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Read clever Farnsworth, and read him again, and you may become more clever yourself.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Carlin Romano\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Chronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e“Every writer should have this book.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Erin McKean\u003c\/strong\u003e, editor of \u003ci\u003eVerbatim: The Language Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e and CEO of Wordnik.com\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e“The best introduction to rhetorical figures which has yet appeared. An essential reference for anyone who studies verbal style.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Richard A. 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The basic elements of effective speaking and writing, patterns that lend to power, and tips for writers who would use the English language more effectively make for a fine tutorial illustrating invaluable rhetorical usage. History and modern perspectives blend in this outstanding guide!” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ci\u003eCalifornia Bookwatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e“What might have been (and in many texts on rhetoric is) a dry analysis full of rebarbative Greco-Latin terminology (\u003cem\u003eepizeuxis\u003c\/em\u003e!) becomes an enchanted garden of lively English prose. . . . 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You’re not alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere is the story of five back-to-the-land movements, from 1840 to present day, when large numbers of utopian-minded people in the United States took action to establish small-scale farming as an alternative to mainstream agriculture. Then and now, it’s the story of people striving to live freely and fight injustice, to make the food on their table a little healthier, and to leave the planet less scarred than they found it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout America’s history as an industrial nation, sizable countercultural movements have chosen to forgo modern comforts in pursuit of a simpler life. In this illuminating alternative American history, Margot Anne Kelley details the evolution of food-centric utopian movements that were fueled by deep yearnings for unpolluted water and air, racial and gender equality, for peace, for a less consumerist lifestyle, for a sense of authenticity, for simplicity, for a healthy diet, and for a sustaining connection to the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMillennials who jettisoned cities for rural life form the core of America’s current back-to-the-land movement. 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Farmers and foodies will savor every delectable insight.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e“Insightful . . . empathetic . . . a thoughtful consideration of a topic that will have a substantial impact on our future.” \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Booklist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e“Kelley’s well-populated narrative includes Scott and Helen Nearing, whose \u003cem\u003eLiving the Good Life \u003c\/em\u003ebecame a transformative text for many idealistic farmers; Mollie Katzen, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Moosewood Cookbook\u003c\/em\u003e; and Alice Waters, who sparked a food revolution from her Berkeley restaurant. 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An important contemporary book.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Mark Kurlansky\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eSalt: A World History\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e“Foodtopia \u003c\/em\u003egives us a generous overview of Americans’ historic and contemporary involvement in utopian communities through the lens of their dietary beliefs and practices. From Thoreau’s Walden to Penniman’s Soul Fire Farm, the search for agrarian values and food justice should inspire us to support—and join—these movements.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Marion Nestle\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eFood Politics: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e“A fascinating account, moving easily across eras, never starry-eyed but always open to the idea that we can do better than we’re doing!\" \u003cstrong\u003e—Bill McKibben\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eDeep Economy: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e“In tracing the lineage of today’s small-scale sustainable farms back to the American visionaries and utopian communities of the past, Margot Anne Kelley has revealed a story essential for our times, one that illustrates the way the committed make their stand for the endurance of ideals. For Kelley, this is as much a personal story as it is a deeply researched one, and she proves herself equally at home with ideas and practice. With \u003cem\u003eFoodtopia\u003c\/em\u003e she has given us a spirited and beautifully written account of what dreams the soil can hold.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Jane Brox\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eClearing Land: Legacies of the American Farm\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e“From graham crackers to heirloom carrots, Kelley offers an engaging and thorough dive into the long, strange history of American dreaming and eating. 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For baseball lovers and history buffs alike.” —\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Kagan\u003c\/strong\u003e, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Jungle Grows Back: America and Our Imperiled World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"small-caps small-caps--initial\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Godine","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40866689122422,"sku":"978-1-56792-677-4","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Softcover","offer_id":40866689155190,"sku":"978-1-56792-723-8","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0565\/6087\/7686\/files\/9781567926774_FC.jpg?v=1715623448"},{"product_id":"ikes-road-trip","title":"Ike's Road Trip","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAll roads begin somewhere and today’s U. S. highway system began with an unforgettable, exploratory, cross-country ride, led by a 28-year-old Army lieutenant colonel, Dwight Eisenhower. This is the story of his coast-to-coast journey and how the dream of connecting America with roads began.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBefore he led the liberation of Europe, before he became our nation’s 34th President, Dwight D. Eisenhower’s made a road trip in 1919 from Washington D.C. to California. The expedition proved to be a crucial chapter in the history of American culture as it laid the groundwork to make automobile travel the fastest and easiest way to move around the country, also setting in motion the nation’s future love affair with cheap crude. The 1919 Transcontinental Motor Convoy of eighty-one trucks and other military vehicles traveled more than 3,000 precarious miles along the most famous road of the day, the Lincoln Highway, which ran between New York City and San Francisco. World War I had illustrated the importance of being able to move large amounts of troops and equipment quickly over long distances, and Eisenhower’s mission on the road trip was to evaluate whether the country’s emerging network of paved roadways could handle such a task. It was an experience Eisenhower would never forget.