A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents xi
3. Foreword xiii
4. Preface xix
5. Coping
6. Notes of an Uncertain Bluecollar Man 3
7. More Than Most People Probably Want to Know About Fences 12
8. Building Fever 25
9. Meat 37
10. Vin du Pays 43
11. Trash as Treasure 54
12. Kindred Spirits 66
13. Creatures
14. Nineteen Cows 77
15. A Few Words in Favor of Goats 94
16. Of Bees and Men 103
17. Blue and Some Other Dogs 115
18. Some Chickens I Have Known 137
19. Ponderings, People, and Other Oddments
20. Noticing 153
21. Weather Between East and West 164
22. Coronado's Stepchildren 179
23. Tobacco Without Smoke I: Dippers 186
24. Tobacco Without Smoke II: Chewers 194
25. One's Own Sole Ground 208
26. A Loser 219
27. A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR 229