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Letters from an American farmer
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J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur |
Written by an emigrant French aristocrat turned farmer, the Letters from an American Farmer (1782) posed the famous question: "What, then, is the American, this new man?," as a new nation took shape … |
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Crazy Love
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David Lozell Martin |
"Joseph Long, known locally as Bear, is a farmer ridiculed by neighbors for his strangeness. Lonely nearly to the point of madness and so desperate for human touch, he leans against the hands of the … |
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Don't tell the whole world!
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Joanna Cole,Kate Duke |
Knowing that his talkative wife will reveal to the world that he has found a fortune buried on their farm, John arranges an elaborate scheme to insure that she will not be believed. |
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Transplanted German farmer
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Christian Iutzi |
"Here is a splendid, firsthand account of nineteenth-century Amish Mennonite immigration--not an uprooting, but a transplanting from one context to another. Christian Iutzi's journals and log book pa… |
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Bluegrass hero
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Allie Pleiter |
Dust-covered men who smell like horses are the norm at Gil Sorrent's farm, until a trip to Emily Montague's bath shop changes their lives. |
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Ben and Clementine
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Caroline Sharpe |
During a bad year when many other farm animals must be sold, a boy figures a way to keep his old friend, the workhorse. |
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Beasts and babies
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David Creaton |
The author's experiences with living on a small farm with livestock, animals and his young children. |
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Jobs on a Farm
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Nancy Dickmann |
Simple introduction for young children to work that needs to be done on some farms - what they are and why they are necessary. |
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A Star for Mrs. Blake
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April Smith |
"An emotionally-charged, brilliantly realized novel set in the l930's about five American women--Gold Star Mothers--who travel to France to visit the graves of their WWI soldier sons: a pilgrimage th… |
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The nurse's perfect match
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Narelle Atkins |
"After her marriage ends in tragedy, Amy returns to Snowgum Creek to rebuild her life. There she meets widower Ben Morton, who's not looking for romance, though his young children are eager for Amy's… |
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Worm and Farmer Maguire
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Jeffrey Dinardo |
Farmer Maguire loves his garden. Worm loves to work in her garden home. Can the two learn to work together? This illustrated story shows young readers that everyone's contribution to a task is import… |
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Farmer Brown goes round and round
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Teri Sloat |
A twister strikes Farmer Brown's farm and mixes the animals all up, so that the cows oinked, sheep clucked, hens brayed, and his hound neighed. |
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Joel, growing up a farm man
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Patricia Demuth |
Focuses on a thirteen-year-old boy who works on his family's farm, caring for livestock, harvesting hay, and preparing to manage the farm himself one day. |
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A single speckled egg
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Sonia Levitin |
When three farmers worry so much that they decide to sell their farms, their wives consult the Teacher for a way to stop them. |
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Shadows On The Moor
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Ann Cliff |
Cheery, carefree Patrick falls in love with Amy but, as always, love's path never runs smooth. |
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Ramp Hollow
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Steven Stoll |
Steven Stoll offers a fresh, provocative account of Appalachia, from the earliest European settlers, through crucial episodes such as the Whiskey Rebellion and the founding of West Virginia, and the … |
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Drift
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Jon McGoran |
After the sudden deaths of his parents, narcotics detective Doyle Carrick bides his time at an inherited house in rural Pennsylvania, where he falls in love with an organic farmer who is being pressu… |
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Humankind
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Rutger Bregman |
Der Historiker Rutger Bregman setzt sich in seinem Buch mit dem Wesen des Menschen auseinander. Anders als in der westlichen Denktradition angenommen ist der Mensch nicht böse, sondern, so Bregman, i… |
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The farm
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Richard Benson |
Richard Benson was never cut out for life on the family farm, yet when his father chose to sell up he decided to return to Yorkshire. This is his account of being outwitted by even the dimmest of ani… |
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I love my hat
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Douglas Florian |
Farmer Brown heads to town on his tractor and picks up some animals along the way who each sing about the clothes they are wearing, until it is Farmer Brown's turn to sing about the new clothes he ha… |
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