"A gripping, taut tale of suspense . . . a spare, tense novel set within the desolation and desperation of the Vermont woods. . . . "Go with Me" is a gem that sparkles with sly insight and cuts like a knife."--"The Boston Globe."
Burning wood for heat can benefit your household in many ways, especially if you live outside the city. When petroleum and natural gas prices climb, the economic benefit of wood-burning is clear. Add to that independence from outside forces, and heating with wood can bring you genuine stress relief. If the electricity goes off, you stay warm. And ...
Sheriff Lucian Wing confronts a series of challenges to his settled way of life, his work, his society, and his marriage, in this darkly funny and wise follow-up to Freeman's celebrated novel "Go With Me."
Although it dates from a time before power tools, electricity, and gasoline, this book abounds in simple ideas that rural householders and farmers find useful today. Barns, poultry houses, piggeries, corn cribs, ice houses, spring houses, granaries, smoke houses, root cellars and even kennels and birdhouses are included in this fascinating ...
A woman running from an abusive lover is given shelter by the innkeeper in a small New England town and becomes deeply involved with many of its inhabitants.
Mark Noon, a retired operative in an organization that may be the CIA, has found refuge for many years in a small Vermont town. Now he inherits a small fortune and a big house from an old family friend who is missing and presumed dead. When he takes over the place, he also becomes involved not only with his lawyer's daughter but with the life of ...
Four and a half million people read The Old Farmer's Almanac each year, and for 14 years, the essays of Castle Freeman, Jr., have been a prominent feature. This novel and witty journey through the seasons of New England evokes a way of life sufficiently challenging enough to be exciting, sufficiently quiet enough to be philosophical, and ...
"The author, George A. Martin, knows his subject, not only fence building but the farm and its requirements. He knows the stock: the unconfinable pig, the dexterous cow. He knows his materials, especially wood. I count twenty-one species of tree in the text, each especially suited for a particular application. He knows the value of work well done, ...
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