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The same ax, twice
restoration and renewal in a throwaway age
By Mansfield, Howard
- ISBN
- 978-1-58465-028-7
- Publisher
- Hanover : University Press of New England, c2000.
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Reviewed on April 1, 2000
This meditation, which explores the nature of memory, history, and restoration, carries forward Mansfield's thesis from In Memory's House (1993) that a defining New England characteristic is the conviction that we choose our past. The title refers to a farmer who respects an ax so much that he replaces both blade and handle twice. Thus, the ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
