There is not much humor in Half the Way Home. In its 236 pages, not one anecdote directly involving the author elicits laughter. Whereas Lewis Spence describes a loving if fundamentally Victorian relationship between a boy and his grandfather, Half … [Read more...] about Half the Way Home
Biography / Personal history
A Mountain View
Sooner or later, we all come home—if not literally, then spiritually, emotionally or psychologically to a place that had a role in shaping us. One day, without realizing it, we are there. And we confront the forces that made us what we have become. … [Read more...] about A Mountain View
The Extraordinary Adirondack Journey of Clarence Petty
How can one man do so much in just 97 years? Clarence Petty is of one of the most interesting and important people ever to carry a canoe, bushwhack through the backcountry, or dedicate his life to protecting the Adirondack wilderness. And he has … [Read more...] about The Extraordinary Adirondack Journey of Clarence Petty