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On the surface, Real-Farm looks like one of many similar books - a city-bred, academic couple, full of illusions, buy a farm in Iowa, only to find that reality is far from what they imagined. In the end, however, Real-Farm goes beyond a description of the trials and tribulations of farm life to become a philosophical exploration of ways of perception, grounded in daily details that are immediately accessible. What can we learn about marriage by watching geese? What is a bull snake and does one's perception change if the bull snake is in the woods or in one's basement? How many ways can one measure a tornado? Patricia Westfall is an inquisitive person who has a talent for relaying the information she digs up (sometimes literally). In Real-Farm she writes about the history of windmills, the mythology of snakes, and the development of corn; she explains how to drill a well and what time means to different cultures around the world. While the abstract nature of much of this information could distance her from us and her surroundings, her writing is personal and concrete. In her hands metaphysics, weed control technology, and little red refrigerators are all equally understandable, interesting, and real. -- For great reviews of books for girls, check out Let's Hear It for the Girls: 375 Great Books for Readers 2-14. -- From 500 Great Books by Women; review by Erica Bauermeister
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- PublisherAvon Books
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0380712210
- ISBN 13 9780380712212
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages176
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Real Farm
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(1991)
ISBN 10: 0380712210
ISBN 13: 9780380712212
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Real Farm
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Morrow/Avon, New York, NY
(1991)
ISBN 10: 0380712210
ISBN 13: 9780380712212
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Book Description WRAPPERS. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. first thus. New York, NY: Morrow/Avon, 1991. Farm life as a series of experiences that lead to self-understanding and fresh perceptions. Agrarian innocents, West fall (Journalism/Ohio Univ.) and her husband acquired a house and 20 fallow acres not far from the Univ. of Iowa, where husband Mark was working toward a Ph.D. and teaching. He envisioned establishing a kind of Whole Earth Catalogue farming existence. She thought a few chickens might do. Before long, they not only had chickens laying six to eight eggs daily, but there were three goats for milk and two geese as "watchdogs" against foxes and other intruders.8vo-over 7à ¾"-9à ¾" tall. crease to front cover, light wear. amer8. Seller Inventory # 020737
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