ASIN: B00MGX5PYU
Publisher: Semper Pi Publishing
Pages: 216
Buckshot pie is a metaphor for pioneer spirit, tough times, and the bitter-sweet struggle to survive and live off the land. Pearl’s wild elderberry pie was jokingly referred to as buckshot pie by her five sons. They followed the winding banks of Rock Creek near Winona and then Pine Creek near Oakesdale and they rode the countryside on horseback to pick the fruit for their mother because they loved her lattice-crust berry pies. However, they ate them carefully to avoid the occasional hard seed. Buckshot Pie chronicles the struggles of this family to provide for a living on marginal wheat farm land. It follows the early deaths and the loss of the homestead through bank foreclosure. It continues through the Great Depression and the difficult economic times as Pearl tried, but failed to retain the mortgage on her beloved Corner Café. But the most difficult times for the family were ...
