{"product_id":"hardscrabble-life-on-the-land-9781733798792","title":"Hardscrabble: Life on the Land","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwenty-five years of Wes Hanson's nature paintings and pensive poetry adorn my Inland Northwest Land Conservancy office. His Hardscrabble: Life on the Land will join them soon. In 1997 Wes and his wife Gertie enlisted my organization to safeguard their family's land, the Carder Farm, and I have walked it many times since. This collection of thoughtful, restful, spare poetry is exactly like walking with Wes. It's a memoir, a paean to the farm, a slow walk through a wildlife haven and Wes's life. Reading the poems, I focused on nearby things like the hot fumes of the old Ford tractor and far off soaring hawks. Being in my own autumn, Wes's observation that \"yellow leaves fall. . . in slow subtraction\" led me gently to one of his final poems, \"Last Morning.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChris DeForest is Senior Conservationist for Inland Northwest Land \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConservancy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHardscrabble: Life on the Land is a collection of lyrical, compelling poems that chronicle one man's love for and dedication to a piece of land that he has nurtured and worked on much of his life. Wes Hanson's poems, arranged by seasons, will engage readers who have ever fought to protect a beloved piece of ground, from a garden plot or woodlot to a Montana cattle ranch or redwood forest. Kentucky has Wendell Berry. Idaho has Wes Hanson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDenise Clark, Retired Librarian, North Idaho College\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cave Moon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/29\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781733798792\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.27d","brand":"Wes Hanson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51616395854005,"sku":"9781733798792","price":18.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c86607db-d93d-4bb9-9107-35a482df7fa4.jpg?v=1756189292","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/hardscrabble-life-on-the-land-9781733798792","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}