Author: Roger Welsch
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781616738013
Category : Authors, American
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Forty Acres and a Fool
Author: Roger Welsch
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781616738013
Category : Authors, American
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781616738013
Category : Authors, American
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A Fool and Forty Acres
Author: Geoff Heinricks
Publisher: M&S
ISBN:
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
"foreword by Jamie Kennedy " "A Fool and Forty Acres" is Heinricks' beautifully written account of leaving behind the rat race, slowing life down, and establishing an intimate relationship with one small parcel of land in a magical corner of Canada. You won't find Prince Edward County on any map of the world's great wine regions. Yet it is to this dollop of rolling limestone in eastern Lake Ontario that Geoff Heinricks brought his young family in pursuit of a dream of creating a truly world class wine. The County, as the locals call it, is a long way from the Niagara Peninsula, and three thousand miles from Burgundy, yet Heinricks and a few hardy souls like him claim that their wines will one day rival those of the legendary French province. A self-described 21st-century peasant, Heinricks follows the seasons in his vineyards with exquisite attention, from digging the earth, to grafting and planting the vines, to trellising and pruning, to tending the young grapes, to harvesting the fruits of his labours. Along the way, he sketches the human history of the area, the native peoples whose tools and clay shards are heaved up by the soil, and the United Empire Loyalists, whose tidy barns and farmhouses still dot the landscape today. He also presents a cast of his colourful County neighbours: from old-school farmers to refugees like him from the city, convinced in the wisdom of producing and consuming locally the very best food and wine in harmony with the land.
Publisher: M&S
ISBN:
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
"foreword by Jamie Kennedy " "A Fool and Forty Acres" is Heinricks' beautifully written account of leaving behind the rat race, slowing life down, and establishing an intimate relationship with one small parcel of land in a magical corner of Canada. You won't find Prince Edward County on any map of the world's great wine regions. Yet it is to this dollop of rolling limestone in eastern Lake Ontario that Geoff Heinricks brought his young family in pursuit of a dream of creating a truly world class wine. The County, as the locals call it, is a long way from the Niagara Peninsula, and three thousand miles from Burgundy, yet Heinricks and a few hardy souls like him claim that their wines will one day rival those of the legendary French province. A self-described 21st-century peasant, Heinricks follows the seasons in his vineyards with exquisite attention, from digging the earth, to grafting and planting the vines, to trellising and pruning, to tending the young grapes, to harvesting the fruits of his labours. Along the way, he sketches the human history of the area, the native peoples whose tools and clay shards are heaved up by the soil, and the United Empire Loyalists, whose tidy barns and farmhouses still dot the landscape today. He also presents a cast of his colourful County neighbours: from old-school farmers to refugees like him from the city, convinced in the wisdom of producing and consuming locally the very best food and wine in harmony with the land.
Watching Gideon
Author: Stephen H. Foreman
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439153582
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
GIDEON PICKETT WAS BORN WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO SPEAK. This has never bothered his father, Jubal. He understands his son better than anybody, and though the boy has never uttered a word, the two could be no closer. This Gideon is no ordinary child: His powers of observation, strength, and extraordinary threshold for pain make him almost otherworldly, though to Jubal he's just a moody, hungry sixteen-year-old kid. He would do anything for his boy. So, in 1953, Jubal Pickett makes the decision to buy a red Ford Flathead V-8 truck and travel with Gideon from Mississippi to the desert canyon lands of Utah to strike it rich in uranium prospecting. On their journey, they encounter Abilene Breedlove, a country-girl-meets-femme-fatale. Jubal is smitten. Abilene sees only opportunity, but she joyfully jumps into her end of the bargain and climbs aboard. Things begin to fall apart when they arrive in Utah. While Jubal sets out on what most consider to be a fool's errand, Abilene fi nds herself a job and Jack Savage. Jack is handsome, mysterious, rich, and powerful -- all qualities Abilene fi nds irresistible. He cuts Jubal in on a claim he owns in order to get the man out of town as fast as possible so that he can begin aggressively pursuing the intoxicating Abilene. It's not long before the situation gets out of hand. Watching Gideon is at once a poignant, moving portrait of a nearly supernatural bond between father and son, a snapshot of America's rugged, gritty history, and a fast-paced story of lust, greed, and self-satisfaction. Filled with humor, adventure, sex, and intrigue, it is the textured, incredible, stark tale of the cost of an American dream pursued.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439153582
