Life on the fringe of society, with the inscription. November 2005 in his 1974 book titled, payne hollow. Harlan hubbard was kentuckys thoreau, and his journals are intimate records. Also, we had a chance to peruse a large collection of prints restruck from harlans original woodcuts. Reflecting on harlan hubbards watercolors leo weekly. There they mastered the arts of country life, building their own stone and timber house in 1952 and raising their own food. Harlan hubbard 19001988 was a kentucky artist who constructed the home and art studio himself.
A river way of life, payne hollow journal, and the woodcuts of harlan hubbard. Beautifully written book about rejecting contemporary life and finding true value in exploring life on the river, and living life according to its rhythms. His selfsufficient art and lifestyle led to his reputation as the henry david thoreau of kentucky. It was there that the hubbards lived lives that have been described as simultaneously frugal and abundant. Writer and painter harlan hubbard embraced the simple life harlan hubbard, a native of bellevue, is wellknown for his painting, writing, music and landscapes of northern kentucky and the ohio river. My father wanted to read the harlan hubbard book, payne hollow, primarily because he owns property just across the ohio river on the indiana side, and the hubbard s way of life has become local legend. How good it was to have a sandy beach, and solitude. Shantyboat, hubbard s recounting of their journey to new orleans, and payne hollow. Then when we got down to payne hollow it suddenly dawned on us, this, the place we were looking for, and weve been there ever since. Life on the fringe, harlan hubbard tells how he came to settle down in this nonfiction. My father wanted to read the harlan hubbard book, payne hollow, primarily because he owns property just across the ohio river on the indiana side, and the. His later payne hollow is a thoreauvian testament to the values embodied in the homesteading life the hubbards lived for four decades after they.
For most people such a journey is the stuff that dreams are made of, but for harlan and anna hubbard it became a cherished reality. Life on the fringe of society by harlan hubbard new york. Apr 11, 2012 anna and harlan hubbard lived life as few people in modern times have and in doing so accomplished at least two things that are very rarecontentment and freedom. After their journey had ended, the hubbards settled down and built a cabin on a sevenacre property in payne hollow, a riverside valley located in trimble county, kentucky, where they spent the remainder of their lives. His book shantyboat in the bayous, which was published in 1990, completes the story in 1951, harlan and anna built a primitive, yet elegant home at payne hollow on the shore of the ohio river in trimble county, kentucky.
I understood the work and philosophy of anna and harlan and, at harlan s request, agreed to take payne hollow forward and make it my home. Life on the fringe, harlan hubbard tells how he came to settle down in this. Oral history interviews with harlan and anna hubbard. Many people expect payne hollow to be a hubbard shrine, museum or tour house, basically kept just the way it was when the hubbards lived here. I didnt take any photographs of the hubbards, just the photo of the house you see here. Shantyboat on the bayous is the middle chapter of the hubbard saga. The third and climactic volume, payne hollow journal, contains entries from the years he and his wife, anna, lived at their payne hollow home along the ohio rivers kentucky shore. Harlan hubbard continues his life story from shantyboat. Payne hollow journal by harlan hubbard, paperback barnes. The rest of the, from there its told in the book payne hollow. Hubbard believed in living a simple life similar to the studies of henry david thoreau. It was there that the hubbards lived lives that have been described by whom. In a house they built by hand, sustained by food they raised or caught, aided by no electricity or modern convenience, the hubbards, met the world on their own terms and found. Life on the fringe of society provides an account of a selfmade alternative lifestyle in early 1950s payne hollow, ky.
Anna and harlan hubbard lived life as few people in modern times have and in doing so accomplished at least two things that are very rarecontentment and freedom. An intimate and inspiring testament by kentuckys own thoreau, hubbards journals record a. If they students want a list of all of harlans works they can go here to this website for that. A book by harlan hubbard will be available in the museum store. Life on the fringe of society provides an account of a selfmade alternative lifestyle in early 1950s america. A very rare opportunity from an untrained but accomplished author.
