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Dirt Under My Nails: An American Farmer and Her Changing Land
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Dirt Under My Nails: An American Farmer and Her Changing Land Hardback - 2002

by Marilee Foster

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"Dirt Under My Nails" tells of a year in the life of a 31-year-old modern farm woman. Foster's farmland is in the midst of "the Hamptons, " but her story of her changing heritage and environmental harm are relevant to the American farm scene almost everywhere.

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A woman farmer observes with a poetic and appreciative eye the transformation of the plant and animal life on her land through the changing seasons, and now through the encroachment of residential development.

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  • Title Dirt Under My Nails: An American Farmer and Her Changing Land
  • Author Marilee Foster
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Pages 184
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Bridge Works Publishing Company, Bridgehampton, NY
  • Publication date May 25, 2002
  • ISBN 9781882593545 / 1882593545
  • Weight 0.77 lbs (0.35 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.76 x 5.86 x 0.79 in (22.25 x 14.88 x 2.01 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
    • Demographic Orientation: Rural
    • Demographic Orientation: Small Town
    • Geographic Orientation: New York
    • Topical: Ecology
  • Category Biography / Autobiography
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2001052885
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Citations

  • Booklist, 04/01/2002, Page 1290
  • Kirkus Reviews, 03/01/2002, Page 306
  • Library Journal, 04/15/2002, Page 117
  • Marie Claire, 06/01/2002, Page 64
  • Publishers Weekly, 04/15/2002, Page 55
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