{"product_id":"of-farming-and-classics-david-grene-9780226308012","title":"Of Farming and Classics: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eA fiercely independent thinker, colorful storyteller, and spirited teacher, David Grene devoted his life to two things: farming, which he began as a boy in Ireland and continued into old age; and classics, which he taught for several decades that culminated in his translating and editing, with Richmond Lattimore, of \u003ci\u003eThe Complete Greek Tragedies\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this charming memoir, which he wrote during the years leading up to his death in 2002 at the age of eighty-nine, Grene weaves together these interests to tell a quirky and absorbing story of the sometimes turbulent and always interesting life he split between the University of Chicago--where he helped found the Committee on Social Thought--and the farm he kept back in Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharting the path that took him from Europe to Chicago in 1937, and encompassing his sixty-five-year career at the university, Grene's book draws readers into the heady and invigorating climate of his time there. And it is elegantly balanced with reflections stemming from his work on the farm where he hunted, plowed and regularly traveled on horseback to bring his cows home for milking. Grene's form and humor are quite his own, and his brilliant storytelling will enthrall anyone interested in the classics, rural Ireland, or twentieth-century intellectual history, especially as it pertains to the University of Chicago. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Grene\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226308014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226308012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.12h x 6.24w x 0.65d","brand":"David Grene","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086402171135,"sku":"9780226308012","price":47.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6212cf74-188c-4bcb-8cf1-50219551c677.jpg?v=1769094476","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/of-farming-and-classics-david-grene-9780226308012","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}