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1	Foxfire 2 more books like this by Eliot Wigginton (Editor) add to wishlist Interviews and essays describe the way of life and crafts of pioneer America still surviving in the Appalachian region. see all copies from $3.68! new only from $9.34! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Three Tenant Families more books like this by James Agee, Walker Evans (Photographer) add to wishlist This documentary work on the cotton sharecroppers of Alabama began as an article for Fortune magazine but was rejected because Agee refused to adopt the sterile, objective voice of conventional journalism. The resulting book, published in 1941 with photos by Walker Evans, ultimately reveals as much about Agee as it did about his subjects. It also ... see all copies from $3.92! new only from $5.96! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Foxfire 7 more books like this by Paul F Gillespie (Editor) add to wishlist Appalachian art, culture, and religious heritage is included in this volume. see all copies from $8.98! new only from $10.96! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Epitaph for a Peach: Four Seasons on My Family Farm more books like this by David Mas Masumoto add to wishlist Drawing upon Masumoto's own experience as a Japanese American peach and grape farmer, this novel follows his attempt not just to keep his peaches alive but to farm in a new way, working with and not against nature. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Don't Be Afraid, Gringo: A Honduran Woman Speaks from the Heart: The Story of Elvia Alvarado more books like this by Medea Benjamin (Editor), Elvia Alvarado add to wishlist Trained by the Catholic Church to organize women's groups to combat malnutrition, Alvarado, a woman with a second-grade education, began to question the wretched conditions she saw around her. She became one of her country's leading political activists. 14 pages of halftones. PBS documentary scheduled for May. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The moral basis of a backward society more books like this by Edward C. Banfield add to wishlist see all copies from $3.60! new only from $10.47! \| SVS
7	Grow It!: The Beginner's Complete In-Harmony-With-Nature Small Farm Guide; From Vegetable and Grain Growing to Livestock Care more books like this by Richard W. Langer add to wishlist For anyone who owns land - whether it be five or fifty acres - this is an indispensable guide to small-scale organic farming, with advice on everything from building and stocking a pond to planting an orchard or making cheese." Grow It "presents a philosophy and life-style in tune with today's concern for the environment. see all copies from $1.99!
8	Worlds Apart: Why Poverty Persists in Rural America more books like this by Cynthia M Duncan, Robert Coles, M.D. (Foreword by) add to wishlist This work takes us to three remote rural areas in the USA to hear the tales of the residents - the poor, the rich, and those in between - as they talk about their families, work, hard times, and their hopes. It provides an insight into the dynamics of poverty, politics and community change. see all copies from $2.80! new only from $12.72! \| first editions \| SVS
9	String Too Short to Be Saved more books like this by Donald Hall add to wishlist This is a collection of stories diverse in subject, but sutured together by the limitless affection the author holds for the land and the people of New England. Donald Hall tells about life on a small farm where, as a boy, he spent summers with his grandparents. Gradually the boy grows to be a young man, sees his grandparents aging, the farm ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Chinese Village, Socialist State more books like this by Edward Friedman, Professor Mark Selden, Professor Paul G Pickowicz add to wishlist This is a portrait of social change in the North China Plain which depicts how the world of the Chinese peasant evolved during an era of war and revolution and how it in turn shaped the revolutionary process. The authors spent a decade interviewing villagers and rural officials, exploring archives and investigating villagers with diverse resources ... see all copies from $7.66! new only from $23.10! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Stillmeadow Road more books like this by Gladys Taber add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Worker in the Cane: A Puerto Rican Life History more books like this by Sidney W Mintz add to wishlist This is the absorbing story of Don Taso, a Puerto Rican sugar cane worker, and of his family and the village in which he lives. Told largely in his own words, it is a vivid account of the drastic changes taking place in Puerto Rico, as he sees them. see all copies from $2.77! new only from $10.57! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town more books like this by Nick Reding add to wishlist "Methland" tells the story of Oelwein, Iowa, which, like thousands of other small towns across the country, has been affected by one of the most dangerous drugs in the world. see all copies from $17.90! new only from $17.90! