The Man Who Created Paradise - A Fable

The Man Who Created Paradise, a fable inspired by a true story, tells how young Wally Spero looked at one of the bleakest places in America-the strip-mined spoil banks of southeastern Ohio-and saw in it his escape from the drudgery of his factory job.

Info autore

Gene Logsdon (1931-2016) was the author of more than thirty books and countless magazine articles on agrarian issues including small-scale farming and sustainable living. He is the author of four Swallow Press/Ohio University Press books: All Flesh Is Grass: The Pleasures and Promises of Pasture Farming, The Man Who Created Paradise: A Fable, Wyeth People, and The Last of the Husbandmen: A Novel of Farming Life.

Riassunto

The Man Who Created Paradise, a fable inspired by a true story, tells how young Wally Spero looked at one of the bleakest places in America—the strip-mined spoil banks of southeastern Ohio—and saw in it his escape from the drudgery of his factory job.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Gene Logsdon, Gene/ Spaid Logsdon
• Con la collaborazione di: Gregory Spaid (Fotografie)
• Editore: University of ohio press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.09.2017
• EAN: 9780821423066
• ISBN: 978-0-8214-2306-6
• Pagine: 72
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, HISTORY / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Sustainable Agriculture, Fiction - General