San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1995. 1st ed.; 4th printing. Hardcover. Fine in a near fine+ to fine (-) jacket. Light soiling/rubbing to jacket in near fine - dust-jacket. Octavo cream paste-down, brown cloth spine in cream jacket: xii, 233 pages: illustrations; 22 cm. Author inscribed; Contents: Spring work -- Workers of the land -- As if the farmer died -- New farm, old pests -- Learning to fail -- Summer work -- Family farm -- Wild walks -- Harvests -- September is not to be trusted -- Year begins -- Autumn work -- Orphaned -- Farming with ghosts -- Winter work -- Return of the egret. "An eloquent piece of nature writing by a young author with a farmer's calluses and a poet's soul, this book is about saving a peach, saving a farm, saving a family, saving a way of life--it is a story about finding "home."--Publisher description. Peach growers -- California -- Del Rey -- Biography -- Japanese American farmers.

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Bookseller: Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 87767
Title: Epitaph for a Peach: Four Seasons on My Family Farm [Signed]
Author: Masumoto, David Mas
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine in a near fine+ to fine (-) jacket. Light soiling/rubbing to jacket in near fine - dust-jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st ed.; 4th printing
Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco
Place of Publication: San Francisco
Date Published: 1995

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