| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Texas A & M AgriLife Research and Extension Service Series |
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Texas A & M AgriLife Research and Extension Service series
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| Contents |
Foreword / by Chris Boleman -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Corn clubs and the origins of 4-H / Thomas "Tom" Meriwether Marks -- The depression and farm life / Leola Lala Kalich -- A living legend / Alvin G. Davis -- A well-balanced development / Lois Kalich -- The $25 savings account / Iris Kalich -- The life of a panhandle girl / Helen Piehl -- Number seventeen / Joe Townsend -- A 4-H life around Texas / Kay Botard Bezner -- Sears gilt kicks off extension career / Gloria Schwarlose -- A home filled with 4-H / Martha E. Couch -- Family involvement is what made the difference / The Crawford Family -- A McDonald's businessman and West Texas roundup / Richard Ligon -- Opportunity, encouragement, and support / Betsy Leatherwood Harkey -- The best place to meet a girl / Gary Don Harkey -- Decades of 4-H / Douglas Steele -- Livestock judging and youth leadership / John W. Campbell -- Generations of gold stars / Nicole Sellers -- "Saving grace" / Jeff W. Howard -- An extension legacy / Toby L. Lepley -- A solid foundation / Rudy Ritz -- The value of a gravel road / Jerheme Urban -- Nothing you do for children is ever wasted / Kerrie Steiert -- From shooting sports to fighter jets / Kevin Schiller -- The 4-H Olympian / Connie Schiller Smotek -- Lessons from lambs / Nicole Huff Mitchell -- Boys and their field of dreams / Patti, Chad, and Casey Jones, with Toby L. Lepley -- The sanity of a mom and her will for her sons / Trent Willmon -- From the clover to the White House / James Glueck -- Taking 4-H to Iraq / Jonathon Glueck -- From small-town kid to PhD / Justin Benavidez -- A Texas family's legacy / Jody, Marion, Josh, and Ben Hall |
| Summary |
Heartwarming, surprising, and inspirational: this collection of thirty-one stories from families and individuals whose lives have been touched by 4-H covers more than a century of history in Texas. It traces the organization from its agricultural origins at the turn of the twentieth century to its present-day status as a training ground for leaders and professionals in fields ranging from the NFL to the US Senate. Told in the conversational voices of real-life participants, these essays relate an engaging story of the perseverance, dedicated work ethic, humility, and compassion that 4-H instil |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Agricultural extension work -- Texas
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4-H clubs -- Texas
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Biography & Autobiography -- Personal Memoirs.
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Social Science -- Agriculture & Food.
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4-H clubs
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Agricultural extension work
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Texas
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lepley, Toby L., 1969- editor.
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Couch, Martha E., editor
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| ISBN |
9781623493585 |
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1623493587 |
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9781623493585 |
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