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Edmund Morris
1804–1874
Best known for the enduring farming classic Ten Acres Enough, this 19th-century American writer turned practical experience into lively, encouraging advice. His books spoke to readers who wanted to make a modest piece of land productive and independent.
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About the author
Born in New Jersey in 1804, Edmund Morris was an American writer and editor whose work grew out of everyday experience rather than theory alone. He is chiefly remembered for Ten Acres Enough, a practical and personal book that describes how a small farm could support a large family.
That book helped make his name as a clear, persuasive voice on small-scale farming and rural self-reliance. He also wrote Farming for Boys, continuing his interest in practical agriculture and in showing readers how work on the land could be both useful and rewarding.
Morris died in 1874, but his best-known work has remained in circulation long after his lifetime. Readers still return to him for his plainspoken mix of memoir, instruction, and optimism about what careful work and a small plot of ground can do.