Of Farming and Classics: A Memoir
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Grene, David, PUBLISHER: University of Chicago ong>Prong>ess, A fiercely independent ong>thinkerong>, colorful storyteller, ong>andong> spirited teacher, David Grene devoted his life to two things: farming, which he began as a boy in Irelong>andong> ong>andong> continued into old age; ong>andong> classics, which he taught for several decades that culminated in his translating ong>andong> editing, with Richmond Lattimore, of "ong>Theong> Complete Greek Tragedies." In this charming memoir, which he wrote during ong>theong> years leading up to his death in at ong>theong> age of eighty-nine, Grene weaves togeong>theong>r ong>theong>se interests to tell a quirky ong>andong> absorbing story of ong>theong> sometimes turbulent ong>andong> always interesting life he split between ong>theong> University of Chicago--where he helped found ong>theong> Committee on Social Thought--ong>andong> ong>theong> farm he kept back in Irelong>andong>. Charting ong>theong> path that took him from Europe to Chicago in , ong>andong> encompassing his sixty-five-year career at ong>theong> university, Grene's book draws readers into ong>theong> heady ong>andong> invigorating climate of his time ong>theong>re. ong>Andong> it is elegantly balanced with reflections stemming from his work on ong>theong> farm where he hunted, plowed ong>andong> regularly traveled on horseback to bring his cows home for milking. Grene's form ong>andong> humor are quite his own, ong>andong> his brilliant storytelling will enthrall anyone interested in ong>theong> classics, rural Irelong>andong>, or twentieth-century intellectual history, especially as it pertains to ong>theong> University of Chicago.