Countryman's Journal (eBook)

Roy Barrette (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022
Islandport Press (Verlag)
978-1-952143-55-7 (ISBN)

Infos

In 1958, Roy Barrette (1897-1995) and his wife left Philadelphia for a small saltwater farm in Brooklin, Maine. He later wrote he wasn't looking to "e;escape anything, but to find something."e; At rundown Amen Farm he found the quiet, simple life he was seeking. He worked to rebuild the property and became a neighbor and friend of the famed writer, E.B. White, with whom he often enjoyed a fine martini. Like White, Barrette began writing. His new life and farm, with its barnyard animals, library of his favorite literature, and abundance of home-grown produce, gave Barrette the fuel to create evocative weekly columns for the local newspaper at the behest of legendary editor James Russell Wiggins. The former insurance salesman also enjoyed a deep appreciation for old New England country ways-from canning his own vegetables and steaming freshly dug clams to taking walks with his spaniel and helping birth calves-and through them created a world for himself dramatically different from his former urban life. "e;A Countryman's Journal,"e; originally published in 1981, is a collection of the essays offering personal glimpses into the joys of small-town Maine life.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.5.2022
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Garten
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• ISBN-10: 1-952143-55-1 / 1952143551
• ISBN-13: 978-1-952143-55-7 / 9781952143557