- Taschenbuch: 256 Seiten
- Verlag: HarperOne (26. April 1996)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0062510258
- ISBN-13: 978-0062510259
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 20,7 x 13,6 x 1,7 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.7 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (7 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 2.207.625 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Masumoto is a third-generation fruit grower in Del Ray, California. In his simple memoir, the college-educated farmer discusses the continual challenge of growing fruit in an area where annual rainfall is marked in single digits (irrigation is the answer) and weeds threaten to overtake the crop. In chronologically arranged chapters that extend from spring planting to summer harvesting to winter waiting, Masumoto reflects on a variety of topics, including the fact that his succulent, organically grown peaches, which have a shelf life of only one week, aren't in demand; and his recollection of losing 35,000 trays of drying raisins to intense rainfall reveals why he always "feels persecuted by the power of nature." A lyrically written memoir by an introspective orchardist. Sue-Ellen Beauregard
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This book is a delightful narrative on the life of a Japanese American peach and grape farmer in the San Joaquin Valley near Del Rey, California. With poetic flair and a sense of humor, Masumoto offers his perspectives on the joys and frustrations of raising and tending peaches and grapes. He describes his relationship with the weeds and insects that invade his fields, the unpredictability of the weather, his desire to treat workers fairly, and the realities of the market structure. Reading about Masumoto's attempts to produce high-quality peaches and his fears that rain at the wrong time will destroy his drying grapes will be a truly educational experience for those not familiar with the complexities of farming. Masumoto observes with awe the diversity of nature over four seasons and his family's obligation to plan their lives around the seasons. Many books about family farms today present an image of economic and social distress, but this work portrays the positive aspects as told by a farmer who enjoys his work. Recommended for public libraries.?Irwin Weintraub, Rutgers Univ. Libs., Piscataway, N.J.
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When David Mas Masumoto describes how his "old-fashioned" Sun Crest peaches look and taste, the reader's mouth waters and the grocery store peaches of today become flavorless by comparison. When Masumoto is unable to find buyers for his peaches he describes them as "homeless" and the reader's heart grieves. This book strongly conveys the small family farmer's ties to the land and his crops, his lack of control before the forces of nature and the whims of market dynamics. It also taught me a few things about the hard work involved in farming. However, when I look back for a "soundbite" impression of this book, I get a series of poetic pictures: Masumoto's obaachan (grandmother) walking through the farm at sunset, cruel bulldozers ripping out an orchard, graceful egrets fishing in the irrigation canals. A great read for a taste of connection to the land!
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This book moves me in ways I find hard to describe. I'm from a farming family in the San Joaquin Valley in California. My father still grows grapes not terribly far from Mr. Masumoto's farm. When you grow up near the earth and smell, hear, see and touch its produce nearly every day, especially when the fruit is ripe, you can't help but be awed by nature's (and God's) miracles. Living now in a city I long for my children and my friends to understand how deeply tied we really are to the earth and what it produces for us, and how vital it is for us all to take care of our fragile earth. Organic farming requires all of us, farmers and consumers, to think a bit differently about how to grow and shop for our food. Mr. Masumoto brilliantly captured the ordinary, everyday life of a farmer. This book will be going to everyone I know for Christmas this year.
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Wow. We read this book as part of an upper-division historiography class which examined, among other things, rural America through the experiences of immigrant farmers and migrant laborers. Of the 9 books we read, this one was perhaps the easiest read. Masumoto's writing style is fluid and engaging, which makes the story he tells ever so much more enjoyable. I recomment this book to historians and non-historians alike--it was one of the few I didn't sell back to the bookstore, and I recently loaned it out to my older sister!
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Good balance of abstract and practical, great prose
I have lived in the San Joaquin Valley for a little less then 2 years, and currently drive by Del Rey on my daily commute from Reedley to Fresno and back. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 8. Mai 1999 veröffentlicht
Beautifully Written, Throughly Enjoyable Read
From the openning paragraphs to the final page, this book was throughly enjoyable. Made me realize just what it takes to put food on the table and the lives that family farmers... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 7. September 1998 von "dalijon"
a peach of a book...
This is a wonderful, lyrical book, that makes you care passionately about the outcome--not just of the farmers, but of the peaches themselves
Veröffentlicht am 11. August 1997 von mann@wco.com
characterized by quiet appreciation for the lessons of natur
An exceptional story which weaves the tale of saving a peach variety overlayed with a respect for family, nature, and the lessons -- both physical and philospohical which nature... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 13. Oktober 1996 veröffentlicht
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