Eighty Acres: Elegy for a Family Farm
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Book Overview
In this richly detailed memoir, Ronald Jager evokes rural America of 50 years ago and a boy's life on a small family farm in Michigan. "Jager's memoir is full of life, an act of preservation tendered... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0807070440
ISBN13:9780807070444
Release Date:January 1990
Publisher:Beacon Press (MA)
Length:257 Pages
Weight:0.91 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 5.9" x 7.9"
Customer Reviews
5 ratings
Audiotapes Eighty Acres
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
I received these cassettes is great condition. I needed them for a book review for school. Every tape worked and the book itself was great. I am going to be donating this audiobook once I am done with it to the Community College Library I attend since they do not have this audiobook.
CAPTIVATING
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
I have the audiobook version and I feel like I lived every moment of Jager's childhood. It's well written, open and honest; it's not only interesting, but a journey through the history of the American family farm.
Pure Delight
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
I couldn,t put it down, but I wanted it to last...Every page evoked a memory and a smile, or an outright laugh. It paints a picture with broad stokes, and fine insight. Wit and wisdom and loveable folks throughout...Sorry to see it ended.
Wonderful!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
I did not grow up in the Great Depression, nor Michigan, when and where this book takes place. I grew up on a farm in Iowa in the 1960s, yet this book described my childhood perfectly! The work ethic, parental discipline and life in rural America Jager describes is now a part of history. I am thankful he captured it so well for future generations. If you grew up on a farm, you will love this book as well!
an invitation to michigan farming
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
The book was absolutely fabulous! It was as if the reader had been invited to take part in the michigan farm. It was heart-wrenching, yet funny at times. It made me remember that I'm a farm-boy at heart!
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