Last Person Rural

Perrin, Noel. Last Person Rural. Boston: David R. Godine, 1995. Deft essayist Perrin is a Vermont organic farmer, a mulcher, a dowser and a Dartmouth professor. In this fourth collection in a series that began with First Personal Rural , he writes engagingly about such practicalities of farming as felling trees, buying equipment and maintaining a farm pond. Extolling the non-utilitarian pleasures of watching turkeys at dawn or of building stone walls, he also analyzes New England's soul as "fiercely determined" and "fiercely protective." That spirit is evinced in the author as he discusses the peril of acid rain, journeys from Kansas to Massachusetts and taps the moral reserves required of a small farmer in an age of mechanized agribusiness. Perrin proposes a hefty "pay-to-pollute" tax on toxic pesticides, herbicides and chemical fertilizers, a move that he says would create more space for healthy farming. Illustrations. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Author(s): Noel Perrin
Date of release: 1995
Origin of Work: USA
Categoty: Book
Theme(Topic): History, USA, New England
Original Vendor/Source: Key
Details of damage: Used-Good