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["Neil Inman" <neildona@hotmail.com>]

I found a very very interesting blog, with great reviews of the book as 
well, at 
http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/12/07/thoughts-on-henry-and-the-great-society/

"Briefly, Henry and the Great Society is the story of Henry, a man living in 
a cultural cul-de-sac, who was pursuing a way of life that was perhaps a 
hundred years behind the times, when modern living suddenly becomes a 
possibility. Henry himself is not much attracted to modern living, but his 
wife and children are, and he naturally wants them to have the best—the 
“good things in life,” as he puts it. A series of seemingly inconsequential 
decisions, each one apparently beneficial in itself, inexorably destroys the 
self-sufficient, productive, peaceful, and satisfied Henry, transforming him 
into a thoroughly modern man—dependent, debt-ridden, unhealthy, overworked, 
worried. Henry’s family is destroyed as his wife and children find lives to 
live outside the home."

Another wrote, "I read this book about 25 years ago and it made a deep 
impression on me. you can receive this book for free by going to the 
jesuslovesme.org website. they have all of mr. roush’s books available for 
free (you can donate or give what you would like to help the ministry if you 
so desire.) also the books are available in the mp3 format. i am guessing 
that some will not agree with all of his writings. i though, have been 
blessed and wanted to pass the info along." ~ julie harris

One other wrote "We recommend that you stop reading the book at the end of 
Henry’s story (p. 86). You won’t want to, because the ending is very bleak 
and you will be looking for some respite from the story, something to 
encourage you. Unfortunately, the final part of the book consists of H.L. 
Roush’s theological reflections on the story, and they aren’t especially 
edifying. Best to think through the story yourself, perhaps even read it to 
your children, and together as a family consider what went wrong for Henry, 
how he might have avoided the downward spiral, and what lessons can be 
applied to your own circumstances."

Henry & the Great Society is available in a printable pdf file on this page: 
http://www.jesuslovesme.org/henryand.htm

I found 8 copies of it for sale on Amazon.com for under $6.

And then here is a video of a 2005 talk by Joel Salatin, one of the most 
innovative, successful and influential farmers working in America today. His 
Polyface Farm, in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, grows grass-fed beef, 
chickens, rabbits, pigs, turkeys and eggs in a complex rotational system 
based on intensively-managed pastures and the symbiotic relationship between 
species. The farm generates all its own fertility and, with the exception of 
chicken feed and a few mineral supplements, is entirely self-sufficient. 
Salatin, a third generation alternative farmer, is the author of "Holy Cows 
and Hog Heaven." His farm has been featured in Smithsonian, Gourmet, and ABC 
World News Tonight. LINK: 
http://journalism.berkeley.edu/events/details.php?ID=164

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