Product Description

In this richly detailed memoir, Ronald Jager evokes rural America of 50 years ago and a boy's life on a small family farm in Michigan. "Jager's memoir is full of life, an act of preservation tendered to us from an irresistible perspective of love."--The New York Times Book Review.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #412067 in Books
• Published on: 1992-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 280 pages

From Publishers Weekly
Jager, formerly a professor of philosophy at Yale, details the Michigan family farm that he grew up on in the 1930s.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal
YA-- Jager's account of growing up on the family farm in Michigan during the 1940s captures the wholesome spirit of yesterday. He takes readers inside his life as he relives his memories from early childhood to adulthood. The book is well written, entertaining, and heartwarming. Slow to begin, it picks up speed, and the author's voice seems to reach readers in a comforting sort of way. Whether urban or rural, YAs will be able to identify with the feelings and experiences of this family.
- Jeanette M. Lippencott, W. T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, VA
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From the Publisher
7 1.5-hour cassettes

Customer Reviews

an invitation to michigan farming
The book was absolutely fabulous! It was as if the reader had been invited to take part in the michigan farm. It was heart-wrenching, yet funny at times. It made me remember that I'm a farm-boy at heart!

CAPTIVATING
I have the audiobook version and I feel like I lived every moment of Jager's childhood. It's well written, open and honest; it's not only interesting, but a journey through the history of the American family farm.

Wonderful!
I did not grow up in the Great Depression, nor Michigan, when and where this book takes place. I grew up on a farm in Iowa in the 1960s, yet this book described my childhood perfectly! The work ethic, parental discipline and life in rural America Jager describes is now a part of history. I am thankful he captured it so well for future generations. If you grew up on a farm, you will love this book as well!