Dakota Sky

About the Book

Dakota Sky is a story about Joe Schultz and his family surviving the Dirty Thirties on a farm six miles northeast of Hosmer, South Dakota. The story is fiction based on the life experiences and impressions of the author from the Dust Bowl days through WWII, Korean Police Action and into the 1990's.

About the Author

The author was born on January 19, 1930, on a farm homesteaded by his great grandfather in McPherson County, South Dakota. He graduated from Hosmer High School in 1948, served with the 196th RCT from September 1950 to August 1952 and graduated from the University of South Dakota four years later with a degree in business administration. Sam, the horse, is buried on the homestead that now is owned by a neighbor. This story is based on facts, personal experiences and impressions of life on the South Dakota prairie. The dying cottonwood tree on the cover of the book used to shade the windmill, water trough and separator house. Only a granary and outhouse remain of what once was the family farm.