{"product_id":"observations-of-an-accidental-farmer-and-a-mindful-reader-9781589881914","title":"Observations of an Accidental Farmer--And a Mindful Reader","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn forty short and charming chapters, a former \"great books\" teacher from New York City adapts to his new role on a small Southern farm by observing the natural world and drawing connections to his reading life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Erudite and engaging.\"\u003ci\u003e--Booklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIn late middle-age, Harry Kavros and his wife, Peri, pack up all the household belongings that will fit into their car and leave Manhattan, bound for their new home on a twenty-two-acre patch of pine-filled land in Hillsborough, North Carolina. As Mr. Kavros spends long hours clearing the acreage, not for farming but for sightlines, he muses about the land, the exhausting work it requires, and the rewards the effort offers. Every task he undertakes prompts him to recall and meditate over scenes from his reading life. From the great Greek epics to the writings of Frederick Law Olmstead on landscape, to Thoreau, to modern poets, to a veritable treasury of references, for the author life in the country is also life in among his reading.Witty and perceptive, \u003ci\u003eObservations of an Accidental Farmer--and a Mindful Reader\u003c\/i\u003e is about cultivation, of one's land and one's life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16410553\"\u003eHarry Kavros\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Dry Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/16\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.57d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781589881914\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1589881915\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003eMemoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-GAR\"\u003eGardening\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-GAR002000\"\u003eEssays \u0026amp; Narratives\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-NAT\"\u003eNature\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-NAT024000\"\u003eEssays\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarry Kavros\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of two books, \u003ci\u003eDandelions and Honey: Travels on a Forsaken Island \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHexameron: A Discussion of Great Books in Six Days. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is a former dean of Fordham University and Columbia University where he taught Literature-Humanities (Lit-Hum), the great books seminar. He now lives in Hillsborough, North Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paul Dry Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43827645022347,"sku":"9781589881914","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_70f5ecb1-5fc2-4188-8a9c-bfbcf9562f57.jpg?v=1755540332","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/observations-of-an-accidental-farmer-and-a-mindful-reader-9781589881914","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}