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Eighty Acres (The Condord Library Series)

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The book was absolutely fabulous! It was as if the reader had been invited to take part in the michigan farm. It was heart-wrenching, yet funny at times. It made me remember that I'm a farm-boy at heart!

I have the audiobook version and I feel like I lived every moment of Jager's childhood. It's well written, open and honest; it's not only interesting, but a journey through the history of the American family farm.

I did not grow up in the Great Depression, nor Michigan, when and where this book takes place. I grew up on a farm in Iowa in the 1960s, yet this book described my childhood perfectly! The work ethic, parental discipline and life in rural America Jager describes is now a part of history. I am thankful he captured it so well for future generations. If you grew up on a farm, you will love this book as well!

I received these cassettes is great condition. I needed them for a book review for school. Every tape worked and the book itself was great. I am going to be donating this audiobook once I am done with it to the Community College Library I attend since they do not have this audiobook.

I couldn,t put it down, but I wanted it to last...Every page evoked a memory and a smile, or an outright laugh. It paints a picture with broad stokes, and fine insight. Wit and wisdom and loveable folks throughout...Sorry to see it ended.

When we are arguably in the midst of a Second Depression, this little reflective book gives us insight into what the First Great Depression must have been like away from the large cities.
The author discusses the hard times and the not so hard times of growing up during this time.
The comparisons one could make are a little scary but charming.

It's been a long time since I read this book, but I always recommend it to anyone who is interested in farming, the Depression, family life at its best or simply good writing. EIGHTY ACRES is a modern classic of family farming as it was several decades ago. The Jager farm was near McBain, Michigan, which is less than an hour from Reed City, where I grew up - both towns in Osceola County. I have read this book a couple times in the past ten years, and will probably read it again one day. It ranks right up there with a few other farming memoir classics: Curt Harnack's WE HAVE ALL GONE AWAY, Curt Stadtfeld's FROM THE LAND AND BACK and Anne-Marie Oomen's PULLING DOWN THE BARN. All four of these books are better than the recent bestseller of Iowa farm life in the Depression, LITTLE HEATHENS, which ain't a bad book itself. Nuff said. Loved this book. - Tim Bazzett, author of the REED CITY BOY trilogy