Henry Carter Hull

The art of discovering cultural and natural treasures in everyday landscapes In the course of the mundane routines of life, we encounter a variety of landscapes and objects, either ignoring them or looking without interest at what appears to be just a tree, stone, anonymous building, or dirt road. But the "deep traveler," according to Hartford Courant essayist David K. Leff, doesn't make this mistake. Instead, the commonplace elements become the...

"Takes readers into the forests and sugar shacks of New England... Filled with entertaining anecdotes, traditional knowledge and recipes." -- Waterbury Republican-American These stories, told by real-life sugarmakers, reveal how this ancient industry has continued into the twenty-first century. Thanks to the newest technology -- and the old-fashioned virtue of patience -- New England sugarmakers are still keeping it real. A former maple sugarmaker...

"The "fascinating, forgotten story" of a daughter of a renowned American family -- a suffragette and spiritualist who shocked New England society (Debby Applegate, Pulitzer Prize -- winning author of The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher ). Older sister Harriet Beecher Stowe was the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Brother Henry Ward Beecher was one of the nation's most influential ministers. Their sibling Catharine Beecher...