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Water at the Roots: Poems and Insights of a Visionary Farmer - Couverture souple

Britts, Philip

 
9780874861280: Water at the Roots: Poems and Insights of a Visionary Farmer
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0874861284 ISBN 13 : 9780874861280
Editeur : Plough Publishing House, 2018

Synopsis

In a society uprooted by two world wars, industrialization, and dehumanizing technology, a revolutionary farmer turns to poetry to reconnect his people to the land and one another.

A farmer, poet, activist, pastor, and mystic, Britts (1917-1949) has been called a British Wendell Berry. His story is no romantic agrarian elegy, but a life lived in the thick of history. As his country plunged headlong into World War II, he joined an international pacifist community, the Bruderhof, and was soon forced to leave Europe for South America.

Amidst these great upheavals, his response - to root himself in faith, to dedicate himself to building community, to restore the land he farmed, and to use his gift with words to turn people from their madness - speaks forcefully into our time. In an age still wracked by racism, nationalism, materialism, and ecological devastation, the life he chose and the poetry he composed remain a prophetic challenge.

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À propos des auteurs

Farmer-poet Philip Britts was born in 1917 in Devon, England. Britts became a pacifist, joined the Bruderhof, and during World War II moved to South America. There, in 1949, he died of a rare tropical illness at the age of 31, leaving his wife, Joan, with three young children and fourth on the way.

David Kline, an Amish organic farmer in Ohio, is the editor of Farming Magazine and author of three books: Letters from Larksong: An Amish Naturalist Explores His Organic Farm, Great Possessions: An Amish Farmer's Journal, and Scratching the Woodchuck: Nature on an Amish Farm.

Jennifer Harries, a member of the Bruderhof, was born in Llansamlet Wales and now lives in New York.

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Éditeur
Plough Publishing House
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0874861284
ISBN 13 
9780874861280
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
179
Éditeur
Harries Jennifer
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