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Fields Without Dreams: Defending the Agrarian Ideal by Victor Davis Hanson

wanderinggoy's review against another edition

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1.0

As the author admits on page 53: “I think only of individuals, not causes, theories, or castes.”

Such a (very USAmerican) approach is unlikely to enlighten.

naum's review against another edition

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4.0

Part lamentation, part tragedy, and part chronicle.

VDH is a remarkable writer, weaving themes from his classicist education into the plight of the American family farmer, and more specifically, his family's raisin farm near Fresno, at the edge of the millenium.

I really liked this book, even allotting for the bigotry and stereotyping VDH displays.
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