House of Fields: Memories of a Rural Education

by Anne-Marie Oomen

Book Overview

Anne-Marie Oomen uses a wealth of vivid language and personal details to bring scenes from her childhood on a family farm to life in House of Fields. Yet the focus of this book shifts away from the daily activities of the farm, which Oomen presented in Pulling Down the Barn, to life outside its boundaries, as she explores the complex meaning of "education" in all of its rural forms. From reading lessons to shattered windows, from dynamite to first...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814332854
• ISBN13: 9780814332856
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.1"