{"product_id":"9781462066667","title":"Telling It the Way It Was: A Country Boy Survives Life in the City","description":"\u003cp\u003eSometimes witty and sometimes serious, \u003ci\u003eTelling It the Way It Was\u003c\/i\u003e provides a narrative of what life was like for the hardy and pragmatic immigrant settlers of the US breadbasket. In this memoir, author David Jussero presents a nostalgic tour of life in a predominately Finnish farm community in North Dakota from the turn of the century through the 1940s and ’50s.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTelling It the Way It Was\u003c\/i\u003e relays stories about the hardships and successes of Jussero’s Finnish and French ancestors who faced the demands of settling a new country by living in sod houses and braving bitter winters on the North American prairies. He tells about the \u003ci\u003emixed marriage\u003c\/i\u003e of his French mother who immigrated to the United States to marry his dad, her Finnish sweetheart. Jussero also describes his own experiences growing up on a small wheat farm in North Dakota, attending school at one-room schoolhouses, dropping out of school at age sixteen, and doing dead-end farm jobs, which spurred him into trading the life of a hired farmhand for city life. When he was still in his teens, he made his way to the West Coast to seek his fortune.\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eThrough photographs and stories from the past, Jussero passes along his heritage and paints a vivid picture of the sturdy and rugged people who preceded him.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47129069584624,"sku":"9781462066667","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781462066667_p0.jpg?v=1763675984","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781462066667","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}