Joy,

Finally found that copy of In American Fields and Forests and added it to my collection. Cost me more than $2, but I think I got a reasonable bargin. I guess it's all in what you feel a one hundred year old book is worth.

Don Smith

posted by donsmith at 7:10 am (EST) on Jun 26, 2008

Lucky you with Thoreau. I just got back from Concord, MA and the Concord Museum. A delight! Read about Thoreau's role in creating the modern pencil. If you do, you'll be looking for Thoreau pencils at that antique shop.

Interesting motivation for ebooks. Had a heart bypass operation, found I couldn't concentrate to read books (and I'm a retired school librarian). After the heart lung machine starved my brain of oxygen - this was in 1991, I found reading newspapers and magazines worked. The small page on my Palm Pilot allowed me to see just an infinite "newspaper" type column and I retrained myself to read books with a full page of information in front of me. There are a couple of doctors whose research supports my experience. The first "real" paper book I reread was Chesapeake by Michener. I still love my ebooks and have three Palm TX to read them on. Now if the new iPhone would just have an ebook reader written for it!

Try the sites http://www.booksonboard.com/index.php and http://www.ereader.com/ to see my favorite stores.

posted by donsmith at 10:20 pm (EST) on Jun 10, 2008

I noticed that you had a copy of Thoreau's In American Fields and Forests. Where did you acquire it? I've been looking for one for some time.

Don Smith

posted by donsmith at 9:12 am (EST) on Jun 6, 2008