The Gleaner - Paperback

by Stephen R. Leslie (Author)

A Vermont farm boy makes his way across the continent meeting Amish folk, migrant farm workers, Native Americans, rodeo cowboys, people who are living out their lives still connected to the working landscape amid the tectonic shifts of the 1960's counterculture Family tragedy has driven Danny Sweeney away from home. Like the dispossessed who survive on the leavings of the harvest, he gleans nourishment from new experiences and relationship as he moves from late adolescence into young manhood; from self-abandonment to self-discovery. More than a coming of age story, The Gleaner is a paean to our lost heritage, our vital connection to land and working animals and to the earth itself.

Author Biography

Stephen Leslie lives with his wife Kerry Gawalt and daughter Maeve in Hartland, Vermont, where as members of the eco-village at Cobb Hill, they own and operate Cedar Mountain Farm, a small horse-powered organic dairy and vegetable farm.