The author of Seeds,
a book that traced Horan’s quest to collect and plant the seeds of trees found
at famous authors’ homes, visits ten America farms in an attempt to explore
modern farming. Horan assists in the
harvest of many varied crops from wheat in Kansas to potatoes in Main,
cranberries in Massachusetts, blueberries in New York and California
grapes. He describes each farm in great
detail along with the uniqueness of the harvest of the varied crops, both of
which are very interesting and will give pause to the next grape popped into
your mouth or that quivering mass of ruby cranberries on the table this
November. Horan seems to have a love of
detail and is a skilled observer wishing to impart every little detail he
learned to the reader. Horan’s
opinions on immigrant field workers and possible prisoner rehabilitation as
field hands are very strongly set forth and may be off-putting enough as to mar
the enjoyment of the rest of the book.
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