Jul 21, 2014 herman fox print of harlan and anna hubbardpayne hollow. Harlan hubbard oral history collection pass the word. The third and climactic volume of his journals, payne hollow journal, contains. Reading time from harlan hubbards payne hollow dangling my feet in the river while age casts fruitlessly in the dusk while the frogs and crickets provide the soundtrack. Harlan hubbard was inspired by his injunction to go confidently in the direction of your dreams. He and his wife, anna, spent their final 30 years living in the wilderness of payne hollow, their house on the ohio river in trimble county, kentucky. We were both led on by a common desire to get down to earth and express ourselves by creating a setting for. Reading time from harlan hubbards payne hollow a secret. The third and climactic volume of his journals, payne hollow. We got a tour of harlan hubbards house and studio in fort thomas, ky. People even refer to hubbard as the henry david thoreau of kentucky.
Harlan and anna hubbard knit their lives into the fabric of the river, and rode it down to new orleans. I understood the work and philosophy of anna and harlan and, at harlans request, agreed to take payne hollow forward and make it my home. Also, he relates an account of their life in their house in trimble county in his book payne hollow 1973. Harlan hubbard stands in 1974 under the sign for payne hollow where the hubbards built their home along the ohio river in trimble county, kentucky. Harlan and anna hubbard, after years living off the grid on a shanty boat, continued to do so on the banks of the ohio river in payne hollow, kentucky, where they built their own house, lived with few amenities, and survived by their own hard work. Here hubbard reveals how dedication to work that provides sustenance. Try searching on jstor for other items related to this book. Life on the fringe, harlan hubbard tells how he came to settle down in this narrow, rocky valley beside the ohio river in trimble county. The hubbards settled at payne hollow because, harlan wrote. Harlan hubbard was kentuckys thoreau, and his journals are intimate records of a life lived in harmony with nature. At the beginning of this volume harlan hubbard writes, when we are away from payne hollow, that place does not seem real or possible. It was there that the hubbards lived lives that have been describedby whom. To live with nature was not a novel experience for the couple. Nov, 2009 don wallis s season by season arrangement of the payne hollow entries reflects the seasonal changes in harlan and his life as well as in the natural world around him.
This lovely book includes excerpts from annas private journal, annas recipes, a selected bibliography with works on the hubbards, and photos of anna and harlan taken on the river boat trips and at payne hollow. The third and climactic volume of his journals, payne hollow journal, contains entries from the years he and his wife, anna, lived at their payne hollow home along the ohio river s kentucky shore. In the fall of 1944 they built a houseboat, small but neatly accommodated to their needs, on the bank of the ohio near cincinnati, and in it after a pause. Life on the fringe of society, his sequel telling of their life in a corner of rural kentucky after their return, won him a host of readers.
Shantyboat is the story of a leisurely journey down the ohio and mississippi rivers to new orleans. Out of this journal grew harlan hubbard s enduring classic, shantyboat, and his idyllic shantyboat on the bayous. Harlan hubbard was kentucky s thoreau, and his journals are intimate records of a life lived in harmony with nature. Hubbard described this journey in shantyboat journal, the basis for his shantyboat and shantyboat on the bayous. Payne hollow journal the university press of kentucky. If i had approached the hubbard homestead from the river landing, which was the way the hubbards first came to payne hollow in the 1950s, i would, during high water, have set foot on land at the gate of the lower gardens. Shantyboat on the bayous by harlan hubbard overdrive.
In payne hollow, you will read of 30 plus years of living by his own methods and means. Both are buried below their home in payne hollow, which is now owned by paul hassfurder, a madison, ind. An excerpt from harlan hubbards shantyboat, a river way of life, published 1977 by university press of kentucky. Jul 21, 2014 herman fox print of harlan and anna hubbard payne hollow. Don wallis harlan hubbard was kentuckys thoreau, and his journals are intimate records of a life lived in harmony with nature.
