Harvest son
Subtitle: planting roots in American soil
By: David Mas Masumoto.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.; W.W. Norton
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
Subjects: Masumoto, David Mas.; Farm life -- California -- Del Rey.; Family farms -- California -- Del Rey.; Farmers -- California -- Del Rey -- Biography.; Japanese American farmers -- California -- Del Rey -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Description: This is a book about working alongside the ghosts of generations past, whether pruning vines or surviving a storm; about valuing the knowledge of old farmers; about taking on a leadership role in the local California Buddhist community where Masumoto is one of the few left to bury the old-timers.

It is about the search for roots in the tragic history of the internment camps, and in the still-living rural culture of Japan, where Masumoto tells of visiting his grandmother's native village and working in ancient rice paddies. And it is about renewal: reinvigorating the family farm with new-old organic farming techniques, finding new uses for rusty tools left behind in the shed, starting a culturally blended family and teaching children the work and play of life on the farm.

By knitting together past and future, Masumoto achieves a rare and essential harmony - holding on to what matters, despite the pressures of time and change.