Country Matters: The Pleasures and Tribulations of Moving from a Big City to an Old Country Farmhouse
Korda, Michael
Success Research Cor
A Humorous Memoir Of Big City Angst And Big Life Decisions Chronicles One Couple's Journey From A Manhattan Townhouse To An Eighteenth-century Dutchess County Farmhouse. Chapter 1 He Don't Know Shit About Septics 1 -- Chapter 2 Asleep At The Switch 17 -- Chapter 3 Whack It All Back! 23 -- Chapter 4 A Man's Home Is His Castle 30 -- Chapter 5 A Barn Of One's Own 47 -- Chapter 6 Them's Nice Pigs, Them Pigs 55 -- Chapter 7 Lunch At Cady's 79 -- Chapter 8 Just Plain Folks 93 -- Chapter 9 Good Fences Make Good Neighbors 111 -- Chapter 10 Bats In The Belfry 119 -- Chapter 11 Where Every Prospect Pleases, And Only Man Is Vile 131 -- Chapter 12 One Left-handed Clevis, Please 143 -- Chapter 13 Nature Green Of Tooth And Claw 152 -- Chapter 14 Manure 164 -- Chapter 15 The Wrong Deer 172 -- Chapter 16 The White Stuff 182 -- Chapter 17 Viva Zapata! 194 -- Chapter 18 The Acropolis 202 -- Chapter 19 Do You Know Egg? 209 -- Chapter 20 A Nice Cup Of Tea 217 -- Chapter 21 Make That A Dozen Barbarian Kremes 236 -- Chapter 22 The Sporting Instinct 247 -- Chapter 23 Free Kittens! 259 -- Chapter 24 Change And Decay ... 271 -- Chapter 25 No Place Like Home 286 -- The Six Golden Rules Of Owning An Old House 305. Michael Korda ; Illustrations By The Author.
Korda, Michael , 1933-, Country life, Country life--New York (State)--Pleasant Valley, City dwellers, City dwellers--New York (State)--New York--Biography, Social life and customs, F129.P72 K67 2001, 974.7/33
| Name in long format: | Country Matters: The Pleasures and Tribulations of Moving from a Big City to an Old Country Farmhouse |
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| ISBN-10: | 0060197722 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780060197728 |
| Book pages: | 320 |
| Book language: | en |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Publisher: | Harper |
| Dimensions: | Height: 9.25 Inches, Length: 6.25 Inches, Weight: 1 Pounds, Width: 1.12912 Inches |
