| Rod Donnelly, "Retired Oregon Vocational Agriculture Teacher |
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What a pleasure it is to find a book of this excellent character that deals so thoroughly and factually about a subject that most of the youger generation, even farmers, have not seen and know little about. A most excellent read.
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| Ivar Nelson, Director, University of Idaho Press, Moscow, Idaho |
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This is a delightful book both in its wonderful pictorial and written history of "bringing in the hay." It was a joy to read. I was impressed with its comprehensive view of haymaking, something that I had little knowledge of before now.
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| Jeff Grathwohl, Director and Senior Editor, University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, Utah |
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Your manuscript is full of wonderful pictures and descriptions and quite readable. I'm sure there is a publisher who is willing to undertake this project, but I don' think is's right for our list.
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| Gwen Duley, Elementary School Teacher, Portland, Oregon |
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Touch of humor throughout is excellent. I love the anecdotes and personal reflection in each chapter. Charmingly poetic.
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| Dick Stone, Retired CPS, Pacific City, Oregon |
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I have read a few more chapters and I admit that it is growing on me, particularly since you gave me more insight into what you're trying to do.
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| Karen Wilde, Secretary of Gilliam County Historical Society, Condon, Oregon |
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The work sample you sent looks very impressive. I can't wait to see the final copy. We would be interested in selling your book.
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| Carl Fleishhauer, Project Coordinator, Office of Strategic Initiatives, Library of Congress |
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I found your book, Bringing in the Hay, to be an engaging and informative overview of haymaking and loose-hay stacking in the American West. It has a charming, personal tone - expressing clearly your direct connection to the topic, and your personal passions - without losing sight of the breadth of the activity in the larger region. The text includes scraps of autobiography and conveys your melancholy over the passing of days gone by, but still offers an objective overview of important cultural and natural elements. Very fine and rewarding to read! And those of us who work at the Library of Congress are pleased to see how well our collections have served your research.
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