Simple Things: Lessons from the Family Farm

Jerry Apps

ISBN 10: 087020887X / ISBN 13: 9780870208874

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press, Madison, WI, 2018

About this Item

The book is in good condition with a sturdy hardcover binding. There is no dust jacket present, and the cover shows minimal wear. The spine and pages are intact, with no inscriptions or library markings. The cover features a linoleum print by John Zimm, adding a unique artistic touch. unknown (no dust jacket visible).

Seller Inventory # A27-B7-MRG-MQS-0954

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Simple Things: Lessons from the Family Farm
• Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society Press, Madison, WI
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 087020887X
• ISBN 13: 9780870208874
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Cover linoleum print by John Zimm
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

In this collection of thoughtful essays, Jerry Apps reflects on the “simple things” that made up everyday life on the farm—an old cedar fencepost, Fanny the farm dog, the trusty tools used for farmwork, the kerosene lantern the family gathered around each morning and evening. As he holds each item up to the light for a closer look, he plumbs his memories for the deeper meanings of these objects, sharing the values instilled in him during his rural boyhood in the 1940s and 1950s. He concludes that people who had the opportunity to grow up on family farms gained useful skills, important knowledge, and lifelong values that serve them well throughout their lives. Apps captures and shares those things for people who remember them and those who never had the benefit of living on a small farm.
 

About the Author

Jerry Apps has written more than forty fiction and nonfiction books about life in the upper Midwest, including In a Pickle and Simple Things: Lessons from the Family Farm. He was a professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and appeared in five documentaries about rural history and country life produced by Wisconsin Public Television.