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Clearing Land: Legacies of the American Farm

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Clearing Land: Legacies Of The American Farm combines memoir and history, drawing upon the author's own experience growing up on a family farm with the economic realities that are forcing such farms to extinction in the modern day. Poetic in its reminiscence of a daily life deeply intertwined with nature, cultivating plants and animals, and the joy of simply being alive, Clearing Land is a powerful firsthand testimony sure to evoke memories both pleasant and questionable of those who also lived and worked in agriculture. An emotional and at times spiritual remembrance.

This book was recommended reading by more than one source in the local food literature and websites. I'm glad I bought it. The book contains such beautiful and moving writing that I read paragraphs out loud to my wife. The author's use of quotations is flawless and really helps convey the emotional undercurrents of the book.
I am also a New Englander, also grew up on an old farm and have spent time in literally all the places the author writes about. The old farm is gone, as is the old unpopulated moorland on Nantucket. I cannot go to either place anymore. Luckily, I found another place to settle in far western Massachusetts. It hasn't changed much at all in a generation.
Jane Brox is a kindred spirit.

This book came in excellent condition and in the time specified. Need for high school summer read. Reading for a h.s. student is a little difficult, but this was directed by the school.

I got this book for my daughter, it is her summer reading project. She will be a freshman this year. She is refusing to read the book because it sounds boring. She likes Gossip Girl, etc. She has 8 days to read it. Anyway I enjoyed the book, I read it to test her, to make sure she doesn't just skim over it.