Crooked Furrow: Volume 1 - Brossura

Canby, Thomas Y.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0578168545 ISBN 13: 9780578168548

Casa editrice: Sandy Spring Museum, Incorporated, 2015

Riassunto

Everyone liked Yellott, the modest, mannerly farmer who'd married the shapely college-taught wife. And because Yellott was forthright and unaffected, people trusted him. "He plows a straight furrow," they liked to say. They knew others who didn't. Maybe his son Tommy. Tommy grew into Tom and swaggered out into the world. Neighbors, uneasy with the crooked furrow he trailed, watched him as they would watch a circus tightrope walker—expectant as he teetered, curious to see him either balance or fall. The tale that follows responds to that morbid curiosity.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Thomas Yellott Canby Thomas Y. Canby spent thirty-one years reporting for the National Geographic Society, writing books, children’s stories, and 22 science articles for National Geographic Magazine, on topics from space exploration to El Nino to earthquakes to the First Americans. His articles won wide recognition, including the Westinghouse AAAS award and honors from the National Association of Science Writers, Western Writers of America and others. He described his career and the workings of National Geographic Magazine in From Botswana to the Bering Sea, Island Press, 1998. He wrote the books Our Changing Earth for the Society, Legends of the West for the USPS, and Sandy Spring Legacy for the Sandy Spring Museum. He wrote two plays, Hide Your Horses! and Quakers, Free They Slaves!, that were performed at Sandy Spring Friends School. Tom was born in the Quaker community of Sandy Spring, Md., where his ancestors were farmers. He graduated from Sherwood High School, also the alma mater of his father and one of his two sons. He earned a BA in Political Science from the University of Virginia and a J.D. from George Washington University. He is active in his local community, where he served on the board of Montgomery General Hospital, the county Library Board, and the Sandy Spring Museum. He was active in politics, serving as campaign chairman for his Congressman and County Executive. He is an avid gardener and member of the Sandy Spring Horticultural Society. He is a member of the Cosmos Club in Washington, DC.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Sandy Spring Museum, Incorporated
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0578168545
• ISBN 13: 9780578168548
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 284
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile