The Memory of Old Jack

Download or read book The Memory of Old Jack written by Wendell Berry and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2003-06-19 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Old Jack, born just after the American Civil War and dying in contemporary times, spends one beautiful September day in Port William, his home since birth, remembering. The story tells of the most searing moments of Old Jack’s life, particularly his debt to his sister Nancy and her husband Ben Feltner, Old Jack’s model of what an honorable manhood and strength might be. "Few novelists treat both their characters and their readers with the kind of respect that Wendell Berry displays in this deeply moving account . . . The Memory of Old Jack is a slab of rich Americana."—The New York Times Book Review