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Five Acres Too Much
Robert Barnwell Roosevelt
A city man buys five acres and discovers that country living costs more than he bargained for. Robert Roosevelt turns his misadventures with a cow, a house, a horse, and a pig into sharp, funny cautionary comedy. Wit and hard-won lessons for the would-be gentleman farmer. Laugh, then learn, before you sink your savings into a little farm.
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27 chapters
- 1FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH.
- 2CONTENTS.
- 3I N T R O D U C T I O N.
- 4FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH.
- 5CHAPTER I. A COW.
- 6CHAPTER II. A HOUSE, PLANS, AND SPECIFICATIONS.
- 7CHAPTER III. MORE LIVE-STOCK—A HORSE AND A PIG. WHICH IS THE NOBLER ANIMAL?
- 8CHAPTER IV. THE COUNTRY, AND HOW TO GET THERE.
- 9CHAPTER V. A WELL.
- 10CHAPTER VI. A KITCHEN GARDEN.
- 11CHAPTER VII. THE FLOWER GARDEN.
- 12CHAPTER VIII. POULTRY.
- 13CHAPTER IX. FALL WORK.
- 14CHAPTER X. PROFIT AND LOSS.
- 15CHAPTER XI. THE FLUSHING SKATING-POND—A DIGRESSION.
- 16CHAPTER XII. THE SECOND YEAR.
- 17CHAPTER XIII. SCIENCE.
- 18CHAPTER XIV. A SECOND DIGRESSION—FAIRY TALES FOR LITTLE FOLKS.
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