"I'm tellin' you, people aren't dumb or lazy. They just gotta see the possibilities--understand that they can do it. Then get outta their way. C'mon, I'll hitch up a horse and show you around."This short book is called a fable by its author. The short book containing many photographs is a wonderful pause in reading the average book with a couple hundred pages. It is sweet and inspiring story of a man who reclaims land savaged and destroyed by coal strip mining. I love the way the farmer says he just paints a farm on top of the moonscape left behind by the profiteers. Gene Logsdon is an excellent writer composing in a folksy style that suits his writing about farming. I found myself wishing this fable was actually a longer book. Logsdon is a pleasure to read, both with the content of this story and with his refreshing phrasing and style.
The photographs in this book are great and could hold their own in a separate collection. The Ma Who Created Paradise would make a great gift- filled with hope and inspiration, very well-written, and beautiful to look.
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