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The old convoy had started me thinking about good, two-lane highways,” he later wrote. “This was one of the things that I felt deeply about, and I made a personal and absolute decision to see that the nation would benefit by it.” Decades later, as president, he drew on that experience to push through the Interstate Highway Act of 1956.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eIke’s Road Trip\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eadds an important chapter to the story of the midwestern president who is often seen as “America’s grandfather.” Eisenhower will also be seen as a modern visionary during a pivotal moment: his persistent trust in cheap petroleum proved to be a blueprint for modern America as he helped facilitate the most significant energy transition of the twentieth century. Today, we are experiencing perhaps the most important energy transition since Eisenhower’s day—from petroleum to renewables—and that change will require minds as equally visionary as his.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s14\"\u003ePraise for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s15\"\u003eIke’s Road Trip\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s16\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s16\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e“The bulk of this story details the trials and tribulations of the convoy, and it’s as engaging as any tale of westward expansion.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003eA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003e great ride in every sense. This is history at its most engaging.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Ted Widmer\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s18\"\u003eLincoln on the Verge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s19\"\u003e“An epic story—and a reminder that we desperately need twenty-first century visionaries who will do as much to put us \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s20\"\u003eoff\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s19\"\u003e the hydrocarbon road.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s19\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Bill McKibben\u003c\/strong\u003e, author \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s20\"\u003eThe Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s21\"\u003e“Although the energy transition began before the Interstate Highway System was initiated, Ike understood from the transcontinental convoy of 1919 and during the fight for the German Autobahn during WWII that no modern society could exist without the capacity to link itself into one cohesive country.”  \u003cstrong\u003e—Susan Eisenhower\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s22\"\u003eHow Ike Led\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s19\"\u003e“Deploying a talent shared with Eisenhower, Black recognizes the links between the small details and the larger picture—none larger than the history of energy transitions.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s19\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—J.R. McNeill\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s20\"\u003eThe Webs of Humankind\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s23\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s23\"\u003eF\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s23\"\u003eun and enlightening\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s23\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s23\"\u003e”  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s23\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Adam Rome\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s23\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s24\"\u003eThe Bulldozer in the Countryside\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s19\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s19\"\u003eAn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s19\"\u003e accessible and insightful book whose issues resonate today more than ever.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s19\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Thomas Zeller\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s20\"\u003eConsuming Landscapes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003eAn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003e eye-opener. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s20\"\u003eIke’s Road Trip\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003eenriches Eisenhower historiography\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s20\"\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003eencourages readers to ponder energy choices they will face.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s25\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003eMichael J.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003eBirkner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003e, editor of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s20\"\u003eDemocracy’s Shield\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s25\"\u003e“Brian C. 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From the Bunker Hill monument in Massachusetts to the Camden Battlefield Site in South Carolina, this is a tour of an American cultural landscape with a curious, perceptive, and insightful guide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe reader steps inside cabins at Valley Forge where nearly two thousand soldiers perished during a cruel winter, meets the chef at Philadelphia’s City Tavern where the menu is based on 18th century fare, seeks out the Swamp Fox in Georgia, visits the homes of Alexander Hamilton, John and Abigail Adams, the Joseph Webb House on the Connecticut River where French general Rochambeau made plans with Washington, and much more. An unvarnished view, we also see Philipsburg Manor, in Sleepy Hollow, New York, where Blacks were once held as slaves to work in the Hudson River Valley.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor armchair travelers and anyone fascinated by Americana, Van Doren (\u003cem\u003eThe House Tells the Story: Homes of the American Presidents\u003c\/em\u003e) has created an unforgettable journey through history. We see the Founders—both their stunning achievements and chilling moral failures—where they lived, fought, and agreed on a common purpose, to create a nation whose future—and it’s legacy—is continually evolving.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCritical Praise for\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn the Founder’s Footsteps\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“An odyssey in words and pictures through landmarks of the American Revolution . . . 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In Van Doren’s delicious, brilliant retelling, and in these luminous pictures, history walks again, upright, complex, and humane: Not to be missed.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Brenda Wineapple\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Impeachers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Adam Van Doren has succeeded where so many histories do not, in conveying a vivid sense of the different places that gave rise to our hard-won independence. John Adams famously argued that the Revolution had to be won in the “minds and hearts” of the American people; this lovely book appeals to both.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Ted Widme\u003c\/strong\u003er, author of \u003cem\u003eLincoln on the Verge\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“In the Founders’ Footsteps is a visual and narrative revelation. It invites you to join Van Doren on a journey that he quite happily and gracefully illustrates for you. For history and architectural buffs, this is a feast. 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