An Orange in Iowa Was Once a Miracle


This will be my last post on this blog (and in fact, my last interaction with the Internet) because I have been reading Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression, a memoir by Mildred Armstrong Kalish; I'm so enthralled with the camaraderie, self-reliance, and rugged civility of these farmers that I have decided to go to Iowa by covered wagon during the Great Depression and start a farm so that my spoiled suburban children learn to treat their own maladies with spider webs and vinegar, slaughter a chicken by age six, and enjoy the hell out of an orange.
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 19, 2008 at 8:47 PM

    i'm up to page 100 and waiting patiently for this book to become interesting. what the eff was the new york times book review thinking? i am getting really pissed.

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  2. DaveOctober 20, 2008 at 5:55 AM

    i'm almost finished-- i love it! just skip the middle portion with all the recipes.

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