HARVEST

by Wheeler- Ed. McMillen ‧ RELEASE DATE: N/A

The harvest here is an anthology of farm writing all about America from foremost men of their time and farmers themselves, from the age of discovery to the present era. At the start, Christopher Columbus turns in a crop report, at the close, Louis, Bromfield writes of his Malabar Farm. The pages between includes the writings of such forefathers as George Washington, here known as ""the foremost farm writer of his time"" and four other Presidents who dealt with the soil and Abraham Lincoln's only farm speech; literary notables, among them Hawthorne, Melville and Emerson, and later Whittler, Willa Cather. ""Eloquent Voices from the Great Midwest""; Secretary of Agriculture Jeremiah M. Rusk in 1893 guesses what farming will be like in a century's time. Josh Billings (who defines the mule as ""Very Kurrupt at Harte""), Homer Croy and James Whitoomb Riley (""When the Frost is on the Punkin"") are representatives of a look at the light side of agriculture, offset by the reverence revealed in farmers' prayers. There is verse as well. Thus this is a random harvest, with contributions rotated so as to offer a little but not much light and laughter for everyone.

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Publisher: ppleton-Century

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1, 1964

Categories: NONFICTION