Life on a Rocky Farm Marco Stoffella

Life on a Rocky Farm Marco StoffellaA folksy look at farm life in rugged Putnam Valley just as it was being transformed by industrialization and mechanization. Life on a Rocky Farm couples Lucas C. Barger's (18661939) eye for detail with a folksy, anecdotal style to give us a remarkable and memorable depiction of both the traditional ways of farm life, and the challenges the farmers faced as the times changed. Previously unpublished, Barger's first hand account of farm life near New

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offering philosophical insights on themes such as childhood

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