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Henry David Thoreau

1817–1862 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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Observations of an accidental farmer--and a mindful reader

Kavros, Harry · 2024 · Paul Dry Books

Harry Kavros's 2024 collection of essays and anecdotes about taking up farm life near Hillsborough, from the landscape to keeping chickens and other animals, alongside reflections on the South and on the writers who shaped his reading: Thoreau, Emerson, Aldo Leopold, Annie Dillard and Frederick Law Olmsted. Sections run from an introduction through 'The landscape', 'Chickens and other beasts' and 'The South' to an epilogue and appendix. First Paul Dry Books edition, Philadelphia.

✓ Held at OCPL · 814.54 KAVROS UNC NC State

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