The Fat of the Land: The Story of an American Farm

The narrator, once a respected city physician, finds his career abruptly ended by ill health. With a modest inheritance and an eager wife, he trades his surgical knives for a plow and sets his sights on a farm nestled on a western slope. The early chapters follow his practical and often humorous attempts to turn untested ambition into a working homestead.

Readers are drawn into the day‑to‑day labor of clearing fields, drilling wells, and learning the rhythms of livestock. As the couple names their new property and maps out planting seasons, they encounter hired hands, local customs, and the inevitable setbacks of weather and inexperience. The memoir balances technical details of early twentieth‑century farming with personal reflection, offering an honest portrait of a man who discovers a second life rooted in the soil.