First Person Rural/Essays of a Sometime Farmer by Perrin, Noel - 1979

Boston: David R. Godine, 1979. Third printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Red paper-covered boards with black lettering. Hint of bump to corners. Text is clean, tight, white, no marks. Wonderful illustrations thoughout by Stephen Harvard. Unclipped DJ shows light edgewear to top edges, light general scuffing and mild soiling. "Twelve delightful vignettes, all concerned with country-ish things, which range from intensely practical to mildly literary. Transplanted from New York fifteen years ago and now a Real Life Vermont Farmer, Perrin candidly admits to hilarious mistakes (In Search of the Perfect Fence Post) while presenting down-to-earth advice on such rural necessities as 'Sugaring on $15 a Year,' 'Raising Sheep,' and 'Making Butter in the Kitchen.' Not everything is strictly about the exigencies of country life. While one essay seems to discuss the use of wooden sap buckets, it really addresses the nature of illusion and reality as they coexist in rural places. Another forewarns those who consider the country a place of idyllic retreat." (from the jacket)