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Book Description: Ohio University Press, United States, 2008. Paperback. Book Condition: New. 203 x 140 mm. Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery. In "The Last of the Husbandmen," Gene Logsdon looks to his own roots in Ohio farming life to depict the personal triumphs and tragedies, clashes and compromises, and abiding human character of American farming families and communities. From the Great Depression, when farmers tilled the fields with plow horses, to the corporate farms and government subsidy programs of the present, this novel presents the complex transformation of a livelihood and of a way of life. Two friends, one rich by local standards, and the other of more modest means, grow to manhood in a lifelong contest of will and character. In response to many of the same circumstances--war, love, moonshining, the Klan, weather, the economy--their different approaches and solutions to dealing with their situations put them at odds with each other, but we are left with a deeper understanding of the world that they have inherited and have chosen. Part morality play and part personal recollection, "The" "Last of the Husbandmen" is both a lighthearted look at the past and a profound statement about the present state of farming life. It is also a novel that captures the spirit of those who have chosen to work the land they love. Bookseller Inventory # AAC9780821417867

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Book Description: Ohio University Press. Paperback. Book Condition: new. BRAND NEW, The Last of the Husbandmen: A Novel of Farming Life, Gene Logsdon, In "The Last of the Husbandmen", Gene Logsdon looks to his own roots in Ohio farming life to depict the personal triumphs and tragedies, clashes and compromises, and abiding human character of American farming families and communities. From the Great Depression, when farmers tilled the fields with plow horses, to the corporate farms and government subsidy programs of the present, this novel presents the complex transformation of a livelihood and of a way of life.Two friends, one rich by local standards, and the other of more modest means, grow to manhood in a lifelong contest of will and character. In response to many of the same circumstances - war, love, moonshining, the Klan, weather, the economy - their different approaches and solutions to dealing with their situations put them at odds with each other, but we are left with a deeper understanding of the world that they have inherited and have chosen.Part morality play and part personal recollection, "The Last of the Husbandmen" is both a lighthearted look at the past and a profound statement about the present state of farming life. It is also a novel that captures the spirit of those who have chosen to work the land they love. Bookseller Inventory # B9780821417867

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Book Description: OHIO UNIV PR, 2008. Paperback. Book Condition: New. New book. Shipped from US. Bookseller Inventory # IB-9780821417867

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Book Description: Ohio Univ Pr, 2008. Paperback. Book Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 344 pages. 8.00x5.25x1.00 inches. In Stock. Bookseller Inventory # x-082141786X

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Book Description: Ohio University Press. Book Condition: New. In The Last of the Husbandmen, Gene Logsdon looks to his own roots in Ohio farming life to depict the personal triumphs and tragedies, clashes and compromises, and abiding human character of American farming families and communities. From the Great Depression, when farmers tilled the fields with plow horses, to the corporate farms and government subsidy programs of the present, this novel presents the complex transformation of a livelihood and of a way of life. Two friends, one rich by local standards, and the other of more modest means, grow to manhood in a lifelong contest of will and character. In response to many of the same circumstances?war, love, moonshining, the Klan, weather, the economy?their different approaches and solutions to dealing with their situations put them at odds with each other, but we are left with a deeper understanding of the world that they have inherited and have chosen. Part morality play and part personal recollection, The Last of the Husbandmen is both a lighthearted look at the past and a profound statement about the present state of farming life. It is also a novel that captures the spirit of those who have chosen to work the land they love.In The Last of the Husbandmen, Gene Logsdon looks to his own roots in Ohio farming life to depict the personal triumphs and tragedies, clashes and compromises, and abiding human character of American farming families and communities. From the Great Depression, when farmers tilled the fields with plow horses, to the corporate farms and government subsidy programs of the present, this novel presents the complex transformation of a livelihood and of a way of life. Part morality play and part personal recollection, The Last of the Husbandmen is both a lighthearted look at the past and a profound statement about the present state of farming life. It is also a novel that captures the spirit of those who have chosen to work the land they love.Gene Logsdon lives and raises sheep in north-central Ohio with his wife, Carol. He has written twenty-five books, most recently a novel, The Lords of Folly; a cultural study, The Mother of All Art: Agrarianism and the Artistic Impulse; three memoirs: You Can Go Home Again, The Contrary Farmer, and The Pond Lover; and a book on experimental ideas in farming, All Flesh Is Grass. Brand NEW unread book. Soft cover bound book. Bookseller Inventory # 9780821417867

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Book Description: Paperback. Book Condition: New. 1st. 152mm x 21mm x 203mm. 333 pages. 0.349. Bookseller Inventory # 9780821417867

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