| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 223 pages) |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; author's note; One farm, six generations; Photospread; Part I: Fall; The story; The road; 1976: Enchantment; September 2009: The end of the road; 1808: Sebra and Lydia Crooker; October 2009: Harvest; October 2009: Love eternal; 1830: Julia and Ephraim Kennedy; November 2009: the gift of garlic; November 2009: tractor; November 2009: generations; Part II: winter; 1874: Francis and Calista; December 2009: farm boy; December 2009: let sleeping pigs lie; 1895: Edith and William Hewett; January 2010: here we stay; January 2010: thaw!; February 2010: change of light |
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February 2010: Early arrival Part III: Spring; 1916: Lloyd and Jane Hewett; March 2010: birth; March 2010: Spring; March 2010: River; 1935: Shirley Brown; April 2010: Family Farm; April 2010: need!; May 2010: Planting; May 2010: Passage; Part IV: Summer; June 2010: Rain; June 2010: The Wild; July 2010: Tractor; July 2010: Milestones; 1939: Don Hewett; August 2010: Barn; 1952: Don and Shirley Hewett; August 2010: Potatoes; August 2010: Land; epilogue; appendix a: further reading; "The Rhodora" by Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Summary |
Once there were no stone walls. For the fiercely idealistic Yankee homesteader, a small family farm was worth fighting for, and the rocky soil yielded far more than walls. Cleared and plowed, it fed a family and provided a living. Oxen gave way to horses, horses to tractors, and still the farm persisted and the family persevered, each generation overcoming the challenges of their day. Two hundred years later, the farm, ever generous in its rewards, has not changed; but society has shifted, forgetting its connection to the land that nourishes us. It is time we remembered. Birth, Death and a Tra |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Payson-Roopchand, Kelly
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| SUBJECT |
Payson-Roopchand, Kelly. fast (OCoLC)fst01993436 |
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Farm life -- Maine -- Somerville -- History
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Family farms -- Maine -- Somerville -- History
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- Crop Science.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- General.
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Family farms.
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Farm life.
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Maine -- Somerville.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021693837 |
| ISBN |
9781608934126 |
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1608934128 |
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