One Man's Meat

by White, E B.

• ISBN13: 9780884481928
• ISBN10: 0884481921
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-06-01
• Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers
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Summary

First published in 1942, One Man's Meat has been in print almost without interruption. Now these classic essays on Maine life have come home to roost with a Maine publisher. E. B. White began this collection as a series of pieces for Harper's Magazine when he left New York City and moved to a saltwater farm in Brooklin, Maine. His observations on town meetings, poultry, the weather, songbirds, compost, taxes, war, winter, and much more will resonate just as strongly today -- to anyone attuned to Maine life -- as they did half a century ago.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii	(4)
Introduction	xi
REMOVAL	1	(4)
THE SUMMER CATARRH	5	(4)
INCOMING BASKET	9	(2)
SECURITY	11	(4)
CLEAR DAYS	15	(4)
CHILDREN'S BOOKS	19	(6)
PROGRESS AND CHANGE	25	(5)
SALT WATER FARM	30	(6)
SABBATH MORN	36	(6)
EDUCATION	42	(5)
A WEEK IN APRIL	47	(4)
MOVIES	51	(4)
A BOSTON TERRIER	55	(3)
THE WORLD OF TOMORROW	58	(7)
WALDEN	65	(6)
HOT WEATHER	71	(4)
CAMP MEETING	75	(6)
SECOND WORLD WAR	81	(5)
FIRST WORLD WAR	86	(7)
POETRY	93	(4)
THE FLOCKS WE WATCH BY NIGHT	97	(5)
REPORT	102	(4)
FRO-JOY	106	(6)
FARM PAPER	112	(6)
TOWN MEETING	118	(6)
A SHEPHERD'S LIFE	124	(5)
COMPOST	129	(6)
FREEDOM	135	(5)
THE PRACTICAL FARMER	140	(6)
SANITATION	146	(5)
MOTOR CARS	151	(3)
MAINE SPEECH	154	(3)
LIME	157	(3)
DOG TRAINING	160	(4)
THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE	164	(6)
A WINTER DIARY	170	(5)
ON A FLORIDA KEY	175	(5)
THE TRAILER PARK	180	(6)
SPRING	186	(6)
MY DAY	192	(6)
ONCE MORE TO THE LAKE	198	(6)
FALL	204	(4)
MEMORANDUM	208	(6)
COON HUNT	214	(6)
INTIMATIONS	220	(6)
SONGBIRDS	226	(7)
QUESTIONNAIRE	233	(5)
AUNT POO	238	(7)
BOOK LEARNING	245	(2)
MORNINGTIME AND EVENINGTIME	247	(5)
GETTING READY FOR A COW	252	(6)
BOND RALLY	258	(5)
A WEEK IN NOVEMBER	263	(6)
CONTROL	269	(6)
COLD WEATHER	275