In History As They Lived It, Margaret Kimball Brown displays at once the curiosity of the archaeologist, the tenacity of the archivist, the broad view of the sociologist, and the discipline and analysis of the historian. It returns to us the many particulars and motifs that help us to identify (and accept with enduring gratitude) the ethos that has made Prairie du Rocher, our second mother, a very special community. —Dan Franklin, coauthor of three major books published by McGraw Hill