This Old Farm: A Treasury of Family Farm Memories
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ISBN: 0896584119 / Publisher: Voyageur Pr, April 1999
Stories, essays, photographs, and art reveal the joys and difficulties of life on the family farm, and discuss farm buildings, farmwork, livestock, and other aspects of everyday life
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Filled with wonderful, heartwarming stories, essays, and great photography and artwork recounting life on the family farm, This Old Farm provides an entertaining and educational mirror into the past. This endearing collection includes insightful, entertaining stories from such well-known writers as Garrison Keillor, Roger Welsch, E.B. White, Patricia Penton Leimbach, Bill Holm, Ben Logan, Jim Heynen, and Sara De Luca that are based on themes familiar to both present and past farm folk: the farmstead, working the land, farm animals, and farm living. Together with this engaging text, there's glorious contemporary farm photography and artwork from Grant Wood, Bob Artley, Charles Freitag, and Francis Lee Jaques that is sure to evoke memories of days spent on the farm. Whether you grew up on a farm, knew someone who did, or wished you did, you'll cherish This Old Farm, a nostalgic collection of family farm memories that will bring you back to simpler days gone by.
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