Back to the Farm: A Farmer’s Life in Literature

By Damian Van Denburgh

These books examine the struggles that farmers face, be it land shrinkage, drought, or cutthroat competition from outside forces. Read these and you just might think twice before you throw away those leftovers.

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The Earth Émile Zola
O Pioneers! Willa Cather
Growth of the Soil Knut Hamsun
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The Good Earth Pearl S. Buck
Fontamara Ignazio Silone
On the Black Hill Bruce Chatwin
Plainsong Kent Haruf
God’s Little Acre Erskine Caldwell

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Back to the Farm: A Farmer’s Life in Literature

East of Eden

The Earth

O Pioneers!

Growth of the Soil

The Good Earth

Fontamara

On the Black Hill

Plainsong

God’s Little Acre

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