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Farm life tells the story of Chippewa Valley dairying and ties it to larger national and historical issues, bringing this history into the new millenium.Highly illustrated with compelling photos, Farm Life lets the voices of farm families come through in hundreds of direct quotations. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Artforum International, published by Thomson Gale on June 22, 2005. The length of the article is 674 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Sue de Beer: Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria.
Author: Jeffrey Kastner
Publication: Artforum International (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 22, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 43Issue: 10Page: 322(2)

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Though there are more automobiles than harvesters on the roads thesedays, folks in Wythe County, Virginia, keep their memories and traditionspreserved in these conversations with the local twentieth-century farmers who spent their entire lives working this land. Visit with James Kegley, a fourth-generationfarmer discussing his family's cattle and poultry drives to the trainin Wytheville, and Agnes Eades as she shares stories about the night beforebutchering day for the hogs; join Fred Etter as he remembers the first tractor heever saw and June Huffard as she talks about her dairy farm. Picture the dayswhen starting the plow meant cracking the whip and Wythe County was the 'Cabbage Capital of the World.' ... Read more

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biographical novel
This is a marvelous book by a young author detailing the life of farmers in loudon county, virginia.it describes a way of life that is fast disappearing from loudon county and, for that matter, most of the country that is close to large metropolitan areas. ... Read more