How America Went Back to the Land

And why we’re still going back

The Nearings captured America’s longing to leave (photo by Paul Greenberg)

Did you ever wake up one morning and declare that from this point forward your life would be radically different? Did you then commit your scheme to paper, structuring your ideal day into constituent ideal parts all aimed at the goal of improving mind, body, and spirit? Did you make strong decisions, vow to give up coffee, alcohol, meat, and your little…