Comments on: Agrarians Rejoice!

By: Allan Carlson

Allan Carlson — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:04:36 +0000

To Steve:
I was born and raised in Des Moines, Iowa; graduating from Theodore Roosevelt High School. My mother still lives in Des Moines.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 06:32:42 +0000

An Iowan, eh? Whereabouts are you from?

By: Allan Carlson

Allan Carlson — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:01:10 +0000

To Eric Donovan : Thank you so much for the encouragement!

By: Eric Donavon E

Eric Donavon E — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:59:41 +0000

Agrarianism is the best model we have of sustainability. I too say hear hear! and say to Allan Carlson, thank you for Third Ways and The American Way and your book on Agrarian History. I have enjoyed them all and look forward to more!

By: polistra

polistra — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:22:51 +0000

The Agrarian influence was an important part of the New Deal. I wrote
a piece on Maury Maverick, one of FDR’s close associates, here:

http://polistrasmill.blogspot.com/2008/02/real-maverick.html

Especially check out Maverick’s grand manifesto:

http://inbloodandink.blogspot.com/

By: Kevin Michael Derby

Kevin Michael Derby — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:59:30 +0000

Let’s not forget that distributionst thought was popularized through the press and in readable histories during the 1930s. We really could use a Hebert Agar today.

By: Russell Arben Fox

Russell Arben Fox — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:56:13 +0000

Regional literature and art (e.g., poets Paul Engle and Jay Sigmund, novelist Ruth Suckow, and painter Grant Wood in my native Iowa) also prospered. And don't forget Kansas's own John Steuart Curry, he of the "Tragic Prelude"! He wasn't nearly as contented a supporter of agrarian regionalism as Grant Wood, but he should count, nonetheless.

By: E.D. Kain

E.D. Kain — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:50:44 +0000

Hear, hear!