A book by Ridley Nelson
Echoes From Far Lands
Stories on cultures, farming, and life.
Australian farm work. A working passage to England. Village meetings in India. A memoir that follows the people and incidents along the way, with room for a good yarn.
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A few stops
along the way.
A close encounter on Mount Kenya, a fresh look at farming, and a thought to take home. Step into the book with three short excerpts.
A buffalo, some ants, and very little dignity.
A fishing trip, a nest of safari ants, and a buffalo blocking the way out.
Read the excerpt · 2 minWhy not plant in rows?
A visitor sees untidy crops. An agriculturalist sees a farmer managing risk.
Read the excerpt · 2 minEven from buying a cauliflower.
In the book’s closing chapter, Ridley considers what an ordinary trip to the grocer might teach us.
Read the excerpt · 1 min
Selected Amazon reviews
Read more on Amazon (opens in a new tab)“From the perspective of rural life, mainly in Africa and Australia, Nelson casts a shrewd eye on a diverse set of realities, shot through with irony, wit and a penchant for the absurd. […] A marvellous, relentlessly sensible and humane, book.”
“A wonderful book of a life well lived featuring Nelson’s adventures while traveling the world. […] The autobiography has the humor and don’t-take-me-too-seriously attitude reminiscent of Bill Bryson’s travelogues.”
“This is a great read, well written and sensitive and humorous-quite a feat. Even more so for the evidence of a life well lived.”