- Paperback: 229 pages
- Publisher: KODANSHA AMERICA (May 30 1996)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1568361475
- ISBN-13: 978-1568361475
- Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 14.5 x 1.7 cm
- Shipping Weight: 290 g
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From Publishers Weekly
From his diary of a summer spent on the farm, his grandmother's written recollections and a journal kept by his great-great-grandfather (the farm's founder), Fish has fashioned an affectionate and nostalgic portrait of farm life. The farm lies in a fertile valley north of Rutland, Vermont, and has been in the family since 1836. The author introduces his beloved grandmother, who was the center of family life; Great-Uncle Milo, who owned the farm; Uncle Sherman, heir to the farm; and the hired men. He looks at the working year-maple sugaring, plowing, sowing, harvesting, milking, raising and slaughtering animals. Fish notes that farming is an art of the use of living things, including people. His account of the farm, family and community, which embody all the old-fashioned virtues, is a fine piece of Americana. Fish teaches English at Western New England College.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Exploring the saga of six generations on a Vermont family farm, the author evokes a way of life in vivid detail and documents the evolution of the farmer from the center of society to his uncertain position today.
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North of the city of Rutland, on the east side of U.S. 7, the house still stands, large, two-story, white, with kitchen ell and attached barns. Read the first page
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North of the city of Rutland, on the east side of U.S. 7, the house still stands, large, two-story, white, with kitchen ell and attached barns. Read the first page
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