Buggies, Blizzards, and BabiesThis book is largely an account of the author's recollections of her father, a country doctor in 1882. |
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User Review - Bandings - LibraryThingI thoroughly enjoyed "Buggies, Blizzards and Babies", a memoir about E D Frear as written by his daughter and published in 1971. Set primarily in Iowa, the daughter, Cora, recounts her memories of ... Read full review
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| Title | Buggies, Blizzards, and Babies |
| Author | Cora Frear Hawkins |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Iowa State University Press, 1971 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Aug 3, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0813803950, 9780813803951 |
| Length | 191 pages |
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