{"product_id":"second-hoeing-9780803291294","title":"Second Hoeing","description":"\"Papa'll work her till she drops in the field!\" The backbreaking labor of German-Russian immigrants in the sugarbeet fields of Colorado is described with acute perception in Hope Sykes's \u003ci\u003eSecond Hoeing\u003c\/i\u003e. First published in 1935, the novel was greeted in all quarters as an impressive and authoritative evocation of these recent immigrants and their struggle to realize the promise of their chosen country.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHope Williams Sykes (1901-73) devoted the greater part of her writing career to the portrayal of German-Russian immigrants. \u003ci\u003eSecond Hoeing\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel. Timothy J. Kloberdanz is author of \u003ci\u003eThe Volga Germans in Old Russia\u003c\/i\u003e and in \u003ci\u003eWestern North America\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50461174169874,"sku":"9780803291294","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5c9ff5f0-3179-45b3-ae61-f50d7adecea9.jpg?v=1730058907","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/second-hoeing-9780803291294","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}