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Bill Ferris makes a ‘Visual Journey’ back to the family farm

By Ben Bryant and Lauchlin Fields | September 3, 2016

Ferris’ newest book documents life on his family farm in Warren County, where the people and the land inspired his work as a folklorist.

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