Gene Logsdon

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Gene Logsdon is an American man of letters, cultural and economic critic, and farmer. He is a prolific author of essays, novels, and nonfiction books about agrarian issues, ideals, and techniques.

Gene Logsdon farms in Upper Sandusky, Ohio.^[1] He has written many books and hundreds of articles for numerous publications including New Farm, Mother Jones, Orion, Utne Reader Organic Gardening, Draft Horse Journal and the Wall Street Journal.

Contents 1 Works (not complete) 1.1 Nonfiction 1.2 Fiction 1.3 Awards 2 References

[edit] Works (not complete)

Gene Logsdon blogs at OrganicToBe.org^[2]

[edit] Nonfiction

• The Mother of All Arts: Agrarianism and the Creative Impulse (Culture of the Land), 2007
• All Flesh is Grass: Pleasures & Promises of Pasture Farming, 2004
• The Pond Lovers, 2003
• Wyeth People, 2003
• Living at Nature's Pace: Farming and the American Dream, 2000
• Good Spirits: A New Look at Ol' Demon Alcohol, 2000
• You Can Go Home Again: Adventures of a Contrary Life, 1998
• The Big Things in Life are the Little Things, 1998 (with Steve Zender)
• The Contrary Farmer's Invitation to Gardening, 1997
• The Contrary Farmer, 1995
• The Low-Maintenance House, 1987
• Moneysaving Secrets: A Treasury of Salvaging, Bargaining, Recycling, and Scavenging Techniques, 1986
• Gene Logsdon's Practical Skills: A Revival of Forgotten Crafts, Techniques, and Traditions, 1985
• Wildlife in the Garden: How to Live in Harmony With Deer, Raccoons, Rabbits, Crows, and Other Pesky Creatures, 1983
• Organic Orcharding, 1981
• Getting Food from Water: A Guide to Backyard Aquaculture, 1979
• The Gardener's Guide to Better Soil, 1978
• Small-Scale Grain Raising, 1977
• Successful Berry Growing, 1974
• Homesteading: How to Find New Independence on the Land, 1973
• Two Acre Eden: Finding the Good Life on Your Own Piece of Land, 1971

[edit] Fiction

• The Last of the Husbandmen: A Novel of Farming Life, 2008 novel
• The Lords of Folly, 2007 novel
• The Man Who Created Paradise: A Fable (Ohio Bicentennial), 2001 novel (with Gregory Spaid and Wendell Berry)

[edit] Awards

2000 Ohioana Career Award^[3]

[edit] References