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...hard to explain what's precious about life here," says Levonda McDaniel, 50, the association's secretary. 'I think it's something about the earth, a sort of communion with the Lord when you can go out there and plow your fields and produce half of what you eat. Most people here realize they're not really college-educated types, yet within themselves they are secure." An extreme sense of self-reliance, growing rarer by the day in urbanized America, and at the same time an odd reliance on each other against the outside world...
...dedicated Italophile, McDaniel traveled extensively throughout the Italian peninsula and wrote "Roman Private Life and Its Survivals," a book that compared and contrasted modern Italy and ancient Rome...
...McDaniel was an avid collector of classical relics, and donated his extensive collection of artifacts to Harvard 30 years ago in memory of his first wife, the former Alice Garlichs. He also wrote "The Pleasures and Hazards of Collecting Antiques: Riding a Hobby in the Classical Lands," a reminiscence of his travels and collecting experiences...
...recent years, McDaniel devoted most of his time to collecting fossils and seashells near his homes in Coconut Grove, Fla. and Martha's Vineyard. He once attributed his longevity to good genes, good wives, and abstinence from tea, coffee, alcohol and tobacco...
...McDaniel is survived by his second wife, the former Helen Stock...