The empty meadow

1920 – 2014

Ben Logan, the author of the memoir "The Land Remembers," "Christmas Remembered," "The Empty Meadow," and other works. Ben was born in Seneca in 1920. He grew up on a ridge top farm his mother called "Seldom Seen." He spent most of his life away from Wisconsin, but carried Seldom Seen and the people who were part of it with him wherever he was. In his writing, Ben brought the stories and feel of a place he loved to many thousands of readers. It was his hope that readers could carry this feeling beyond one small corner of Wisconsin, to build a broader appreciation and care for the land and its people. During the Second World War, Ben served in the Navy on landing craft in the Mediterra…