Book of Plough: Essays on the Virtue of Farm, Family & the Rural Life

by Justin Isherwood

A farmer with an extraordinary gift for language and a writer with the field still fresh on his boots, Justin Isherwood is irresistibly compelling. His writing is possessed by a poetry. As he moves effortlessly from the profound to the practical, he turns the ordinary experiences of farm life into a feast for your senses.

Distributed for Martin Communications and Marketing

222 pages, Hardcover

First published January 5, 2005

About the author

Author, speaker, teacher, marketing consultant. Mary writes and speaks on subjects ranging from marketing, writing and publishing to history, weather and pets. She lives and works in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Her works include "Wisconsin: The Way We Were" (1993); "Rural America: A Pictorial Folk Memory" (1995); "Devastation on the Delaware: Stories and Images of the Deadly Flood of 1955" (2005); and "Almost Perfect: Disabled Pets and the People Who Love Them" (2008). Learn more: http://www.maryshafer.com."

Reviews

[Lkowalczyk · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is s slim volume of essays by a farmer....a farmer gifted with words. Each vignette was in and of itself. Some hilarious, some quite thoughtful. It took awhile to read, surprisingly, as I could only read a few (or two) at a time. Nice to pick up with little time to read.

[Jess · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was a real surprise for me. I'm not sure what made me pick it up, but I found myself enthralled with the writing. The author is a farmer who has taken his experiences and with humor and practicality, written a book that honors the land and those who work it. Definately worth reading if you have any interest in farming, small town life or just superb writing.