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Clearing Land
Legacies of the American Farm
by Jane Brox
ISBN: 0865476497
ISBN-13: 9780865476493
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
Published date: 2004
Edition: 1th edition
Size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches
Weight: 0.8 pounds
Pages: 191
Publisher's Notes
The author delves deeply into the history of American agriculture, fusing her own experiences on the family farm with the historical reality, from the pilgrim's arrival in Plymouth the recent marginalization of the small farm in the face of agribusiness.
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Clearing Land : Legacies of the American Farm
Jane Brox
New York: North Point Press, 2004. 193 pages, the place of the family farm as it has evoled from the pilgrims at Plymouth to the modern world. Soft Cover "Uncorrected Proof" with minor edge wear.. ISBN: 0865476497. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Galley/Proof. Social History, United States History, Farming, Agriculture. ( more information)
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Jane Brox
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Clearing Land: Legacies of the American Farm
Brox, Jane
North Point Press. Hardcover. 0865476497 HARDCOVER, STORE DISPLAY COPY, UNREAD NEW BUT HAS A TAD BIT OF SHELFWEAR FROM STORE DISPLAY, OTHERWISE VERY NICE, CLEAN, COMPLETE . New. 8/26/2004. ( more information)
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Jane Brox
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Clearing Land : Legacies of the American Farm
Brox, Jane
North Point Press, 2004. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. 8.58 x 5.78 x 0.79. "Signed by Author on Publisher'sbookplate. Family farm as it has evolved from the pilgrims' brutal progress at Plymouth to the modern world. Crisp Tight Clean copy ! 208 pages. . ISBN: 0865476497. ( more information)
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Clearing Land: Legacies of the American Farm
Brox, Jane
North Point Press, 2004. Hardback. New/New. 8.5 X 5.75 Hardcover with 191 pp. Blue and green illustrated cover and spine. SIGNED by the author on the title page. New, unread book. Multiple copies available. ( more information)
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CLEARING LAND:LEGACIES OF THE AMERICAN FARM
Brox,Jane
North Point Press. ISBN:0865476497.Hardcover.Octavo.191 pages.New in dust jacket. 2004. 1st edition. Hardcover. Signed by author on pasted-in printed card.Keywords: Farming, New England, Agriculture, American History, Nature. ( more information)
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