After his sons are killed at the Battle of Hastings and his family and farm are destroyed by the Norman invaders, Buccmaster and a band of like-minded men embark on a dangerous mission of revenge on the invaders across the scorched English landscape.

A collection of essays celebrating the cultural heritage of history and home argues that arrogance must be abandoned in favor of respect and care for oneself, one's neighbors, and the land. In a time when our relationship to the natural world is ruled by the violence and greed of unbridled consumerism, Wendell Berry speaks out in these prescient essays, drawn from his fifty-year campaign on behalf of American lands and communities. The writings gathered...