes of geographic isolation and economic hardship. To counter portrayals of simple frontier lifeÑthose caricatures of the Plains as emotionally- or intellectually-stunted or backwards compared with the ÒrestÓ of AmericaÕs homelandÑOlson offers a compelling documentary-like study that captures the spirit of North Dakota. He offers a truly memorable portrayal of the people who made LaMoure County their home.