Rural Free: A Farmwife's Almanac of Country Living

Rural Free, first published in 1961, beautifully conveys the joys of family life on an Indiana farm. Marked by the slow pace and rich variety of seasonal change, Rachel Peden's narrative offers an authentic month-by-month chronicle of her family's daily adventures. Today, as the slow-food movement gathers support and more urban dwellers return to the land to plant roots again in honest soil, Peden's stories of country life and her lessons on sustainability, frugality, and wastefulness gain a special resonance. Rural Free will be a source of inspiration for all who rejoice in rural virtues and the spiritual freedom of country life.

Author: Rachel Peden
Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
Published: 07/01/2009
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.90w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780253221612

About the Author

Rachel Peden (1901-1975) was a newspaper columnist and author of The Land, The People and Speak to the Earth.