From The Land: Articles Compiled From The Land 1941-1954 by Nancy Pittman,Wes Jackson PDF

By Nancy Pittman,Wes Jackson

all started in 1941 as an outgrowth of pals of the Land, the magazine The Land was once an try out via editor Russell Lord to counteract -- via schooling, details, and proposal -- the rampant abuse of soil, water, bushes and rivers. yet for all its seriousness of project, The Land was once a stimulating mixture of truth and style. It integrated literature, philosophy, paintings, and the sensible observations of farmers and conservation employees, to inspire small farmers to appreciate and follow conservation rules to their lands. This anthology, a desirable mosaic, compiled from the thirteen years of The Land tells in fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and philosophy the tale of ways we replaced from a state of small farms to the agribusiness we have now this present day. one of the forty authors integrated are conservation and literary giants equivalent to Aldo Leopold, E. B.White, Louis Bromfield, Paul Sears, Allan Patton and Wallace Stegner.

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