Counterculture flourished across the US in the 1960s and 1970s. Off the beaten path in the Arkansas Ozarks a faction of back to the landers were quietly creating their own counterculture haven. Jared Phillips collects oral histories and delves into archival resources to provide a fresh scholarly discussion of this group.
Counterculture flourished across the US in the 1960s and 1970s. Off the beaten path in the Arkansas Ozarks a faction of back to the landers were quiet...
Sarah Neidhardt grew up in the woods. When she was an infant, her parents left behind comfortable, urbane lives to take part in the back-to-the-land movement. They moved their young family to an isolated piece of land deep in the Arkansas Ozarks where they built a cabin, grew crops, and strove for eight years to live self-sufficiently. In this vivid memoir Neidhardt explores her childhood in wider familial and social contexts. Drawing upon a trove of family letters and other archival material, she follows her parents’ journey from privilege to food stamps—from their formative youths, to...
Sarah Neidhardt grew up in the woods. When she was an infant, her parents left behind comfortable, urbane lives to take part in the back-to-the-land m...
