Having estranged himself from his father as a young man, the author returns to the family farm and discovers the pleasures and hardships in a now-changing way of life as he reconciles with his father

The Last Farmer: An American Memoir

Biographies & Memoirs

Kohn, Howard

Regional U.S.

Harpercollins

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New English

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Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Simon&Schuster

Summit Books

An acclaimed author turns his attention once again to the subject of race, focusing on the continuing struggle for racial equality in America and using a handful of black and white residents in Maryland as the backdrop for his provocative exploration. 25,000 first printing.

We Had a Dream: A Tale of the Struggle for Integration in America

History

Americas

Howard Kohn’s The Last Farmer is a memoir of his father’s last seasons working the Michigan farm where they both were raised. It is a place that Kohn, a former editor at Rolling Stone, has left many times but keeps coming back to. 
Fredrick Kohn farmed the family homestead in the Saginaw Valley since his return from World War II. After forty years, with advancing age, failing health, bad weather, falling prices, pesky oil drillers, creeping suburban sprawl, and the exodus of his children, he starts to wonder if maybe the time has come to stop. The habits of a lifetime of hard work and economy are not easy to give up. Nor are the independence, the small gratifications, and the countless responsibilities that are the traditional farmer’s lot.
The Last Farmer is a rare story of a father’s determination and adaptation, a son’s realizations about his father, and a family’s love for the land that leads to understanding rather than tragedy.

Bison Books

Howard Kohnâ€™s The Last Farmer is a memoir of his fatherâ€™s last seasons working the Michigan farm where they both were raised. It is a place that Kohn, a former editor at Rolling Stone, has left many times but keeps coming back to.
Fredrick Kohn farmed the family homestead in the Saginaw Valley since his return from World War II. After forty years, with advancing age, failing health, bad weather, falling prices, pesky oil drillers, creeping suburban sprawl, and the exodus of his children, he starts to wonder if maybe the time has come to stop. The habits of a lifetime of hard work and economy are not easy to give up. Nor are the independence, the small gratifications, and the countless responsibilities that are the traditional farmerâ€™s lot.
The Last Farmer is a rare story of a fatherâ€™s determination and adaptation, a sonâ€™s realizations about his father, and a familyâ€™s love for the land that leads to understanding rather than tragedy.

The Last Farmer: An American Memoir (Thorndike Press Large Print Americana Series)

Memoirs

Thorndike Pr

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