Gene Logsdon

Gene Logsdon (November 5, 1931 – May 31, 2016) was an American man of letters, cultural and economic critic, and farmer. He was a prolific author of essays, novels, and nonfiction books about agrarian issues, ideals, and techniques.

Gene Logsdon farmed in Upper Sandusky, Ohio.^[2] He wrote many books and hundreds of articles for numerous publications including New Farm, Mother Jones, Orion, Utne Reader, Organic Gardening, Draft Horse Journal and the Wall Street Journal.

Works[]

Gene Logsdon blogged at The Contrary Farmer blog.^[3]

Nonfiction[]

• Letter to a Young Farmer: How to Live Richly without Wealth on the New Garden Farm (2017)
• Gene Everlasting: A Contrary Farmer's Thoughts on Living Forever (2014)
• A Sanctuary of Trees: Beechnuts, Birdsongs, Baseball Bats, and Benedictions (2012)
• Holy Shit: Managing Manure To Save Mankind (2010 ISBN 978-1-60358-251-3)
• Small-Scale Grain Raising, Second Edition: An Organic Guide to Growing, Processing, and Using Nutritious Whole Grains, for Home Gardeners and Local Farmers (2009)
• The Mother of All Arts: Agrarianism and the Creative Impulse (Culture of the Land) (2007)
• All flesh is Grass: Pleasures & Promises of Pasture Farming (2004)
• The Pond Lovers (2003)
• Wyeth People (2003)
• Living at Nature's Pace: Farming and the American Dream (2000)
• Good Spirits: A New Look at Ol' Demon Alcohol (2000)
• You Can Go Home Again: Adventures of a Contrary Life (1998)
• The Big Things in Life are the Little Things (1998, with Steve Zender)
• The Contrary Farmer's Invitation to Gardening (1997)
• The Contrary Farmer (1995)
• The Low-Maintenance House (1987)
• Moneysaving Secrets: A Treasury of Salvaging, Bargaining, Recycling, and Scavenging Techniques (1986)
• Gene Logsdon's Practical Skills: A Revival of Forgotten Crafts, Techniques, and Traditions (1985)
• Wildlife in the Garden: How to Live in Harmony With Deer, Raccoons, Rabbits, Crows, and Other Pesky Creatures (1983)
• Organic Orcharding: A Grove of Trees to Live In (1981)
• Getting Food from Water: A Guide to Backyard Aquaculture (1979, Digital Library Copy)
• The Gardener's Guide to Better Soil (1978)
• Small-Scale Grain Raising (1977)
• Successful Berry Growing (1974)
• Homesteading: How to Find New Independence on the Land (1973)
• Two Acre Eden: Finding the Good Life on Your Own Piece of Land (1971)

Fiction[]

• Pope Mary and the Church of Almighty Good Food (2010)
• The Last of the Husbandmen: A Novel of Farming Life (2008)
• The Lords of Folly (2007)
• The Man Who Created Paradise: A Fable (Ohio Bicentennial) (2001, with Gregory Spaid and Wendell Berry)

Awards[]

2000 Ohioana Career Award^[4]

References[]