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'''''Northern Farm: A Chronicle of Maine''''' is a 1948 book by naturalist/writer [[Henry Beston]]. |
'''''Northern Farm: A Chronicle of Maine''''' is a 1948 book by naturalist/writer [[Henry Beston]]. Originally written for ''[[The Progressive]]'' as a series of columns on country-living, it chronicles a season on a small [[Maine]] farm.<ref>{{cite web|title=Northern Farm by writer/naturalist Henry Beston|website=henrybeston.com|url=http://henrybeston.com/northernfarm.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Review of ''Northern Farm'' by Henry Beston|website=Kirkus Reviews|date=4 November 1948|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/henry-beston-2/northern-farm/}}</ref> Beston is also the author of ''[[The Outermost House]]''. ''Northern Farm'' has been less commercially successful but still important as environmental writing and popular among Mainers.<ref name=BDN>{{cite newspaper|url=http://bangordailynews.com/2017/05/29/next/biography-offers-glimpse-into-the-life-of-northern-farm-naturalist-henry-beston-and-his-deep-ties-to-maine/|date=29 May 2017|newspaper=Bangor Daily News|title=Biography offers glimpse into the life of ‘Northern Farm’ naturalist Henry Beston and his deep ties to Maine|author=Haskell, Meg}}</ref> |
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{{blockquote|Published in 1948, it is a series of short essays inspired by his life and observations at Chimney Farm, an 88-acre farm in [[Nobleboro]] that Beston and his wife, the late poet [[Elizabeth Coatsworth]], purchased in 1931. ... It has long been out of print, except for a facsimile edition published in 2006 to raise funds for the preservation of the farm property, which in 2007 was placed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name=BDN/>}} |
{{blockquote|Published in 1948, it is a series of short essays inspired by his life and observations at [[Chimney Farm]], an 88-acre farm in [[Nobleboro]] that Beston and his wife, the late poet [[Elizabeth Coatsworth]], purchased in 1931. ... It has long been out of print, except for a facsimile edition published in 2006 to raise funds for the preservation of the farm property, which in 2007 was placed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name=BDN/>}} |
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==Annie Dillard's journal entry== |
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*{{cite book|title=Northern Farm: A Glorious Year on a Small Maine Farm|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bIdgcSPJe20C|year=2013|publisher=Henry Holt & Co.|isbn=0-8050-3092-1|postscript=; illustrated by [[Thoreau MacDonald]], pbk, 256 pages}} |
*{{cite book|title=Northern Farm: A Glorious Year on a Small Maine Farm|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bIdgcSPJe20C|year=2013|publisher=Henry Holt & Co.|isbn=0-8050-3092-1|postscript=; illustrated by [[Thoreau MacDonald]], pbk, 256 pages}} |
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*{{cite book|editor=McNair, Wesley|year=2008|chapter='''Winter''', from ''Northern Farm'' by Henry Beston|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7T7FAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA251|pages=251–260|title=Place Called Maine: 24 Writers on the Maine Experience}} |
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Northern Farm: A Chronicle of Maine is a 1948 book by naturalist/writer Henry Beston. Originally written for The Progressive as a series of columns on country-living, it chronicles a season on a small Maine farm.[1][2] Beston is also the author of The Outermost House. Northern Farm has been less commercially successful but still important as environmental writing and popular among Mainers.[3]
Published in 1948, it is a series of short essays inspired by his life and observations at Chimney Farm, an 88-acre farm in Nobleboro that Beston and his wife, the late poet Elizabeth Coatsworth, purchased in 1931. ... It has long been out of print, except for a facsimile edition published in 2006 to raise funds for the preservation of the farm property, which in 2007 was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.[3]
Annie Dillard's journal entry
The Pultizer Prize winner Annie Dillard made a journal entry concerning Northern Farm:[4]
It was a bore. Not only did nothing happen, okay, but there was no trace of mind. As a naturalist he didn’t teach me a thing. He didn’t even bother to look up fireflies. As an observer of the social scene, which is a boring thing to be in the 1st place, he’s ordinary and conservative. No imagination.[4]
References
- ^ "Northern Farm by writer/naturalist Henry Beston". henrybeston.com.
- ^ "Review of Northern Farm by Henry Beston". Kirkus Reviews. 4 November 1948.
- ^ a b Haskell, Meg (29 May 2017). "Biography offers glimpse into the life of 'Northern Farm' naturalist Henry Beston and his deep ties to Maine". Bangor Daily News.
- ^ a b Saverin, Diana (5 February 2015). "The Thoreau of the Suburbs". The Atlantic.
External links
- Author web site
- Northern Farm: A Glorious Year on a Small Maine Farm. Henry Holt & Co. 2013. ISBN 0-8050-3092-1; illustrated by Thoreau MacDonald, pbk, 256 pages
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - McNair, Wesley, ed. (2008). "Winter, from Northern Farm by Henry Beston". Place Called Maine: 24 Writers on the Maine Experience. pp. 251–260.
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