WE SAGEBRUSH FOLKS, Annie Pike Greenwood. Appleton-Century, 1934.

Rare Harcover in Good condition, evenly worn, unnamed bookplate on ffep.


Annie Amelia Pike Greenwood (November 16, 1879 – February 22, 1956) was an American author, educator, and farmer. Born in Utah, she settled in the Magic Valley region of Idaho near Hazelton, Idaho, in 1913 with her husband, Idaho politician Charles O. Greenwood. Her 1934 autobiography We Sagebrush Folks documented Idaho pioneer way of life and her experiences as a farmer's wife; she also wrote for several magazines, including The Atlantic Monthly and The Nation.


The Greenwoods' farm was foreclosed upon in 1928, forcing them to abandon their farming lifestyle and relocate to Twin Falls. The couple separated and ultimately divorced in the 1930s, and Annie moved to Salt Lake City. In 1934, she published her first and ultimately only book, the memoir We Sagebrush Folks. The book described her life and struggles as the wife of a farmer. While she praised Idaho and its scenery in the book, she depicted farm life and her community much more harshly, even exclaiming "we lost the farm, thank God" after the foreclosure.[6] It also depicted sex-related stories and tragedies, including that of a woman who died after attempting to induce an abortion with carbolic acid. Her former neighbors responded angrily to the memoir, describing it as "fiction" and suggesting that she would have been forced from town had she not already left. However, the book is now regarded as a significant and accurate depiction of early Idaho settlement.


In “We Sagebrush Folks,” she addressed the challenges of rural farm life in the United States in her book We Sagebrush Folks. It deals with issues including childbirth, mental health, incest, and abortion. Greenwood discusses the poverty of rural farming and government failings.


Greenwood died on February 22, 1956, in Sacramento, California and was buried on March 10 in the Provo City Cemetery in Provo, Utah. Idaho Public Television produced a series on her.