Wendell Berry Forward (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. First Edition. The final book by the self-described ?contrary farmer? and writer Gene Logsdon (1931/1932?2016). Completed only weeks before his death, it is a collection of essays framed as an open letter to young people drawn to small-scale farming. Wendell Berry contributes a foreword praising Logsdon?s patient, practical, and lightly humorous approach to living on the land without destroying it.Logsdon addresses the rise of ?garden farmers??people pursuing modest, diversified, bio-intensive operations rather than the industrial ?get big or get out? model. He argues that a good life on the land is possible without great wealth by staying small, avoiding heavy debt, diversifying income and assets, living simply, valuing rural traditions and place, and using ?right technologies? that work smarter rather than harder. The book celebrates the beauty of nature, the satisfaction of growing food, and the personal contentment that can come from a rooted rural life, while acknowledging real challenges.ABOUT THIS COPY: First edition hardcover, bound in off-white paper. Illustrated cover in a deep plumb with matching lettering, also on the spine. Dark hunter green endpapers. xiv, 210 pp. A very nice copy in like new condition. Full refund if not satisfied.…

Softcover. Condition: Like New. Reprint. A collection of nine interrelated essays that read the Hebrew Bible through an agrarian lens.Davis, Professor of Bible and Practical Theology at Duke Divinity School, argues that the biblical writers consistently display a deep concern for the health of arable land and the proper relationship between humans, other creatures, and the soil. Agrarianism?defined as ?a way of thinking and ordering life in community that is based on the health of the land and of living creatures??is presented not as a modern method imposed on the text but as a pervasive perspective already present in the Scriptures themselves. The book places biblical texts in sustained conversation with contemporary agrarian writers (especially Wendell Berry, who contributes the foreword, along with Wes Jackson, Norman Wirzba, and others).Davis demonstrates that concern for soil health, sustainable food systems, and the moral character formed by how people treat the land runs throughout the Torah, Prophets, Writings, and poetry. The book has become a foundational text in ecological theology, food ethics, and agrarian biblical interpretation. It is valued for its careful exegesis, engagement with contemporary agrarian thought, and ability to speak both to scholars and to readers concerned with the environmental and social costs of modern agriculture.ABOUT THIS COPY: Softcover. Illustrated with a tree-like artwork in white against a royal blue background with white and blue lettering. Also includes notes, abbreviations and notes. Indexed. xvii, 234 pp. This reprint copy is in very nice, like new condition. Full refund if not satisfied.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Signed by Wendell Berry on title page. Signed by Author(s).