A citizen's response -- Thoughts in the presence of fear -- The failure of war -- Going to work -- In distrust of movements -- Twelve paragraphs on biotechnology -- Let the farm judge -- The total economy -- A long job, too late to quit -- Two minds -- The prejudice against country people -- The whole horse -- Stupidity in concentration -- Watershed and commonwealth -- The agrarian standard -- Still standing -- Conservationist and agrarian -- Tuscany -- Is life a miracle?
Summary:
The novelist, poet, and essayist presents a collection of twenty essays that offer everything from critiques of the American experience to a celebration of ordinary lives to a determined warning about the future of the country.
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