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
GIDEON PICKETT WAS BORN WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO SPEAK. This has never bothered his father, Jubal. He understands his son better than anybody, and though the boy has never uttered a word, the two could be no closer. This Gideon is no ordinary child: His powers of observation, strength, and extraordinary threshold for pain make him almost otherworldly, though to Jubal he's just a moody, hungry sixteen-year-old kid. He would do anything for his boy. So, in 1953, Jubal Pickett makes the decision to buy a red Ford Flathead V-8 truck and travel with Gideon from Mississippi to the desert canyon lands of Utah to strike it rich in uranium prospecting. On their journey, they encounter Abilene Breedlove, a country-girl-meets-femme-fatale. Jubal is smitten. Abilene sees only opportunity, but she joyfully jumps into her end of the bargain and climbs aboard. Things begin to fall apart when they arrive in Utah. While Jubal sets out on what most consider to be a fool's errand, Abilene fi nds herself a job and Jack Savage. Jack is handsome, mysterious, rich, and powerful -- all qualities Abilene fi nds irresistible. He cuts Jubal in on a claim he owns in order to get the man out of town as fast as possible so that he can begin aggressively pursuing the intoxicating Abilene. It's not long before the situation gets out of hand. Watching Gideon is at once a poignant, moving portrait of a nearly supernatural bond between father and son, a snapshot of America's rugged, gritty history, and a fast-paced story of lust, greed, and self-satisfaction. Filled with humor, adventure, sex, and intrigue, it is the textured, incredible, stark tale of the cost of an American dream pursued.
A Fool's Errand
Author: Albion W. Tourgée
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
The Tractor in the Haystack
Author: Scott Garvey
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781616731342
Category : Antique and classic tractors
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781616731342
Category : Antique and classic tractors
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Negro Poems, Melodies, Plantation Pieces, Camp Meeting Songs, Etc
Author: William C. Blades
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Rachel's Children
Author: Steve Beard
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
ISBN: 0759115508
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
Rachel's Children is a true story, based on real events. It is an engaging and humorous account of a contemporary Ojibwa household and the woman and her children who are at its core. As their lives unfold, we understand how traditional beliefs and oral history help Rachel and her family cope as they encounter racism and educational discrimination in rural northern Michigan. When a white educator arrives in RachelOs household to learn about 'Indians,' she discovers the harsh reality of backwoods life. Beardslee is the queen of sucker punches—she writes in an unexpected combination of ethnography, theatrical script, and novel, echoing the Ojibwa style of storytelling. Her absorbing story about survival of the Native American family encourages a greater understanding of cultural diversity, and will be valuable for instructors in Native studies, multicultural education, womenOs studies, and anthropology.
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
ISBN: 0759115508
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
Rachel's Children is a true story, based on real events. It is an engaging and humorous account of a contemporary Ojibwa household and the woman and her children who are at its core. As their lives unfold, we understand how traditional beliefs and oral history help Rachel and her family cope as they encounter racism and educational discrimination in rural northern Michigan. When a white educator arrives in RachelOs household to learn about 'Indians,' she discovers the harsh reality of backwoods life. Beardslee is the queen of sucker punches—she writes in an unexpected combination of ethnography, theatrical script, and novel, echoing the Ojibwa style of storytelling. Her absorbing story about survival of the Native American family encourages a greater understanding of cultural diversity, and will be valuable for instructors in Native studies, multicultural education, womenOs studies, and anthropology.
The Visitor
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Cobbett's Weekly Register
Author: William Cobbett
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Lippincott's Monthly Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1096
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1096
Book Description