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Fields of Vision
Nonfiction e-Book-of-the-Month, June 2001. IN A YEAR of drought and disastrous harvests, Phil Jenkins and photographer Ken Ginn set out in a blue Dodge van to find the easternmost farm in Canada and to drive through all the intervening fields to the country's westernmost farm, talking to family farmers as they went. Fields of Vision is the story of their journey - in Jenkins' evocative words. It is a rare and delightful portrait of the people who grow the food we eat, and do so in the face of capricious weather, crippling interest rates, and callous bank policies. They found among family farmers a multitude of comical and moving stories, and a stubborn vision of fields as a living heritage. More than three months on Canada's national bestseller list, Fields of Vision earned rave reviews when it was first published. We are pleased to present the book in its first electronic edition. "Jenkins has heart, and some of his affectionate descriptions of Canada's cultivated land and its custodians are among the book's best passages." - Ottawa Citizen "The author has a powerful voice, a colourful imagination, and a good eye for people and their context." - Kingston Whig-Standard "The grand sweep across Canada, with vivid pictures of individual farmers, is well worth the time spent with this book." - Regina Leader-Post
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