For the Hog Killing, 1979

by Tanya Berry

"The traditional neighborly work of killing a hog and preparing it as food for humans is either a fine art or a shameful mess. It requires knowledge, experience, skill, good sense, and sympathy ," writes Wendell Berry in the essay portion of this book. In November 1979 as in years before, neighborly families gathered to do one of the ceremonious jobs of farm life: hog killing. Tanya Berry had been given a camera by New Farm magazine to photograph...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1950564002
• ISBN13: 9781950564002
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Fireside Industries
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.8" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up