Great Possessions: An Amish Farmer's Journal

by David Kline

Wendell Berry (Foreword)

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Organized in four sections corresponding to the seasons, this account by an Amish farmer of his life in Southern Ohio, celebrates his daily labours, his family and, most importantly, the flora and fauna of his 70 acre farm. He works his land with horses and without electricity. He describes the proper preparation of Sassafras tea, maple sugaring in late winter, chopping firewood in autumn and rejoices in the vast diversity of the birds.
  • ISBN10 1888683228
  • ISBN13 9781888683226
  • Publish Date 1 September 2001 (first published 1 March 1990)
  • Publish Status Unknown
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Wooster Book Company
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 235
  • Language English