Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry Determination Common Ground

Common Ground

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Illustrated backmatter on trail etiquette and animal tracks adds a hand-hewn touch

TRADITIONAL MANX Little Red Bird

Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry Determination Common GroundIn the latest installment in Wendell Berry's long story about the citizens of Port William, Hannah Coulter remembers. Her first husband, Virgil, was declared "missing in action" shortly after the Battle of the Bulge, and after she married Nathan Coulter about all he could tell Hannah about the Battle of Okinawa was "Ignorant boys, killing each other." The community was stunned and diminished by the war, with some of its sons lost forever and others