Review of \u3ci\u3eLife at Four Corners: Region, Gender, and Education in a German-Lutheran Community, 1868-1945\u3c/i\u3e By Carol K. Coburn

The strength of this work is Coburn\u27s focus on the way in which boys and girls were socialized into the community and on the roles men and women played in sustaining their households, their community, and their ethnoreligious identity and culture. Furthermore, she has highlighted and offered insight into the German-Lutheran family, a neglected element in many German-American studies. The story of Block Corners\u27s residents is particularly engaging when Coburn draws on individuals, recollections, and anecdotes that illustrate her points, such as first-generation midwife Gesche Mahnken Block and her ties to the informal networks established among the women