Matson, Peter H.,

A Place in the Country: a narrative on the imperfect art of homesteading & the value of ignorance.

NY, Random House, (1977). 1st Ed 2nd ptg. G Hardback in G DJ. "What is most of our boasted so-called knowledge but a conceit that we know something, which robs us of the advantageas of our. actual ignorance. For a man's ignorance sometimes is not only awful but beautiful." Henry David Thoreau Endpapers show the contruct of a house for the country Account of how an amateur did indeed build `his own house with his own hands. The author finds out a lot about his house and himself. Handwritten notes by Jack Barnes, Hiram ME author to Ken and Cindy trying to help them build their home in the country. Photo of author building his home.

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Tatelbaum, Linda (Inscribed by author),

Carrying Water as a Way of Life; a homesteader's history.

Appleton, Maine, About Time Press, (1997). VG PB. Inscribed by author on title page "To Jack Barnes - Your patience in remembering me all these years awaiting "the book" m. to me. I look forward to meeting you and talking books, rasberries, and other thorny topics! Yours Linda Tatelbaum 11/3/96" Jack Barnes was a Hiram ME author. From the book - They even take the top soil they don't know they are taking. And they will take wihtout knowing it, the quiet language of wilderness. They will teach the land to speak in neighborhood tongues, the cries of children, the slamming of screen doors, the whirr of lanwmovers, the land will still be here but how will the new neighbors learn to speak the language of trees. Who will teach them to plant again? I hear them whisper again. "Good-bye" And then I listen again in the blue-green dark, hoping they will point me into the future, as they have guided me to health in the past. I stand still in the road, breathing in this sharp scent, and then at last when I am quiet enough, I hear their final message. "So it is.So it is."they say And the voice trails offlike that of a dying grandmother, and I am the one left here grieving. Minor marginal notes on a few pages.

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