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Hole in the Sky: A Memoir more books like this by William Kittredge add to wishlist The Great Basin--an area the size of France carved out of Oregon, California, and Nevada--and a ranch as big as Rhode Island; for three generations this was Kittredge land and William Kittredge's birthright. Here he tells how this dream turned into an adulthood of dislocation and loss, the end of a way of life. Excerpts in Harper's, Esquire, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.56! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Let Us Now Praise Famous Men more books like this by James Agee, Walker Evans add to wishlist This documentary work on the cotton sharecroppers of Alabama began as an article for Fortune magazine but was rejected because Agee refused to adopt the sterile, objective voice of conventional journalism. The resulting book, published in 1941 with photos by Walker Evans, ultimately reveals as much about Agee as it did about his subjects. It also ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.21! \| first editions
16 view cover	Rural Communities: Legacy and Change more books like this by Cornelia Butler Flora, Jan L Flora add to wishlist Rural America is a complex mixture of peoples and cultures struggling for survival through innovative approaches to their problems. These people range from laid-off miners in West Virginia to Laotian immigrants relocating in Kansas to entrepreneurs planning a world-class ski resort in Californias Sierra Nevada. These rural Americans are seldom ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Land Remembers more books like this by Ben Logan add to wishlist The struggles and triumphs of Logan's farm family in Depression-era Wisconsin are brought vividly to life in this audio edition of the classic story. A beautiful account about the heritage of family values and rural life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $184.82! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Men's lives more books like this by Peter Matthiessen add to wishlist Available for the first time in a text-only edition, Peter Matthiessen's acclaimed Men's Lives should enjoy the kind of success that greeted John McPhee's Pine Barrens and William Warner's Beautiful Swimmers. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.18! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	ABC of Poultry Raising more books like this by J H Florea add to wishlist Second, thoroughly revised (1977) edition of probably finest guide available for successfully raising small flock of chickens. 53 illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.81! \| SVS
20 view cover	Staying Put: Making a Home in a Restless World more books like this by Scott Russell Sanders add to wishlist "In the tradition of Wendell Berry, Sanders champions fidelity to place, informed by ecological awareness, arguing that intimacy with one's home region is the grounding for global knowledge. "Reflective, rhapsodic, luminous essays. . . . A wise and beautifully written book." -Publishers Weekly, starred review see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.94! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Bingo Night at the Fire Hall: Rediscovering Life in an American Village more books like this by Barbara Holland add to wishlist The author writes about her migration from Philadelphia to a cabin she inherited in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. As an alien in a small rural community, she describes how she learned to adjust to a slower pace of life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	The Remembered Village more books like this by Mysore Narasimhachar Srinivas add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $30.49! \| first editions \| SVS
23	The Next Greatest Thing: Fifty Years of Rural Electrification more books like this by Richard A Pence (Editor), Patrick Dahl (Editor), Jane Crawford (Illustrator) add to wishlist see all copies from $5.85! first editions
24 view cover	The River Cottage cookbook more books like this by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Simon Wheeler (Photographer) add to wishlist Published to tie in with the third series of the acclaimed Channel 4 River Cottage , this book draws on Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's experiences at his home in Dorset. Hugh writes:"There are two reasons why you may want to buy this book. The first is more or less selfish, because the main aim here is simply to help you enjoy your life more - your ... see all copies from $21.90! new only from $21.90! \| SVS
25 view cover	The Spiral Road: Change in a Chinese Village Through the Eyes of a Communist Party Leader, Second Edition more books like this by Shu-Min Huang, Huang Shu-Min add to wishlist The leading Party cadre of Lin Village in southeast China describes in this book nearly fifty years of turbulent events that affected individuals and families in the village: the downfall of the landlords during the Land Reform, the rise of poor peasants to political power, the political fanaticism of the Great Leap Forward and the Great ... see all copies from $5.50! new only from $36.20! \| first editions \| SVS

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