Fields of Home
Title | Fields of Home PDF eBook |
Author | Marita Conlon-McKenna |
Publisher | Sourcebooks, Inc. |
Pages | 178 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1402219083 |
"This edition published in agreement with The O'Brien Press, Ltd." --T.p. verso.
Little Britches
Title | Little Britches PDF eBook |
Author | Ralph Moody |
Publisher | U of Nebraska Press |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 1991-01-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780803281783 |
Ralph Moody was eight years old in 1906 when his family moved from New Hampshire to a Colorado ranch. Through his eyes we experience the pleasures and perils of ranching there early in the twentieth century. Auctions and roundups, family picnics, irrigation wars, tornadoes and wind storms give authentic color to Little Britches. So do adventures, wonderfully told, that equip Ralph to take his father's place when it becomes necessary. Little Britches was the literary debut of Ralph Moody, who wrote about the adventures of his family in eight glorious books, all available as Bison Books.
Fields of Plenty
Title | Fields of Plenty PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Chronicle Books |
Pages | 268 |
Release | 2005-10-13 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780811842235 |
"Fields of Plenty is the memoir of respected farmer, writer, and photographer Michael Ableman as he and his son travel from his own farm in British Columbia across the United States in search of innovative and passionate farmers who are making a difference in what we eat and how we experience food. From California to New York, this story captures the essence of each farmer's vision, the spirit of the land that they work, and the beauty and flavors of the foods that they lovingly produce. Ableman's odyssey takes him to a melon grower who is "militant about flavor," sheep-cheese producers who have built their own culturing caves, an urban farmer growing heirloom tomatoes for market on abandoned lots, and others who are trying to answer the complex questions of sustenance philosophically and, most important, practically." "Fields of Plenty is a hopeful memoir that reveals the larger issues of food in a modern world. Illustrated with Ableman's photographs and flavored with recipes that feature each farmer's bounty, Fields of Plenty is an intimate portrait of food and agriculture at a critical crossroads."--BOOK JACKET.
The Fields We Called Home
Title | The Fields We Called Home PDF eBook |
Author | Carrie Burrows |
Publisher | |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 2021-05-15 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9781736882603 |
In this unforgettable World War II novel, inspired by true events, the lives of Central Texans on homeland soil are forever altered as many sacrifice it all for America's gain. ------------ Fall 1941. Grace Kathleen Willis has it all - a loving family and community, a handsome fiancé, and a job as a schoolteacher. But when Grace discovers the government is possibly bringing a new Army camp to her beloved farming community and acting on its right to eminent domain, she finds herself torn between the man she deeply cares for and her childhood home. In the midst of some of the darkest moments in America's history, love must find a way to overcome. Spring 2016. Thirty-year-old Katie Johnson is seeking a fresh start in a new community as she moves in with her ninety-five-year-old grandma. Her first stop is a special reunion on the Fort Hood military base just outside Gatesville, Texas. The temperature isn't the only thing heating up over the summer as Katie discovers more of her family's past than she expected.
Wildflower Girl
Title | Wildflower Girl PDF eBook |
Author | Marita Conlon-McKenna |
Publisher | The O'Brien Press |
Pages | 156 |
Release | 2013-08-01 |
Genre | Young Adult Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1847176011 |
The second book in the famine trilogy At seven, Peggy made a terrifying journey through famine-stricken Ireland. Now thirteen, and determined to make a new life for herself, she sets off alone across the Atlantic to America. Will she ever see her family again? An extraordinary story of courage, independence and adventure The other books in the Famine trilogy are Under the Hawthorn Tree and Fields of Home. A study guide to Under the Hawthorn tree is also available.
Under the Hawthorn Tree
Title | Under the Hawthorn Tree PDF eBook |
Author | Marita Conlon-McKenna |
Publisher | Sourcebooks, Inc. |
Pages | 146 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1402219067 |
During the Great Famine in Ireland in the 1840s, three children are left alone and in danger of being sent to the workhouse, so they set out to find the great-aunts they remember from their mother's stories.
Immokalee's Fields of Hope
Title | Immokalee's Fields of Hope PDF eBook |
Author | Carlene A. Thissen |
Publisher | iUniverse |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 2004-05-27 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0595769276 |
Immokalee's Fields of Hope is a story of Mexican, Haitian, and Guatemalan immigrants told by a businesswoman who regained her soul through volunteering with children. With compassion and understanding, Carlene Thissen shares the personal stories the immigrants told her, framed with the political and social histories of their countries. Beginning with family memories of her own German and Irish grandparents, she captures the struggles, hopes, and dreams of people who just want to work and make a better life. Carlene offers the opportunity to stretch out and truly visualize the plights of the people being described and their motivation for coming to America. They left horrible poverty, violence, and persecution and risked everything they had to come to Immokalee in Southwest Florida as word spread across our borders that, "There is work in Immokalee." More than just the vivid story of the immigrants, Carlene explains the frustrations and fears of the rural community that struggled to absorb them and the dedicated people who came to help. The immigrants' dreams of a better life and the Carlene's own journey back to the garden all began in Immokalee's Fields of Hope.