Louis Bromfield (1896–1956)
Auteur van The Rains Came
Over de Auteur
Fotografie: Credit: Carl Van Vechten, 1933
(Carl Van Vechten Collection,
LoC Prints and Photographs Division,
LOT 12735, no. 155)
(Carl Van Vechten Collection,
LoC Prints and Photographs Division,
LOT 12735, no. 155)
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Werken van Louis Bromfield
A New Pattern for a Tired World (The Right Wing Individualist Tradition in America) (1954) 8 exemplaren
La señora Parkington 6 exemplaren
El río salvaje novela 2 exemplaren
Sateet tulivat 1 2 exemplaren
Parkingtons 2 exemplaren
It All Came True [1940 film] — Story — 2 exemplaren
La gran pradera 2 exemplaren
Nacht in Bombay Roman 1 exemplaar
När regnet kom. 2 1 exemplaar
Og regnen kom - I 1 exemplaar
Traum in Louisiana - bk825 1 exemplaar
Eine Aussergewöhnliche Frau (Mrs. Parkington) 1 exemplaar
Vinieron las lluvias Novela de la India moderna 1 exemplaar
The World We Live In, Stories 1 exemplaar
Moderní hrdina 1 exemplaar
La casona. Versión de Agustín González. Novela. 1 exemplaar
sateet tulivat I 1 exemplaar
NOVELAS ESCOGIDAS II 1 exemplaar
NOVELAS ESCOGIDAS I 1 exemplaar
En moderne Helt 1 exemplaar
England A Dying Oligarchy 1 exemplaar
MissAnnie Spraggs underlige liv og død 1 exemplaar
Set of Six Books By Louis Bromfield: A Modern Hero; the Rains Came; the Farm; the Man Who Had Everything; Early Autumn;… (1934) 1 exemplaar
A Primer of Conservation 1 exemplaar
You Get What You Give: A Collection of Four Novels — Auteur — 1 exemplaar
The wealth of the soil 1 exemplaar
El Dorado 1 exemplaar
Blestemul Dragostei — Auteur — 1 exemplaar
Sateet tulivat 2 1 exemplaar
Nature's Bank - The Soil 1 exemplaar
Det fortryllede Land 1 exemplaar
I GRANDI ROMANZI MRS. PARKINGTON 1 exemplaar
niin piti käydä 1 exemplaar
Louis Bromfield. Emprise : 'Possession', roman traduit de l'anglais par Geneviève de Genevraye (1949) 1 exemplaar
O senhor Smith 1 exemplaar
Walt Disney's Vanishing prairie 1 exemplaar
Farma 1 exemplaar
Mijn Paradijs 1 exemplaar
המאזינה : סיפור 1 exemplaar
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Great American Short Stories: O. Henry Memorial Prize Winning Stories, 1919-1934 (1935) — Medewerker — 10 exemplaren
The Best Short Stories of 1931 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1931) — Medewerker — 7 exemplaren
The Best Short Stories of 1928 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1928) — Medewerker — 3 exemplaren
Furrow's End: An Anthology of Great Farm Stories — Introductie; Medewerker — 2 exemplaren
Best-in-Books: Band of Angels / Hazel Rides Again / Five Fathers of Pepi / Animals and Other People / John Goffe's… — Medewerker — 2 exemplaren
Omnibook Magazine (Overseas Edition for Armed Forces) July 1945 — Auteur — 1 exemplaar
Avon Modern Short Story Monthly No. 7 (14 Great stories by 14 Great Authors) (1943) — Medewerker — 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- Bromfield, Louis
- Officiële naam
- Brumfield, Louis
- Geboortedatum
- 1896-12-27
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1956-03-18
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Mansfield, Ohio, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Mansfield, Ohio, USA
Lucas, Ohio, USA - Opleiding
- Cornell University
Columbia University - Beroepen
- farmer
ambulance driver (WWI) - Organisaties
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature, 1928)
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- Populariteit
- #11,581
- Waardering
- 3.7
- Besprekingen
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- ISBNs
- 156
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Sometimes Bromfield seems to forget that he’s a wealthy and well-connected man who can afford to do experimental agriculture at a time of food and labour shortages, and sees himself as though he were some kind of peasant revolutionary, so the book can be a bit irritating, but elsewhere it is very interesting to see his way of working, always taking a close look at what might be going on when something they have done on the farm produces a surprisingly good or bad result. It’s not quite rigorous scientific testing, but obviously a worthwhile attempt at bringing scientific methods into everyday work. Bromfield’s key mantra seems to be about alertness to the specific local factors that often mean a textbook technique may not be the most appropriate for the place where you happen to be farming.
I’m not an expert on organic farming, but I found this very interesting, and I enjoyed sharing the great pleasure Bromfield obviously took in doing a good job in a lovely place.… (meer)