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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20629876 Title: What are people for? : essays Author: Wendell Berry Publisher: San Francisco : North Point Press, 1990. ISBN/ISSN: 0865474206 9780865474208 0865474370 9780865474376 OCLC:20629876

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What are people for? : essays

Author:	Wendell Berry
Publisher:	San Francisco : North Point Press, 1990.
Edition/Format:	Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Database:	WorldCat
Summary:	Essays on Nate Shaw, Harry Caudill, Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, diversity, waste, eating, local culture, consumption, conservation, environmental concerns, and other topics.
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Subjects	Essays.
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Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Wendell Berry Find more information about:
ISBN:	0865474206 9780865474208 0865474370 9780865474376
OCLC Number:	20629876
Description:	210 pages ; 21 cm
Contents:	Damage -- Healing -- A remarkable man [Nate Shaw] -- Harry Caudill in the Cumberlands -- A few words in favor of Edward Abbey -- Wallace Stegner and the great community -- A poem of difficult hope -- Style and grace -- Writer and region -- The responsibility of the poet -- God and country -- A practical harmony -- An argument for diversity -- What are people for? -- Waste -- Economy and pleasure -- The pleasures of eating -- The work of local culture -- Why I am not going to buy a computer -- Feminism, the body, and the machine -- Word and flesh -- Nature as measure.
Responsibility:	by Wendell Berry.
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Essays on Nate Shaw, Harry Caudill, Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, diversity, waste, eating, local culture, consumption, conservation, environmental concerns, and other topics.

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