About the Author

Born on a humble frontier farm in southwest Michigan, Liberty Hyde Bailey (1858-1954) went on to become the "Father of Modern Horticulture," a leading public intellectual on the question of rural communities, and a national spokesperson for agricultural policy. His birthplace and childhood home functions as a museum and educational outreach center devoted to telling Bailey's story and engaging the modern world with his philosophy and ideals. John Linstrom is a writer, doctoral student, and teacher. He writes and publishes poetry and nonfiction prose, and has recently begun work on a PhD. He is the editor of The Holy Earth