Stories from the round barn
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Author
Publication
2000 - TriQuarterly Books, Evanston, Ill, Illinois
Language
English
Word Count
62,250 words, Guess
Page Count
249 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100810151014
- ISBN-100810150727
- ISBN-139780810151017
- ISBN-139780810150720
- Goodreads2063899', '3469714
Classifications
- DDC977.5/87
- LCCS521.5.W6 J28 2000
Description
Using stories, anecdotes, history, and even veterinary science, Jackson braids together a series of dramatic fragments and episodes to vividly recreate life on the Dougan dairy farm. Founded in 1911 by W.J. Dougan near Beloit, Wisconsin, the Dougan farm, with its unusual round barn, is symbolic of a vanishing era. A renowned farm which was among the first to introduce many aspects of modern dairying to its operation, the Dougan farm eventually became a victim of agribusiness-style dairying and was closed. As Jackson recreates the texture and tone of life on the farm, larger themes emerge: the constant balancing between material life and spirit, the quest for humane values within a hard world of business and labor, the difficult lessons fundamental to childhood.
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Topics
People
Genres
- Anecdotes
Other Editions
- Stories from the round barn
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