Home on the Farm: Essays on a Michigan Childhood

Biographies & Memoirs

Davis, Jerry R.

Regional U.S.

1st Book Library

<div class=Section1> The Thumb area of rural <st1:State><st1:place>Michigan</st1:place></st1:State> in the 1930's and 1940's was a place where residents led simple lives. They labored long hours on their farms producing enough crops to feed themselves and their animals with enough left over to sell for profit. They slept well at night secure in the notion that they had put in an honest day's labor and were fulfilling their destinies in the world. In Home on the Farm, the author provides us with a .glimpse of Midwestern Americana during the second quarter of the Twentieth Century. He describes the sorrows, joys, triumphs and tragedies inherent in that rural environment. Readers, young and old, will enjoy being introduced to characters like statuesque Grandmother Davis, multi-talented Grandfather Williamson, Ernestine the renaissance woman, Jake the horse dog, Grunt the runt, Cho-lin the champion pig, Rocky the riding horse and a host of others. <o:p></o:p> Each of the twenty-five chapters includes a drawing, by the author, depicting something about its content. The unsophisticated drawings are whimsically charming and employ an unusual means of telling the story of the author's life on the farm. They add to the narrative and give it meaning, depth and just a touch of humor. <o:p></o:p> </div>

This beautifully illustrated book features fifty black and white illustrations of barns, bridges, churches, and other rural buildings throughout Michigan. Each drawing is enhanced by a vignette about the structures featured. The fifty illustrations are suitable for framing and the accompanying vignettes (only one or two pages in length) contain interesting facts, figures, and anecdotes about the buildings. Michigan Barns, Et Cetera is a wonderful book for anybody interested in art and the rural history of Michigan.

Michigan Barns, et Cetera

Arts & Photography

Individual Artists

Artemesia Publishing, LLC

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