Harrowsmith Reader, The

Lawrence, James M. (Editor)

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Language: English

Published by Camden House Publishing, Camden East, 1978

0920656005 / 9780920656006

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Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Moderately Cocked; Edges Moderately Soiled. The Best from Canada's Award Winning Magazine, Including: Country careers, Salad days & mulching nights, Wood heating primer, Bee fever, Vin sauvage, Tallow ho, Solar pragmatics and other approaches to simple living. Illustrated with hundreds of photographs, including more than 100 in full colour. SUB-TITLE: An Anthology from Canada's National Award Winning Magazine of Country Life and Alternatives to Bigness. CONTRIBUTORS: Sharon Airhart, Kenneth Allan, Heidi Atkins, Diane Birch, Allan Bonwill, Ellen Bonwill, Jean Cameron, Barry Estabrook, Mary W. Ferguson, Jo Frohbieter-Mueller, Dick Green, Craig Gutowski, Edmund Haag, Jeffrey C. Hautala, Albert Hoffman, Stephen Homer, Peter Hutchinson, Rosann Hutchinson, Alana Kapell, Barbara Kean, G. I. Kenney, Drew Langsner, Louise Langsner, Jay Lewis, Joseph Mahronic, Robert Mariner, Nancy Martin, Donald McCallum, Janice McEwen, Shaun McLaughlin, Billie Milholand, Molly Miron, Thomas Moffat, Jurgen Mohr, Merilyn Mohr, Virginia Naeve, Magret Paudyn, George Peabody, Russell Pocock, Kathlyn Poff, Louise Price, Hank Reinink, D. E. Ross, R. G. Rowberry, William Rowsome, Michael Shook, David Shoots, David Simms, Kathryn Sinclair, Dr. M. V. Smith, R. Stephenson, Alan B. Stone, George Thomas, Gillian Thomas, Dorothy Wesley, Samuel Wesley, J. D. Wilson, Lynn Zimmerman. COHORTS: Mark Andrews, Frank Appleton, Gord Bagley, Mavis Bracken, Arthur Bracegirdle, Todd Bracegirdle, Elmer Boulton, Phillippa Cranston, Cheryl Empey, Ruth Geddes, Donald Goodwin, Thomas Green, Paula Gustafson, Amanda Hewitt, Margaret Hewitt, William Hutchison, Bruce Kendall, Michael T. Leo, Belle Micks, Fred Micks, Laird O'Brien, Lori Purtell, Neil Reynolds, Ian Russell, George Schultz, Glenda Smith, Mike Wells, Susan Woodend, Sylvia Wright. CONTENTS: Introductions; Land; Country Careers; Shelter; The Garden; Husbandry; The Pantry; Rural Life. REVIEWS: "Your graphics and design are superb, your story ideas pertinent. I am literally knocked out by the excellence of Harrowsmith."--Richard Ballantine, Calendar Magazines. "Some months ago, I fell heir to a copy of Harrowsmith, a quite remarkable magazine which has given me a totally new slant on life in the country. All of it is so bright, so intelligent, and so understandable."--James Barber, Vancouver Province. "Canada improves on Mother Earth News. Country living, growing, building, and craft - without propaganda."--Stewart Brand, Whole Earth Epilog. "Basically, it's the easy, country (but not hillbilly) style of Harrowsmith that appeals."--Terence Dickinson, Maclean's. "Good, straight-forward writing about gardens and wind generators and spinning and goats and a lot of other things to think about and do in the country."--Dirk van Loon, Rural Delivery. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

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Title
Harrowsmith Reader, The
Author
Lawrence, James M. (Editor)
Publisher
Camden House Publishing, Camden East
Publication year
1978
Condition
Very Good
Binding
Paperback
Language
English
ISBN 10
0920656005
ISBN 13
9780920656006
Illustrator
Roger Hill
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