Originally published in 1936, a book about pioneer life in western Kansas has finally had a film adaptation that is set to premiere this week in the Sunflower State.
“Sod and Stubble,” a movie by Ken Spurgeon, which was filmed in Downs, Wichita and El Dorado, will premiere at 7 p.m. March 28 at the Orpheum Theatre in Wichita.
The film, which was adapted from author John Ise’s work, tell the story of the Ise family, led by Henry and Rosie, as they homestead in Osborne County in the late 1800s.
What is ‘Sod and Stubble’ about?
According to the webpage about the book from the University Press of Kansas, which published the “Unabridged and Annotated Edition” of it, which includes additions from Von Rothenberger in the 1990s, “Sod and Stubble” is a “nonfiction novel.”…