My empire of dirt : how one man turned his big city backyard into a farm : a cautionary tale / Manny Howard.

Title:

ISBN:

9781416585169

Personal Author:

Howard, Manny

Edition:

First Scribner hardcover edition.

Publication Information:

New York : Scribner, 2010.

Physical Description:

x, 277 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Contents:

What are people for -- Next actions -- The stranger -- Founding fish -- When the going was good -- The control of nature -- The good worker -- Meat rabbit -- The ramp -- The man who would be king -- The city is a crust -- Chicken run -- A chicken named Crazy -- Get out -- Collapse -- Rabbit season -- The voice from the whirlwind -- Yard bird -- The first supper -- The restraint of beasts -- The winter palace.

Subject Term:

Farm life--New York (State)--New York.

Urban agriculture--New York (State)--New York.

Country life--New York (State)--New York.

Backyard gardens--New York (State)--New York.

OCLC Number:

ocn424555353

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