100 Tricks Every Boy Can Do: How My Brother Disappeared by Kim Stafford

234 farms, Short focuses on what she calls farmgiving, a concept that links land stewardship with a sense of reciprocity within community. In other words, farming has a cultural function, something she points to when she writes, “the biggest crop we grow at Stonebridge is community” (14). If I have any quibble with the book, it is that Short gives insufficient attention to her coined term ecobiography, which she uses as her subtitle and to describe the writing workshops she offers at Stonebridge Farm. While she does discuss how the term is different from nature writing on the farm’s web site, she lets the subtitle stand without full explanation. As a scholar I think a term like ecobiography bears discussion. But that is a small issue with an otherwise satisfying read. Evelyn Funda Utah State University