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The milkweed ladies / Louise McNeill

Author
McNeill, Louise
Published
Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [1988]
Copyright Date
©1988
Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 122 pages) : illustrations
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Contents
Acknowledgments; A Patch of Earth; G.D.'s Sea Chest; Granny Fanny's Thorn Broom Handle; The Door Peg; Green-up Time; Apple Butter Red; Neighborhood Ways; Signs and Portents; Over Bonnie; The Coming of the Roads; Night at the Commodore.
Summary
The Milkweed Ladies the memoirs of poet Louise McNeill, is written our deep affection for and intimate knowledge of the lives of rural people and the rhythms of the natural world. It is a personal account of the farm in southern West Virginia where her family has lived for nine generations. Born in 1911, McNeill tells the story of her own growing years on the farm through the circadian rhythms of rural life. She presents the farm itself, "its level fields, its fence row, and hilly pastures ... some two hundred acres of trees and bluegrass, running water, and the winding, dusty paths that.
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ISBN
9780822979777 (electronic bk.)
0822979772 (electronic bk.)
0822954060 (pbk.)
9780822954064 (pbk.)
0822935872 (hard)
9780822935872 (hard)
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