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Marge Hogan and her community struggle to keep their farms when corporate farming takes over, causing the disappearance of the family farm and its culture, skills, and ethics
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Leaving the Land is, sadly and disturbingly, about endings. It shows family farming giving way to corporate farming and agribusiness.
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Douglas Unger, a professor of English at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, is also the author of El Yanqui and The Turkey War, and, most recently, Voices from Silence: A Novel of Repression and Terror in Argentina.
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- PublisherHarper & Row
- Publication date1986
- ISBN 10 043481105X
- ISBN 13 9780434811052
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages278
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Leaving the Land
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William Heinemann Ltd
(1984)
ISBN 10: 043481105X
ISBN 13: 9780434811052
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. William Heinemann Ltd 1984 Hardcover published in Great Britain, 1st edition, first printing. Book is in near fine condition with no marks or creasing and tight binding. Dust Jacket also is near fine, shiny and smooth with no tearing, marks or noticeable edge wear and protected with brodart. COLLECTIBLE RARE .SUMMARY: Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Winner, 1985 "This fine first novel courts comparison with Willa Cather's. . . O Pioneers But there is a big difference, since O Pioneers. . . is about beginnings, while Leaving the Land is, sadly and disturbingly, about endings. It shows family farming giving way to corporate farming and agribusiness. . . . Marge Hogan] has character, which is probably not inheritable. It is a rare commodity in modern novels."-New York Times Book Review. The reputation of Leaving the Land has grown steadily since its first publication in 1984. It was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the Robert F. Kennedy Award and was an ALA Notable book in 1984. Douglas Unger, a professor of English at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, is also the author of El Yanqui and The Turkey War, and, most recently, Voices from Silence: A Novel of Repression and Terror in Argentina. Seller Inventory # 6076
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