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<p>Maybe you can you make your own soup. But can you grow the onions and garlic for its aromatic beginnings? Can you darn a sock or even imagine why you would consider it? There are some around who will tell you, like it or not, to have your hoes and needles at the ready with the coming of peak oil and climate destruction, but the truth is that many Americans have yearned to return to their rural roots almost from the time they left for the city. It&rsquo;s not misty-eyed nostalgia, argues history professor Dona Brown, author of the new book <em>Back to the Land: The Enduring Dream of Self-Sufficiency in Modern America</em>. It&rsquo;s character.</p>