See You in a Hundred Years: Four Seasons in Forgotten America

Ward, Logan

ISBN 10: 1933771151 / ISBN 13: 9781933771151

Published by BenBella Books, 2007

Seller Inventory # 1933771151-3-30477219

Synopsis:

'The basic premise is this: If it didn't exist in 1900, we will do without.' "See You in a Hundred Years" is the story of one family's year in a farmhouse in Swoope, Virginia, living as if it were 1900 and trying to simplify their lives. Years of working long hours surrounded by technology, stress and danger had taken their toll on Logan Ward and his wife Heather, and to save their marriage and their sanity, Logan and Heather sold their belongings, packed up their 2-year-old son and moved to a run-down farmhouse in the country without any plans past surviving the year. Adventure travel writer Logan Ward chronicles their year in 1900 - what the move solved and what it didn't, what they lost and what they gained. As they struggle with recalcitrant livestock and garden - destroying bugs, rain that won't come and their own insecurities, they discover a sense of community and a sense of themselves that changes not only their marriage, but the entire Swoope, Virginia, community. Lyrically told and powerfully evocative, "See You in a Hundred Years" is a memoir for our modern age that struggles with today's growing sense of disassociation and yearning to escape the frenetic pace of daily life. It's a different kind of travel narrative, detailing not the dislocation of place, but time, and taking the reader to what may be the most lost world of all-our own past.

About the Author: Logan Ward has written for many magazines, including National Geographic Adventure, Men's Journal, Popular Mechanics, Southern Accents and Cottage Living. He lives with his wife Heather and their children Luther and Eliot in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley.

Bibliographic Details

Title: See You in a Hundred Years: Four Seasons in ...
Publisher: BenBella Books
Publication Date: 2007
Binding: hardcover
Condition: Good