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This is a book about working alongside the ghosts of generations past, whether pruning vines or surviving a storm; about valuing the knowledge of old farmers; about taking on a leadership role in the local California Buddhist community where Masumoto is one of the few left to bury the old-timers.
It is about the search for roots in the tragic history of the internment camps, and in the still-living rural culture of Japan, where Masumoto tells of visiting his grandmother's native village and working in ancient rice paddies. And it is about renewal: reinvigorating the family farm with new-old organic farming techniques, finding new uses for rusty tools left behind in the shed, starting a culturally blended family and teaching children the work and play of life on the farm.
By knitting together past and future, Masumoto achieves a rare and essential harmony - holding on to what matters, despite the pressures of time and change.
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Farm life, Farmers, Japanese American farmers, Family farms, Biography, Farm life, united states, California, biography, Japanese americansPeople
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Harvest Son: Planting Roots in American Soil
September 1999, W. W. Norton & Company
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0393319741 9780393319743
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Harvest Son: Planting Roots in American Soil
September 1999, W. W. Norton & Company
in English
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Harvest son: planting roots in American soil
1998, W.W. Norton & Co., W.W. Norton
in English
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0393046737 9780393046731
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