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Barcode30053003833715
Home LocationParis-Bourbon
Call NoF BERR
Title Marce Catlett : the force of a story / Wendell Berry.
Author Berry, Wendell, 1934- author
CollectionNEW: Adult Fiction
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StatusHome LocationBarcodeCall NoCreated OnIssue NameCirc Status
 Paris-Bourbon30053003833715F BERR3/31/2026 Available

Catalog Details

Personal Name Berry, Wendell, 1934- author
Title Statement Marce Catlett : the force of a story / Wendell Berry.
Edition Statement First Counterpoint edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice Ã2025
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice Los Angeles, CA : Counterpoint, 2025.
Physical Description 153 pages : map, genealogical table ; 22 cm.
Content Type text txt
Media Type unmediated n
Carrier Type volume
Series Statement Port William novel
Series Statement Port William series
Summary, Etc. "Andy Catlett tells the story of his grandfather and father's lives and how their stories, recalled by Andy to his own children and grandchildren, become "A Story Unending." Marce Catlett rises in the dark to go from his farm, by horseback and train, to Louisville for the sale of his tobacco crop at the auction house there. The price paid for each year's crop is being determined and destroyed by the power of a single buyer, James B. Duke. This year is especially grim since the price offered each grower is less than the expense of bringing the crop to market, and a year's worth of labor is lost. He returns to his family defeated and determined to discover some way to proceed. Many of his fellow farmers lack the resiliency and resourcefulness to continue, and the end for them is clearly visible. But with the help of other neighbors and growers, a way is discovered to protect the farmers and keep their rural families vital and in place"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Country life Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Farmers Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Rural conditions Fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Pastoral fiction lcgft

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