Acres for Cents: Delinquent Tax Auctions in Frontier Iowa, Vol. 46

'œNo one has...touched upon the new angle that Swierenga has used here; tax title auctions were 'a money lending mechanism for local farmers, a government managed loan agency.' Farmers found it was cheaper to let their taxes become delinquent and to pay the heavy interest and fees the law required because all the expenses involved were less than it would have cost them to pay their taxes at current interest.'' The American Historical ReviewSwierenga, Robert P. is the author of 'Acres for Cents: Delinquent Tax Auctions in Frontier Iowa, Vol. 46', published 1976 under ISBN 9780837181677 and ISBN 0837181674.