HOLDING UP THE HILLS

In Holding Up the Hills, Leo R. Ward tells the story of his childhood in rural Montana during the Great Depression and World War II. Ward's memoir captures the daily struggles of his family as they worked to eke out a living from the unforgiving land, as well as his own coming-of-age and search for an identity beyond his small town. At once a personal story and a window onto a bygone era, Holding Up the Hills is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Holding Up the Hills

WARD, LEO R.

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In the middle of the nineteenth century, a small band of Irish immigrants made their way to Monroe County Iowa, where the hills and trees reminded them of Ireland. They broke the land, made their homes, and built a church -- a cathedral in the wilderness which stands today in the hamlet of Georgetown, Iowa. In 1950, Father Leo Ward wrote the story of the Irish community of Georgetown, centering the tale around a child born in 1860 as the church was being built -- Mary Ann Murray.

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