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Haymakers : A Chronicle of Five Farm Families by Steven R. Hoffbeck (2002, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherMinnesota Historical Society Press
ISBN-100873513959
ISBN-139780873513951
eBay Product ID (ePID)1760718
Product Key Features
Book TitleHaymakers : a Chronicle of Five Farm Families
Number of Pages223 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2002
TopicGeneral, Agriculture / General, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi)
IllustratorYes
GenreTechnology & Engineering, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorSteven R. Hoffbeck
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight13.1 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN00-033930
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal633.2/085/09776
SynopsisWinner of the Minnesota Book Award and the Red River Heritage Award! The Haymakers is an epic--the history of man's struggle with nature as well as man's struggle against machines. It relates the story of farmers and their obligations to their families, to the animals they fed, and to the land they tended. But The Haymakersis also an elegy--to a way of life fast disappearing from our landscape. In the most heartfelt essays, Hoffbeck chronicles his own family's struggle to hold onto their family farm and his personal struggle in deciding to leave farming for another way of life. Hoffbeck also seeks to document and preserve the commonplace methods of haymaking, information about haying that might otherwise be lost to posterity. He describes the tools and the methods of haymaking as well as the relentless demands of the farm. Using diaries, agricultural guidebooks and personal interviews, the folkways of cutting, raking, and harvesting hay have been recorded in these chapters. In the end, this book is not so much about agricultural history as it is about family history, personal history--how farm families survive, even persevere., Winner of the Minnesota Book Award and the Red River Heritage Award The Haymakers is an epic--the history of man's struggle with nature as well as man's struggle against machines. It relates the story of farmers and their obligations to their families, to the animals they fed, and to the land they tended. But The Haymakersis also an elegy--to a way of life fast disappearing from our landscape. In the most heartfelt essays, Hoffbeck chronicles his own family's struggle to hold onto their family farm and his personal struggle in deciding to leave farming for another way of life. Hoffbeck also seeks to document and preserve the commonplace methods of haymaking, information about haying that might otherwise be lost to posterity. He describes the tools and the methods of haymaking as well as the relentless demands of the farm. Using diaries, agricultural guidebooks and personal interviews, the folkways of cutting, raking, and harvesting hay have been recorded in these chapters. In the end, this book is not so much about agricultural history as it is about family history, personal history--how farm families survive, even persevere., Spanning 150 years, Steven R. Hoffbeck's The Haymakers tells a story of the labor and heartbreak suffered by five families in five different eras struggling to make the hay that fed their livestock, a story not just about grass, alfalfa and clover, but also about sweat and fears, toil and loss.
LC Classification NumberSB198.H576 2000
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- 30 May, 2019
fascinating and personal stories of life as a farming family.
A very compelling short look into the lives of our amazing farm families. So interesting.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 03 Jan, 2025
Book in good clean almost new...
Book in good clean almost newVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
