|
|
|
A Mix of Years
by William S. Morse
1998 - ISBN 0-9642213-5-7
Paperback, 223 pages, $20This book continues the 93-year journey through the North Country first begun in A Country Life - colorfully, humorously, and with a good dose of Yankee wisdom - a book that all ages can enjoy.
Easy-to-read type with 140 illustrations and maps.
Introduction by Jere Daniell, Paul Doherty, Will Lange, and Stearns Morse
About Bill Morse"There are, perhaps, a few other sharp Yankees in their nineties whose memories are impressive and who write well and with a sense of humor. Bill Morse stands alone, however, with his particular mix of rural Yankee heritage, boyhood summers atop Mount Moosilauke, careers as a surveyor and logging boss, and colorful characters encountered.
"In the course of his writing, he chronicles many changes of the twentieth century. The boy who turned eleven on Moosilauke in 1915 and whose winter home was a farm in the valley below regarded automobiles,telephones, and electric power as novelties. Eighty years later the same boy again stood on the summit, gazing out across the vastness and remembering; traveler and eyewitness on the long road from the nineteenth century to the twenty-first."
- Jack Noon
Some Comments about A Mix of Years"Bill Morse's long career in field and forest provided him with sage insights on the interactions - sometimes positive, sometimes negative - between humankind and Nature. Reading Bill Morse's reflections will give readers a step up and a step ahead in understanding Life, even if they have never held a peavey or swallowed a dose of Troutman's Cough Syrup."
- Alan N. Hall
Hopkinton, N.H."A true Yankee will never discuss what it means to be one. But if you listen to his stories, you'll know."
- Willem Lange
Author of Tales From the Edge of the Woods,
published by University Press of New England
|
|
