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The Last of the Husbandmen - A Novel of Farming Life (Hardcover)
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The Last of the Husbandmen - A Novel of Farming Life (Hardcover)
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"Nan turned to see Ben's face turn as hard and white as a
sauerkraut crock. When he did not respond, Nan figured that he was
just going to back off as he usually did, the shy and retiring
husbandman. She did not know her history. She did not know that shy
and retiring husbandmen have been known to revolt against
oppression with pitchforks drawn." -The Last of the Husbandmen In
The Last of the Husbandmen, Gene Logsdon looks to his own roots in
Ohio farming life to depict the personal triumphs and tragedies,
clashes and compromises, and abiding human character of American
farming families and communities. From the Great Depression, when
farmers tilled the fields with plow horses, to the corporate farms
and government subsidy programs of the present, this novel presents
the complex transformation of a livelihood and of a way of life.
Two friends, one rich by local standards, and the other of more
modest means, grow to manhood in a lifelong contest of will and
character. In response to many of the same circumstances-war, love,
moonshining, the Klan, weather, the economy-their different
approaches and solutions to dealing with their situations put them
at odds with each other, but we are left with a deeper
understanding of the world that they have inherited and have
chosen. Part morality play and part personal recollection, The Last
of the Husbandmen is both a lighthearted look at the past and a
profound statement about the present state of farming life. It is
also a novel that captures the spirit of those who have chosen to
work the land they love.
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