| The Gift of Good Land: Further Essays Cultural and Agricultural Contributor(s): Berry, Wendell (Author) |
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ISBN: 1582434840 ISBN-13: 9781582434841 Publisher: Counterpoint LLC OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - General |
| Dewey: 630.973 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 4.9" W x 8.01" (0.65 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Kentucky - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The essays in The Gift of Good Land are as true today as when they were first published in 1981; the problems addressed here are still true and the solutions no nearer to hand. The insistent theme of this book is the interdependence, the wholeness, the oneness of people, land, weather, animals, and family. To touch one is to tamper with them all. We live in one functioning organism whose separate parts are artificially isolated by our culture. Here, Berry develops the compelling argument that the "gift" of good land has strings attached. We have it only on loan and only for as long as we practice good stewardship. |