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Project Gutenberg
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English
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This updated authoritative edition of the classic Hardy novel, which was published anonymously and first attributed to George Eliot, is set from Hardy's revised, unedited final draft of 1912 and features a new Introduction and Afterword. There is in England no more real or typical district than Thomas Hardy's imaginary Wessex, the scattered fields and farms of which were first discovered in Far from the Madding Crowd. It is here that Gabriel Oak observes...
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"1838: James and Sadie Goodenough have settled where their wagon got stuck--in the muddy, stagnant swamps of northwest Ohio. They and their five children work relentlessly to tame their patch of land, buying saplings from a local tree man known as John Appleseed so they can cultivate the fifty apple trees required to stake their claim on the property. But the orchard they plant sows the seeds of a long battle. James loves the apples, reminders of...
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Publisher
Simon Spotlight, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Simon Spotlight edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
While Farmer Brown sleeps, his animals prepare for a talent show at the county fair.
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Series
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
The annual Corn Maze Festival is coming and everyday the chickens, cows, and Duck help Farmer Brown--with a few bribes--to create a special Statue of Liberty corn maze, and every night Duck works hard recreating his own surprise.
5) O pioneers!
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English
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The first of Cather's renowned prairie novels--a story that expresses Cather's conviction that "the history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a woman". When Alexandra Bergson takes over the family farm after her father's death, she falls under the spell of the rich, forbidding Nebraska prairie.
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English
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"Set in rural America and spanning much of the 20th century, Lila & Theron captures the spirit of the American rural experience, as it relates to their personal stories of love and sacrifice..."
Award winning author and public radio commentator, Bill Schubart, first introduced us to Lila & Theron characters in his 2008 short story collection, The Lamoille Stories. After being influenced by William Faulkner’s acceptance speech on winning the Nobel...
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Rev. ed.
Physical Desc
81 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Three farmers, each one meaner than the other, try all-out warfare to get rid of the fox and his family. This special collector's edition features red-colored interior text and illustrations!
12) Big tractor
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Publisher
Boyds Mills Press, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Farmer uses his tractor, Ol' Partner, to do all of his important farm chores, including planting, cultivating, and harvesting.
Author
Series
Ruth Willmarth mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
258 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Simon Spotlight edition.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"Farmer Brown wants to go camping. He packs up the animals. He packs up his brother, Bob. The chickens want to hike. The cows want to fish. The pigs want to picnic. And Duck? Duck just wants to stay in the truck. How will Farmer Brown bring everyone together?"--
16) Shoeless Joe
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Publisher
RosettaBooks
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
An Iowa farmer builds a baseball stadium in his cornfield, hoping his hero, Shoeless Joe Jackson, will play in it.
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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"In the waning days of the Civil War, brothers Prentiss and Landry, freed by the Emancipation Proclamation, seek refuge on the homestead of George Walker and his wife, Isabelle. The Walkers, wracked by the loss of their only son to the war, hire the brothers to work their farm, hoping through an unexpected friendship to stanch their grief. Prentiss and Landry, meanwhile, plan to save money for the journey north and a chance to reunite with their mother,...
18) Tobacco road
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Series
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Pub. Date
1995
Physical Desc
ix, 184 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
The story of a degraded, poor-white Georgia family living in a tumble-down shack on worn out land. This land had once been the prosperous tobacco plantation of Jeeter Lester's grandfather.
Author
Series
Farmer books volume 3
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 21 x 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
A wordless picture book in which the farmer visits the little clown and the monkey, and meets the rest of the circus family.
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Series
Publisher
Antheum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
When Farmer Brown and the animals are invited to Farm Day at school, he instructs them to be on their best behavior, forgetting that school can be like a barnyard.
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