"Some of the most sensible, genial prose west of the Mississippi.
A kind of sequel to Hard Scrabble—recounting more about his
twenty years of quiet combat with the forces of nature. He tackles
such everyday subjects as home repairs, fences, killing animals for
food, growing grapes, making wine and collecting junk. His writing
seems as natural as breathing."—People

"A native son who left home, came back and actually liked it, 
Graves writes about Texas and Texans with full attention to the 
complex peculiarities that distinguish the region; but because 
he so lovingly particularizes, rather than generalizes, his thoughts
come to us in larger terms, made universal by the art of language
and feeling. Although permeated with a sense of place, Graves's
writing translates Texas as though it were Anywhere, much as
E. B. White took Maine and made it the world."—Washington
Post Book World

"Graves's work is full of his awareness of the Indian and Anglo 
past and of his eroded slope back to prehistory."—Fort Worth 
Star-Telegram

"Graves accomplishes what can make essays so satisfying to
read: He takes the mundane observations and details of everyday
life and shapes them into something not mundane at all. What 
otherwise would have been a fleeting response is preserved in a 
form that others can share."—Christian Science Monitor

    Originally published by Knopf in 1980, From a Limestone Ledge
has never been out of print.

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JOHN GRAVES is the author of two other Texas classics, Goodbye 
to a River and Hard Scrabble.


What people are saying about this book

"He writes eloquently about a countryman's concerns. There's not
a false note in the book."—Boston Globe

"Another fine, reflective, anecdotal look at rural Texas. The 
chapter on dogs is the longest and perhaps the best in this 
excellent and warmhearted book."—The New Yorker