On Good Land: The Autobiography of an Urban Farm
 Amazon.com Review: A dramatic pair of pictures opens this book: aerial shots of Fairview Gardens Farm, near Goleta, California, first in 1954, then in 1998. Once part of thousands of acres of farmland, Fairview Gardens is now entirely surrounded by tract [... more]
$18.95
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Mayordomo: Chronicle of an Acequia in Northern New Mexico
The acequia system of northern New Mexico: In "Mayodomo" Stanley Crawford describes his experience as manager of an "acequia" or irrigation ditch system in arid northern New Mexico. The use of acequia-irrigation originated in Spain [... more]
$17.95
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Garlic Is Life: A Memoir With Recipes
Amazon.com Review: Loosely the story of how a divorced, middle-aged Jewish professor of English moved from San Francisco to rural Sonoma County, California, and found fulfillment in the ups and downs of garlic farming, this intensely personal narrative [... more]
$16.95
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Horse Tradin'
Green Not Hokey: Whoever said that Green's stories were hokey must be young, and not appreciative of bootstrap operations. Ben Green was a self-made man, sizing up opportunities as an enterprising youngster. He shows determination, he demonstrates [... more]
$26.95
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Wild Cow Tales
Classic Texas Cowboy Book: Ben Green probably writes one of the best cowboy stories I've ever read. A book full of short stories that are enjoyable for the adult as well as the kid. Cowboy vs. cows, a contest of who's smarter: Wild cows, as the author [... more]
$25.00
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Native State: A Memoir
pure gold, incorrigibly good: I'm quickly approaching the end of this book and already saddened by that fact. This has got to be one of the best books I've ever read. I'm principally a fan of non-fiction and this memoir has really touched me. If you [... more]
$24.95
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Into the Wild
Amazon.com Review: "God, he was a smart kid..." So why did Christopher McCandless trade a bright future--a college education, material comfort, uncommon ability and charm--for death by starvation in an abandoned bus in the woods of Alaska? This [... more]
$13.95
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Frontier Doctor: Observations on Central Oregon and the ...
The best of the "Doctor reminisces" books.: "Frontier Doctor" edges out Arthur Hertzler's "Horse and Buggy Doctor" and "The Life of Chevalier Jackson" as the most interesting of the physician autobiographies that [... more]
$15.95
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The Wild Muir: Twenty-Two of John Muir's Greatest Adventures
Twenty-two of Muir's best scootcher's!: Lee Stetson, an actor who regularly has played Muir in Yosemite, compiled these 22 tales in this very readable, short book which I obtained in Tuolumne meadows visitor center in Yosemite National Forest. The Wild [... more]
$10.95
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Bitterbrush Country: Living on the Edge of the Land
Go West, Young Woman: Although I've read many books by and about women in the West, this is a refreshing new twist on the oft-told memoir in which the author marries a sheep and cattle rancher and grows to love the wide open and arid spaces of Southern [... more]
$22.95
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Two in the Far North
fantastic story of frontier adventure: I'd heard Margaret (Mardy) Murie's name in the same news and conversational circles as I'd hear names like John Muir, Barry Lopez, John McPhee - all among my favorite writers, scientists and naturalists - so when [... more]
$16.95
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Sketches from the Ranch: A Montana Memoir
The year's round of seasons on a Montana ranch: Montana has produced so many fine writers. Here's another one. Aadland is the son of a Lutheran minister, growing up in south central Montana between the Beartooth Mountains and the Crow Reservation. His & [... more]
$16.95
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