In good hands
the keeping of a family farm
by Charles Fish
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In 1836, Henry Lester moved his family from the Vermont hills to better land on the valley floor north of Rutland, beginning a saga of six generations on a farm, which this book portrays and explores with an affectionate but critical eye.
What gives the book its distinctive charm is its vivid evocation of a way of life: the beloved grandmother keeping house both as a shelter and as a temple of the spirit; the uncles sowing and harvesting, raising and slaughtering; the author, as a small boy, working with the men, fishing and hunting, and, later, reflecting on the issues of pleasure and work, freedom and community.
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In Good Hands: The Keeping of a Family Farm
2016, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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1466896655 9781466896659
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In good hands: the keeping of a family farm
1996, Kodansha International
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In good hands: the keeping of a family farm
1995, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
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Originally published: 1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1995.
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