| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xi, 223 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-222). |
| Contents |
Reading like a chicken -- Roughneck intersectionality -- Confound the fool -- Shame -- Marriage -- Amateur aesthetics -- Kidney stone wisdom -- Meditating on faith -- What to do. |
| Summary |
Written in a spirit of exploration rather than declaration, Montaigne in Barn Boots is a down-to-earth (how do you pronounce that last name?) look into the ideas of a philosopher "ensconced in a castle tower overlooking his vineyard," channeled by a midwestern American writing "in a room above the garage overlooking a disused pig pen." Whether grabbing an electrified fence, fighting fires, failing to fix a truck, or feeding chickens, Perry draws on each experience to explore subjects as diverse as faith, race, sex, aromatherapy, and Prince. But he also champions academics and aesthetics, in a book that ultimately emerges as a sincere, unflinching look at the vital need to be a better person and citizen. |
| Subject |
Perry, Michael, 1964-
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Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592.
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Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592. (OCoLC)fst00037964
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Perry, Michael, 1964- (OCoLC)fst00386965
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Farmers -- Wisconsin -- Biography.
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Farm life -- Wisconsin.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Philosophers.
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HUMOR.
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LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading.
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Farm life. (OCoLC)fst00921052
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Farmers. (OCoLC)fst00921321
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Wisconsin. (OCoLC)fst01204595
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
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Philosophers.
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HUMOR.
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Form.
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Essays.
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Criticism.
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Books and reading.
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Biographies.
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Autobiographies.
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| ISBN |
9780062230560 (hardcover) |
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0062230565 (hardcover) |
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