The Mother of All Arts: Agrarianism and the Creative Impulse

by Gene Logsdon

When Gene Logsdon realized that he experienced the same creative joy from farming as he did from writing, he suspected that agriculture itself was a form of art. Thus began his search for the origins of the artistic impulse in the agrarian lifestyle. The Mother of All Arts is the culmination of Logsdon's journey, his account of friendships with farmers and artists driven by the urge to create. He chronicles his long relationship with Wendell Berry...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813124433
• ISBN13: 9780813124438
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 8.9"