An American Homeplace, Donald McCaig
An American Homeplace, Donald McCaig
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An American Homeplace

Author: Donald McCaig

Narrator: Nelson Runger

Unabridged: 7 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 11/25/2011


Synopsis

In the early 1960s Donald McCaig left his job at a hot New York advertising agency and his Greenwich Village apartment for a rustic farm in a remote county in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. This is McCaig's story of farming in contemporary America, a timely tribute to a dying way of life.

About Donald McCaig

Donald McCaig is the award-winning author of Canaan as well as Jacob’s Ladder, designated “the best Civil War novel ever written” by the Virginia Quarterly. It won the Michael Shaara Award for Excellence in Civil War Fiction and the Library of Virginia Award for Fiction. He was chosen by the Margaret Mitchell estate to write Rhett Butler’s People, an authorized sequel to Gone with the Wind. He lives on a sheep farm in the mountains near Williamsville, Virginia, where he writes fiction, essays, and poetry, and trains and trials sheep dogs.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Rachel

Lovely, folksey book about the ups and downs of the rural life. Some of these were written as articles, some delivered on public radio, but all show episodes of McCaig's life on a small farm in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. Much like the rhythm of country life, he dances between tasks, telling us of......more

Goodreads review by Susie

I don't know what to make of this book. My mom's cousin's husband (also my PCP, because the world is a small place) loaned it to me -- along with two others -- at Christmastime and I feel bad for not making progress on the books. This seemed like it would be an entertaining memoir about a couple of......more

This book was a disappointment after Donald McCaig’s border collie books. It’s about living in the country on a farm — both the author’s experience of it (in a sparsely populated part of Virginia) and rural life in general. I am not a fan of rural living and even less of a fan of anyone who romantic......more

Goodreads review by Kelly

I really enjoyed this book! It's the kind of thing I like. I got hooked because he spends some early pages talking about the geology of his farm and neighborhood. So if you don't like that kind of thing, just keep reading. Most chapters are short, some only 2 pages, others are much longer. He writes......more

Goodreads review by Linda

Mostly short essays about the changing rural landscape and the death of small farms, not only in Highland County but in the US. I would have liked a map and am fearful of what has happened in the 20 years since this was written... but maybe it's actually getting better. I know there are youngish peo......more