View from the Fazenda — 2003 ·

A Tale of the Brazilian Heartlands

By Ellen Bromfield Geld

"Ellen Bromfield Geld couldn't have had a better teacher in all the world than her father. Her writing and her life in Brazil vividly reflect the strength of Louis Bromfield's convictions, his love of the land and the enduring importance of his legacy."

Lauren Bacall

"This is the story of an amazing American couple who with courage and wit but little money, start a homestead adventure in a foreign land and, against all odds, turn it into a successful farm."

Gene Logsdon — author of The Man Who Created Paradise

"In oftentimes poetic language, she paints a portrait as diverse as the country itself as she traverses to its far corners over the ensuing years. Whether riding a vintage paddle-wheel steamer down the Sao Francisco River, taking a group of visiting U.S. farmers on tour, attending Carnaval, or traveling deep into a mountainside where garimpeiros search for diamonds, Geld discusses history, politics and culture."

ForeWord

Ellen Bromfield Geld is a novelist who has operated a farm in Brazil for several decades.