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Cat Peopleby Michael Korda , Margaret KordaISBN 0060756640 (0-06-075664-0)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Charmed Lives: A Family Romanceby Michael KordaISBN 0060085568 (0-06-008556-8)
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Country Matters: The Pleasures and Tribulations of Moving from a Big City to an Old Country Farmhouseby Michael KordaISBN 0060957484 (0-06-095748-4)
Softcover, Perennial
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Country Matters: The Pleasures and Tribulations of Moving from a Big City to an Old Country Farmhouse'Book summary:Despite the fact that Michael Korda was city born and bred (and, as editor in chief of Simon & Schuster and a bestselling author, part of Manhattan's elite), when he decided it was time to put down roots, he wanted land, trees, and a place in a community with history. The house he bought with his wife, Margaret, in Pleasant Valley, two hours north of New York City, was built when George Washington was president. It came with two barns, 20 acres, a backhoe, a bush hog, a York rake, a dozer blade, a bluff, and a slightly deaf old man named Harold Roe. Since Korda couldn't handle a hammer (plumbing and heating problems in his past merely involved calling the building super and keeping a 20-dollar bill handy), Harold became a permanent fixture, wielding large equipment, destroying the flowers, and showing the couple everything they needed to know about the real country.
Pleasant Valley, it turned out, was on the "wrong" side of the Taconic Parkway. It was "red and black plaid hats with earflaps and insulated bib-front overalls country," as opposed to Ralph Lauren estates country. Despite the blue-collar atmosphere (or rather because of it), the Kordas have been there for two decades. Becoming locals hasn't been easy, however. Korda relishes the moments that mark him as an insider--hanging out at the local diner, buying a Harley-Davidson, and most importantly, buying pigs. Pig watching in a place like Pleasant Valley is a truly bonding experience, which Korda describes with his characteristic dry wit:
Pig watching is not something anybody does in a hurry, as we came to learn. You have to shift your trousers down a bit, loosen up your belt a notch or so, give your belly a little breathing room, light a cigarette if you're a smoker, and look at the pigs for a good long time. Then you sigh, nod your head, and say, "Them's nice pigs, them pigs." Then you look at them some more.
You get the idea. A natural raconteur, Korda makes the quirks of living in an old house and the quest for local status in an insular community highly entertaining, and he proves once again that, while he may not be handy with tools, he certainly knows his way around the written word. --Lesley Reed [via]More editions of Country Matters: The Pleasures and Tribulations of Moving from a Big City to an Old Country Farmhouse:
- Country Matters: The Pleasures and Tribulations of Moving from a Big City to an Old Country Farmhouse: ISBN 0060197722 (0-06-019772-2)
Hardcover, Harpercollins - Country Matters: The Pleasures and Tribulations of Moving from a Big City to an Old Country Farmhouse: ISBN 0060957484 (0-06-095748-4)
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- Country Matters: The Pleasures and Tribulations of Moving from a Big City to an Old Country Farmhouse: ISBN 0060197722 (0-06-019772-2)
Eminent Lives: Ulysses S. Grant, George Washington, Thomas Jeffersonby Michael KordaISBN 0060844760 (0-06-084476-0)
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The Fortuneby Michael KordaISBN 0002235005 (0-00-223500-5)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers Limited
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Horse Housekeeping: Everything You Need to Know to Keep a Horse at Homeby Michael Korda , Margaret KordaISBN 0060573082 (0-06-057308-2)
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Horse People: Scenes from the Riding Lifeby Michael KordaISBN 0060936762 (0-06-093676-2)
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Ike: An American Heroby Michael KordaISBN 0060756667 (0-06-075666-7)
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Journey to a Revolution: A Personal Memoir And History of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956by Michael KordaISBN 006077262X (0-06-077262-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Male Chauvinism: How It Worksby Michael KordaISBN 0214200140 (0-214-20014-0)
Hardcover, Random House
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Man to Man : Surviving Prostate Cancerby Michael KordaISBN 0316882976 (0-316-88297-6)
Hardcover, Little, Brown Book Group Limited
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Power in the Officeby Michael KordaISBN 0297770667 (0-297-77066-7)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld and Nicolson
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Queenieby Michael KordaISBN 0330291947 (0-330-29194-7)
Softcover, Pan Macmillan
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Ulysses S. Grant : The Unlikely Heroby Michael KordaISBN 0060590157 (0-06-059015-7)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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