The students can visit harlan hubbards website to read more about harlan and his wife annes lifestyle in payne hollow. Nov, 2009 the third and climactic volume of his journals, payne hollow journal, contains entries from the years he and his wife, anna, lived at their payne hollow home along the ohio river s kentucky shore. A river way of life by harlan hubbard 1977, paperback, reprint at the best online prices at. The third and climactic volume of his journals, payne hollow journal, contains entries from the years he and his wife, anna, lived at their payne hollow home along the ohio rivers kentucky shore. If the students want more readings they can go to this website about anne and harlans life. For more than fifty years the artist, writer, and homesteader described daily activities and recorded keen observations as he sought to live simply and authentically. Payne hollow journal 97808119540 by hubbard, harlan and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. For more than fifty years the artist, writer, and homesteader described daily. This plot harlan reserved for the late garden, planted after the spring flood danger had passed. Payne hollow journal is harlanstesta ment to the place and the life they lived there. Payne hollow journalis the third and final volume of the journals of harlan hubbard. Life on the fringe of society payne hollow by harlan hubbard adore the woodcuts by harlan hubbard and the lifestyle he writes about of life on a shantyboat by payne s hollow all of his books are worthwhile harlan hubbard payne hollow 1974 see more. If you read shantyboat, you know that harlan hubbard build a house and later a studio that he and anna lived in before they built their shantyboat.
His later payne hollow is a thoreauvian testament to the values embodied in the homesteading life the hubbards lived for four decades after they completed their epic river journey. It tells of harlan and annas voyage of explorations. In the morning i repacked the boat, and returned to the house to say goodbye. Before the hubbards stopped at payne hollow to create their little home, they made a long slow trip down the ohio to the mississippi and down the mississippi to the gulf. Harlan hubbards studio and prints a secret history of. However, he is better known for his writing such as his books about his river voyage, shantyboat 1953 and shantyboat in the bayous 1990. Jul 17, 20 harlan hubbard was inspired by his injunction to go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Anna and harlan hubbard died in 1986 and 1988, respectively. There is about harlans account of their years in the sleepy bayou country a dreamy, drifting quality, full of sunlight and dark water. By turns poetic and practical, payne hollow journal celebrates natures intense beauty and sometimes harsh realities as perhaps only an artist can see them. These books provide a detailed description the simple lifestyle of the hubbards. Anna and harlan hubbard, refusing to adopt the industrial positioning provided, built a simple home at payne hollow and documented their basic relationship of need to fulfillment within the carefully circumscribed nonfiction. In 1951, harlan and anna built a simple home at payne hollow on the shore of the ohio river in trimble county, kentucky.
Writer and painter harlan hubbard embraced the simple. Writer and painter harlan hubbard embraced the simple life harlan hubbard, a native of bellevue. Yeah, and the people were the same, too, they came out the door and said, hi, harlan, as if wed never been away. Herman fox print of harlan and anna hubbardpayne hollow. He seldom reads for pleasure, but couldnt put this little book down, and it has already been passed among several family members, including me. As the years go by since the hubbards deaths, some followers are concerned that the hubbard legacy will soon be forgotten.
Harlan hubbard painter, writer, agrarian homesteader. The third and climactic volume of his journals, payne hollow journal contains entries from 1951 to harlan hubbard was kentuckys thoreau, and his journals are intimate records of a life lived in harmony with nature. The thoreau society, curious about these kentucky role models from payne hollow, last week invited filmmaker morgan atkinson to concord, massachusetts, for a screening of his documentary, wonder. Shantyboat on the bayous by harlan hubbard, hardcover. Harlan hubbard was kentuckys thoreau, and his journals are int. Don walliss season by season arrangement of the payne hollow entries reflects the seasonal changes in harlan and his life as well as in the natural world around him. His book shantyboat in the bayous, which was published in 1990, completes the story. Anna hubbard uofl libraries at university of louisville. An intimate and inspiring testament by kentuckys own thoreau, hubbard s journals record a life lived in harmony with nature. Life on the fringe of society payne hollow by harlan hubbard adore the woodcuts by harlan hubbard and the lifestyle he writes about of life on a shantyboat by paynes hollowall of his books are worthwhile harlan hubbard payne hollow 1974 see more.
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