String Too Short to Be Saved: Recollections of Summers on a New England Farm

String Too Short to Be Saved: Recollections of Summers on a New England Farm - Paperback

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String Too Short to Be Saved: Recollections of Summers on a New England Farm - Paperback

String Too Short to Be Saved: Recollections of Summers on a New England Farm - Paperback

by Donald Hall
$18.95
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by Donald Hall (Author), Daniel Okrent (Introduction by)

"These vivid New Hampshire farm sketches from Hall's well-spent youth--all written when he was full-grown--are as much attuned to the supple and enticing utilities of language as they are grounded in a vanished time which may, at a glimpse, seem simple, but were complex and rich and not simple at all."--Richard Ford

This is a collection of story-essays diverse in subject but united by the limitless affection the author holds for the land and the people of New England. Donald Hall tells about life on a small farm where, as a boy, he spent summers with his grandparents. Gradually the boy grows to be a young man, sees his grandparents aging, the farm become marginal, and finally, the cows sold and the barn abandoned. But these are more than nostalgic memories, for in the measured and tender prose of each episode are signs of the end of things: a childhood, perhaps a culture.

In an Epilogue written for this edition, Donald Hall describes his return to the farm twenty-five years later, to live the rest of his life in the house that held a box of string too short to be saved.
Number of Pages: 232
Dimensions: 0.8 x 7.4 x 5.3 IN
Publication Date: June 17, 2025
ISBN9781567928266
Author Donald Hall
PublisherNonpareil Books
GenreBiography and History
FormatPaperback
PublishedJune 2025
LanguageENG- English
Pages232
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Donald Hall is an American poet, writer, editor and literary critic. He is the author of over 50 books across several genres from children's literature, biography, memoir, essays, and including 22 volumes of verse. Hall was named the fourteenth U.S. Poet Laureate in 2006 and served for one year. He is the winner of the Caldecott Medal, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and has twice been nominated for the National Book Award.

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