Description
This book is a nostalgic recollection of the traditions, pastimes, and storied names and locales that have helped New Hampshire's backwoodsmen carve out a unique identity. The author takes the reader on a special journey through folk life during New Hampshire's olden days, including stops to consider such classic northern New England activities as ice fishing, maple sugaring, and blueberry picking.
Since colonial times, when Yankee pioneers first planted villages and homesteads in New Hampshire s rugged hill country, the Granite State s rural settlers have cultivated a vibrant pastoral society. Bruce D. Heald offers a richly nostalgic recollection of the traditions, pastimes and storied names and locales that have helped New Hampshire s backwoodsmen carve out a unique identity. With stops to consider such classic northern New England activities as ice fishing, maple sugaring and blueberry picking, Memories from New Hampshire's Lakes and Mountains: Fence Building and Apple Cider takes the reader on a special journey through folk life during New Hampshire's olden days.
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