Thus spoke Jedediah: the distilled wisdom of a cornpone prophet.('For Common Things: Irony, Trust and Commitment in America Today')(Book Review)

Harper's Magazine | September 1, 1999| | Copyright

For Common Things: Irony, Trust and Commitment in America Today, by Jedediah Purdy. Knopf. 256 pages. $20.

Jedediah Purdy was raised and homeschooled on a hardscrabble West Virginia farm by hippie parents who let their young run free and naked, slathered with mud and adorned with wildflowers. He learned by working alongside his parents and listening well when neighbors came to call. He explored the hollows and ridges of his native landscape, cut the hay he had planted, slaughtered the steers he had raised as pets. He dug ditches for a spring's cold fresh water and ...

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