A Place In The Country. A Narrative on the Imperfect Art of Homesteading and the Value of Ignorance
by Matson, Peter H
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1977. The author begins " A few years ago I thought I'd find a place to live removed from the influences of the city, a simple place to be with my children on weekends, where vegetables would grow and water came out of a well. Like many before me, I soon discovered that what I wanted was a house like none I had seen, and that to realize it I would have to build it myself....".This book is a personal testament and a search for values. There are unforgettable scenes, describing both disasters and triumphs with a running dialogue with Thoreau, to whose Walden the author returns with a newly critical eye. The endpapers show " A New England Barn Frame circa 1766, modified 1976". Previous owner's name on fly leaf. Jacket drawing by Mark Livingston.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Gilt Edge Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A688
- Title
- A Place In The Country. A Narrative on the Imperfect Art of Homesteading and the Value of Ignorance
- Author
- Matson, Peter H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- Country Living Homesteading New England Barn
- Bookseller catalogs
- Country Living/Homesteading;
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