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Gene Everlasting: A Contrary Farmer's Thoughts on Living Forever
Gene Everlasting A Contrary Farmer's Thoughts on Living Forever Author:Gene Logsdon ?Once one decides that there is no such thing as death but only a change in life form, the clutching paranoid fear of it begins to fade,? writes Gene Logsdon. Gene Everlasting contains his reflections, by turns both humorous and heart-wrenching, on nature, death, and eternity, all from a contrary farmer?s perspective. He recounts joys and traged... more »ies from his childhood in the 1930s and '40s spent on an Ohio farm, through adulthood and child-raising, all the way up to his recent bout with cancer, always with an eye toward the lessons that farming has taught him about life and its mysteries. Whether his subject is parsnips, irises, buzzards, or compound interest, Logsdon generously applies as much heart and wit to his words as he does to his fields.« less