Wendell Berry is a poet, a novelist, a farmer, and a conservationist. His books include The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture, Jayber Crow, Two More Stories of the Port William Membership, Life Is a Miracle: An Essay against Modern Superstition, and Harlan Hubbard: Life and Work.
""The book is beautifully illustrated. It includes several sketches
and black and white photographs of the Hubbards. Color
reproductions of Harlan's paintings show the rich beauty and
refinement of his art. Berry's attention to detail celebrates the
life and work of this very unique man."" -- Northern Kentucky
Heritage
""A perfect vehicle for Wendell Berry's own celebrated themes of
individualism, self-sufficiency, and environmental responsibility
as well as a valuable account of a productive and noted Kentucky
artist."" -- Register of the Kentucky Historical Society
""An engaging essay.... Explores the difficulties, complexities and
richness of Hubbard's life."" -- Lexington Herald-Leader
""Berry's many admirers may take special pleasure in this
attractive, well illustrated book to commemorate a most unusual
life that holds fast to strong principles.... We delight in the
courage it took to maintain a lost way of life in our 20th
century."" -- Nashville Banner
""Berry's story of the Hubbards is both reassuring and
challenging.... [They] enlarged Thoreau's experience into a life.""
-- Noah Adams, Washington Post
""Environmentalists, rural sociologists, and cultural researchers
should examine this book and take it to heart. This work provokes
reflection on the creation of social and cultural meaning and
continuity."" -- John B. Wolford, Journal of American Folklore
""Hubbard influenced Berry in the 1960s when Berry's world view was
taking shape, and now Berry has returned with his full powers to
validate something which helped him then to find his way."" --
Journal of Appalachian Studies
""Quietly but forcefully explores how machines encumber life and
how simplicity enhances it."" -- Atlanta Journal Constitution
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