The Farm [Hardcover]

A collector's edition, and the perfect gift for the stalwart Wendell Berry fan

First printed in 1995 by Gray Zeitz of the beloved Larkspur Press in Monterey, Kentucky, this gift edition is a beautiful reproduction of Wendell Berry’s book–length poem, illustrated with the original drawings by Carolyn Whitesel.Praise for The Farm

Literature–loving, farmer–appreciating foodies are bound to love the thoughtful gift that is a pocket–size, book–length poem by none other than famed Kentucky farmer, writer, and farmers’ rights champion Wendell Berry . . . Counterpoint Press’s new collector’s edition ($19) is a beautiful reproduction, complete with original drawings by Carolyn Whitesel. —Katie O'Reilly, Sierra

Readers of Wendell Berry, the Kentucky farmer and poet, will love to give or receive this collector’s edition reproduction of one of his book–length poems. —Garden & Gun

The newly released book The Farm by Wendell Berry is a worthwhile purchase simply for its beauty. A trade reprint of the hard–to–find letterpress edition by Kentucky’s Larkspur Press, this new book retains the elegance of the original . . . It seems at the very heart of this work, Berry is describing a way of being, one rooted in the love of and care for a particular place. —Englewood Review of BooksWENDELL BERRY, an essayist, novelist, and poet, has been honored with the T. S. Eliot Prize, the Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry, the John Hay Award of the Orion Society, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award, among other distinctions. Inlã5