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Rural Free

A Farmwife's Almanac of Country Living

Rachel Peden

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English
Indiana University Press
10 August 2009
Rural Free, first published in 1961, beautifully conveys the joys of family life on an Indiana farm. Marked by the slow pace and rich variety of seasonal change, Rachel Peden's narrative offers an authentic month-by-month chronicle of her family's daily adventures. Today, as the slow-food movement gathers support and more urban dwellers return to the land to plant roots again in honest soil, Peden's stories of country life and her lessons on sustainability, frugality, and wastefulness gain a special resonance. Rural Free will be a source of inspiration for all who rejoice in rural virtues and the spiritual freedom of country life.

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Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 203mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 30mm
Weight:   535g
ISBN:   9780253221612
ISBN 10:   0253221617
Pages:   400
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Rachel Peden (1901–1975) was a newspaper columnist and author of The Land, The People and Speak to the Earth.

Reviews for Rural Free: A Farmwife's Almanac of Country Living

To all who care about nature and the changing seasons, reading it will be a satisfying experience. Harper's Magazine How much finer our lives would be if we were as attentive to our surroundings as Rachel Peden was to her family, farm, neighbors, and neighborhood. Her ear was equally attuned to rural speech and the grammar of cows, to the creaking of an old house and the chirring of crickets. She rejoiced in every phase of the turning year, every hatching and harvest, every birdsong and blossom, every kind of weather and useful work. Now we can rejoice in the reprinting of this marvelous book. Scott Russell Sanders, A Conservationist's Manifesto , IUP, 2009 Before I knew it, the year had passed, and I felt energized, optimistic, and entertainedoas if I had spent the period actually in the company of Rachel Peden. Janice Stillman, editor of The Old Farmer's Almanac


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