| Letters to the Valley: A Harvest of Memories (Great Valley Book) (Great Valley Book) | 
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Sales Rank: 335804
Category: Book
Author: David Mas Masumoto
Publisher: Great Valley Books
Studio: Great Valley Books
Manufacturer: Great Valley Books
Label: Great Valley Books
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: Trade paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 134
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.7 x 0.6
ISBN: 1597140384
Dewey Decimal Number: 808
EAN: 9781597140386
ASIN: 1597140384
Publication Date: February 1, 2007
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"Written in the form of casual letters from a farmer to members of his family, these finely crafted pieces capture the rhythms of life and work in an orchard, and the interleaving of family and farm over three generations. Masumoto stands in the rich American tradition of agrarians who wield their pens as brilliantly as their farm implements. Letters to the Valley is a delight" _Michael Pollan, author of Botany of Desire
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Letters to the Valley: A Harvest of Memories January 15, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Excellent very personal approach to life in the San Jaquine Valley. The art work integrated into the letters made the book even more enjoyable.
A taste of farm life August 9, 2005
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Through letters to his dad, neighbors, friends and sons, Mas Masumoto has show us a glimps of organic farm life in California. Farm life is hard, long hours during harvest seasons under the hot Valley sun, in return, it gives little financial rewards. What makes Mas choose such hard way of life: the family tradition, a good harvest after hard labor, memory of good, delicious, mouth watering sun crest peaches, the smell of his father's shirt, or the values that he will pass on to his sons. I am not sure, but I sure taste the sweet, delicious sun crest peach and feel the joy after seeing people savoring his labor of love.
After reading this book and other books from Mas, I feel the urge to shop more organic products and help out local farmers. This is a good read for us city folks who never experience the hard life of farming and wish we also have memories of good delicious fruits picked at the perfect time, not riped from a truck.
A fine account of one farmer's threatened way of life March 5, 2005
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
"Past Tents: The Way We Camped" by Susan Snyder (director of Access Services in The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley) is a photographic and descriptive history of family outings during the first years of the automobile, and of campgrounds and campfires against the backdrop of the Sierra Nevada, of the special gear and `helpful' hints for vacationing in the newly formed state and national parks and forests. "Past Tents" is a work of nostalgia, memory, and a yesteryear that saw the beginnings of ordinary people being able to sample and experience the extraordinary outdoors. An informed and entertaining history of early camping in the American West, "Past Tents" is superbly enhanced with historic photos and makes a welcome and much appreciated addition to academic and community library Popular Culture and American History collections.
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