A Garlic Testament: Seasons on a Small New Mexico Farm

Stanley Crawford

From his New Mexico mountain home, award-winning author Stanley Crawford writes about growing garlic and selling it.

"To dream a garden and then to plant it is an act of independence and even defiance to the greater world."--Stan Crawford

"Rich with respect for human toil. . . . detailing the healing and annealing aspect of the repetitive tasks that bring his crop to market in clearsighted, eloquent prose."--New York Times Book Review

"Superb, quiet. . . . a plainspoken wisdom." --The New Yorker

Crawford tells us what's right with American agriculture by telling us what's right in the life of one farmer who's found his place in the sun."--The Washington Post

Stanley Crawford lives in Dixon, New Mexico.

5.5 x 8.5 255 pages