- 297 pages
- English
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One Man's Meat
About this book
The Pulitzer Prizeâwinning writer and author of
Charlotte's Web documents his move from Manhattan to a saltwater farm in New England: "Superb reading." â
The New Yorker
Called "a mid-20thâcentury Thoreau" by Notre Dame Magazine, E. B. White's desire to live a simple life caused him to sell half his worldly goods, give up his job writing the New Yorker's "Notes and Comment" editorial page, and move with his family to a saltwater farm in North Brooklin, Maine. There, White got into the nuts-and-bolts of rural lifeânot without a lot of self-reflectionâand surrounded himself with barnyard characters, some of whom would later appear in Charlotte's Web.
One Man's Meat is White's collection of pithy and unpretentious essays on such topics as living with hay fever ("I understand so well the incomparable itch of eye and nose for which the only relief is to write to the President of the United States"), World War II ("I stayed on the barn, steadily laying shingles, all during the days when Mr. Chamberlain, M. Daladier, the Duce, and the FĂźhrer were arranging their horse trade"), and even dog training ("Being the owner of dachshunds, to me a book on dog discipline becomes a volume of inspired humor").
Though first published in 1942, this book delivers timeless lessons on the value of living close to nature in our quest for self-discovery. With each subject broached and reflected upon, it "becomes an ardent and sobering guidebook for those of us trying to live our day-to-day lives now" ( Pif magazine).
"The most succinct, graceful and witty of essayists." â San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle
"A lively record of an active inquiring mind." â Kirkus Reviews
Called "a mid-20thâcentury Thoreau" by Notre Dame Magazine, E. B. White's desire to live a simple life caused him to sell half his worldly goods, give up his job writing the New Yorker's "Notes and Comment" editorial page, and move with his family to a saltwater farm in North Brooklin, Maine. There, White got into the nuts-and-bolts of rural lifeânot without a lot of self-reflectionâand surrounded himself with barnyard characters, some of whom would later appear in Charlotte's Web.
One Man's Meat is White's collection of pithy and unpretentious essays on such topics as living with hay fever ("I understand so well the incomparable itch of eye and nose for which the only relief is to write to the President of the United States"), World War II ("I stayed on the barn, steadily laying shingles, all during the days when Mr. Chamberlain, M. Daladier, the Duce, and the FĂźhrer were arranging their horse trade"), and even dog training ("Being the owner of dachshunds, to me a book on dog discipline becomes a volume of inspired humor").
Though first published in 1942, this book delivers timeless lessons on the value of living close to nature in our quest for self-discovery. With each subject broached and reflected upon, it "becomes an ardent and sobering guidebook for those of us trying to live our day-to-day lives now" ( Pif magazine).
"The most succinct, graceful and witty of essayists." â San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle
"A lively record of an active inquiring mind." â Kirkus Reviews
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Removal
- The Summer Catarrh
- Incoming Basket
- Security
- Clear Days
- Childrenâs Books
- Progress and Change
- Salt Water Farm
- Sabbath Morn
- Education
- A Week in April
- Movies
- A Boston Terrier
- The World of Tomorrow
- Walden
- Hot Weather
- Camp Meeting
- Second World War
- First World War
- Poetry
- The Flocks We Watch by Night
- Report
- Fro-Joy
- Farm Paper
- Town Meeting
- A Shepherdâs Life
- Compost
- Freedom
- The Practical Farmer
- Sanitation
- Motor Cars
- Maine Speech
- Lime
- Dog Training
- The Wave of the Future
- A Winter Diary
- On a Florida Key
- The Trailer Park
- Spring
- My Day
- Once More to the Lake
- Fall
- Memorandum
- Coon Hunt
- Intimations
- Songbirds
- Questionnaire
- Aunt Poo
- Book Learning
- Morningtime and Eveningtime
- Getting Ready for a Cow
- Bond Rally
- A Week in November
- Control
- Cold Weather
- About the Author
- Copyright