The long-legged house

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"First published in 1969 and out of print for more than twenty-five years, The Log-Legged House was Wendell Berry's first collection of essays, the inaugural work introducing many of the central issues that have occupied him over the course of his career. Three essays at the heart of this volume - "The Rise," "The Long-Legged House," and "A Native Hill"--Are essays of homecoming and memoir, as the writer finds his home place, his native ground, his place on earth. As he later wrote, "What I sta…

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Title Statements

Full title :The long-legged house / Wendell Berry.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2004.
Edition:1st Shoemaker & Hoard ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Distributed by Publishers Group West, Shoemaker & Hoard
Place of Publication:Washington, DC
Language:eng
Publication Date:2004.

Notes

Originally published: New York : Harcourt, Brace & World, 1969.

The Physical Object

Description:213 pages ; : 21 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1593760132, 9781593760137
oclc:ocm53477013
LC Classification:PS3552.E75
Dewey Decimal:B

The tyranny of charity -- The landscaping of hell : strip-mine morality in east Kentucky -- The nature consumers -- The loss of the future -- A statement against the war in Vietnam -- Some thoughts on citizenship and conscience in honor of Don Pratt -- The rise -- The long-legged house -- A native hill.

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Authors, American Authors, American -- Biography. -- 20th… Berry, Wendell Biographies Civilization collective biographies Écrivains américains -- Biographies. --… Kentucky Kentucky -- Civilisation Kentucky -- Civilization Problèmes sociaux social issues Social problems