Autographed by the author on the half-title. Foreword by Robert Wolf. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs and end-paper map. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. No names or marks in the text. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation in a heavy cardboard box. Unread. Fine condition. Selling Used and Rare books online since April 1998 and from our bookstore in the heart of the Bluegrass since 1984. A volume in the Mississippi Delta series. ; Mississippi Delta Series; Black-and-white photographs and end-paper Map; 16mo. ; 78 pages; Signed by Author.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

DIRT & DUTY. HOW I CAME TO LOVE THE LAND AND LOATHE FARMING. (AUTOGRAPHED)

Publisher

Free River Press, Lansing, Iowa

Publication Date

1995

Language

English

ISBN 10

1878781189

ISBN 13

9781878781185

Binding

Paperback

Edition

First Edition; First Printing.

Condition

Fine

Signed

Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

"It is a collection of essays sprinkled with humor and examples of life...where the only real men are those with injuries...The drama comes in spurts, like droughts and floods, through the tribulations a farmer faces."--[Tennessee] State Gazette

About the Author

Ex-stockbroker and ex-college professor Murray Hudson farmed for 12 years in west Tennessee Delta country with his wife and two sons before burning ut in the farm crisis of the 1980s.

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Store Description

Established in 1984, Black Swan Books is housed in building constructed in 1912. Our 3,000 square feet of floor space is filled with well organized shelves devoted to Kentuckiana, Horses, Military History, Literature, Poetry,Art, Americana, European and British History and Children's books etc. Our books are selected for condition as well as content. Many of our titles reflect the fact that we are located only a couple of blocks from the University of Kentucky. Our shop is pictured in Southern Writers, has been written up on the New York Times blog. and was used in a program produced for National Public Television. We have hosted readings as well as book signings of many regional authors, including Wendell Berry (of whom we have a large inventory)& Bobbie Ann Mason. E-mail us to be placed on our mailing list.

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Black Swan Books, Inc.
505 E. Maxwell Street, Lexington, KY, 40502, U.S.A.

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