The agrarian message has perhaps been the most enduring one of American literature, and we are indeed fortunate to have Wendell Berry continuing in that fine tradition. Mr. Berry writes of values and qualities that are timeless. His vision of reality, sourced in the Kentucky farm that has fed and sheltered the Berry family for three generations, is one of caution and warning, blending his work on the land with his love of family, his faith, his anger, his hope.