Central Kansas Library System

Deeply moved by his mother's memories of a waning era and rapidly disappearing lifestyle, John Ise painstakingly recorded the adventures and adversities of his family and boyhood neighbors—the early homesteaders of Osborne County, Kansas. First published in 1936, his "nonfiction novel" Sod and Stubble has since become a widely read and much loved classic. In the original, Ise changed some identities and time sequences but accurately retained the...

Through news articles, previously unpublished histories, and former residents' recollections, the author's compilation attests that the history of Covert is synonymous with the history of rural life in Kansas during its 86 years of existence (1880 to 1966). The appendices include lists of burials, students, school personnel, etc.