While the Windmill Watched: A Slice of Rural America
by Jackie Pfeifer McGregor and Janine Pfeiffer Knop
Nostalgic rural North Dakota history is found on the pages of this book written by sisters Jackie and Janine Pfeiffer about growing up on their farm near Menoken during the decade of the 1950s.
The farmyard windmill portrays the role of a sage observer of time, and joins the Pfeiffer Sisters as they chronicle their family history centered around a community and an era. Their story expands beyond the description of farm life and touches on influences of mechanizations of farming, medical advances, rural electrical expansion and more constructive developments in the 1950s.
This lovingly recalled portrait of a family, a farm and a community also includes photos and recipes from the 1950s. It was awarded the "2022 Independent Press Award as the Distinguished Favorite" in the Regional Non-fiction category.
Softcover. 270 pages.
