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Item Details
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TEN ACRES IS ENOUGH
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| By: |
Edmund Morris |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£12.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
098029763X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780980297638 |
| Publisher: |
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
16 June, 2009 |
| Pages: |
214 |
| Description: |
In 1864, Morris gave up his business and city life for a farm of 10 acres, made a go of mixed farming, and then wrote a book about it. The delightfully readable autobiography of a farmer in the America of the 1860s has been extensively re-edited for today's reader. |
| Synopsis: |
Recently we have seen a great back-to-the-land movement, with many young professional people returning to small scale farming; thus it is great fun to read about someone who did exactly the same thing in 1864. In that year, Mr. Edmund Morris gave up his business and city life for a farm of ten acres, made a go of mixed farming and then wrote a book about it. Mr. Morris proves Abraham Lincoln's prediction: 'The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land.' This book has something for everyone; for the small farmer, the home gardener, the city dweller who wonders whether there might not be a better life in the country -- and for anyone who has an idea, and needs just a spark of courage and inspiration to make it happen. This book may be about farming and homesteading, and indeed it is a delightfully readable autobiography of a farmer in the America of the 1860s, but it also about much, much more. The challenges that faced the author are timeless, as are his courage, commitment, and ingenuity. There are insights for anyone, farmer or not, in this book. This is a new edition of this title. The text has been extensively re-edited for today's reader. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
New York University Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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