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010 $a 2017277954
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050 00$aCT275.P5767$bA3 2017
082 04$a977.5043092$222
100 1 $aPerry, Michael,$d1964-$eauthor.
245 10$aMontaigne in barn boots :$ban amateur ambles through philosophy /$cMichael Perry.
250 $aFirst edition.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bHarper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,$c2017.
300 $axi, 223 p. ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 219-222).
505 0 $aReading like a chicken -- Roughneck intersectionality -- Confound the fool -- Shame -- Marriage -- Amateur aesthetics -- Kidney stone wisdom -- Meditating on faith -- What to do.
520 $aWritten in a spirit of exploration rather than declaration, Montaigne in Barn Boots is a down-to-earth (how do you pronounce that last name?) look into the ideas of a philosopher "ensconced in a castle tower overlooking his vineyard," channeled by a Midwestern American writing "in a room above the garage overlooking a disused pig pen." Whether grabbing an electrified fence, fighting fires, failing to fix a truck, or feeding chickens, Perry draws on each experience to explore subjects as diverse as faith, race, sex, aromatherapy, and Prince. But he also champions academics and aesthetics, in a book that ultimately emerges as a sincere, unflinching look at the vital need to be a better person and citizen.
600 10$aPerry, Michael,$d1964-.
600 10$aMontaigne, Michel de,$d1533-1592.
600 17$aMontaigne, Michel de,$d1533-1592$2fast
600 17$aPerry, Michael,$d1964-$2fast
650 0$aFarmers$zWisconsin$vBiography.
650 0$aFarm life$zWisconsin.