{"product_id":"hardscrabble-life-on-the-land-9781733798792","title":"Hardscrabble: Life on the Land","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwenty-five years of Wes Hanson's nature paintings and pensive poetry adorn my Inland Northwest Land Conservancy office. His Hardscrabble: Life on the Land will join them soon. In 1997 Wes and his wife Gertie enlisted my organization to safeguard their family's land, the Carder Farm, and I have walked it many times since. This collection of thoughtful, restful, spare poetry is exactly like walking with Wes. It's a memoir, a paean to the farm, a slow walk through a wildlife haven and Wes's life. Reading the poems, I focused on nearby things like the hot fumes of the old Ford tractor and far off soaring hawks. Being in my own autumn, Wes's observation that \"yellow leaves fall. . . in slow subtraction\" led me gently to one of his final poems, \"Last Morning.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChris DeForest is Senior Conservationist for Inland Northwest Land \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConservancy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHardscrabble: Life on the Land is a collection of lyrical, compelling poems that chronicle one man's love for and dedication to a piece of land that he has nurtured and worked on much of his life. Wes Hanson's poems, arranged by seasons, will engage readers who have ever fought to protect a beloved piece of ground, from a garden plot or woodlot to a Montana cattle ranch or redwood forest. Kentucky has Wendell Berry. Idaho has Wes Hanson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDenise Clark, Retired Librarian, North Idaho College\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Cave Moon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51589804097810,"sku":"9781733798792","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4ed2332c-0be5-4583-8ded-b5c5c2250277.jpg?v=1756807359","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hardscrabble-life-on-the-land-9781733798792","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}