George B. Perkins

Full disclosure: this book was written by a professor of mine from Eastern Michigan University, one I admire, now retired.

While the ebook version I read could stand some more proofreading, it is an excellent account of life in New Englands past, part history, part family tales, part autobiography.. In the rich language there are echoes of Thoreau. Elegiac, at times humorous, at times heartbreaking, I truly recommend living with this book a little while. It will reward the time.

This is one of my college textbooks from the '80s. I still pull it out for both pleasure reading and reference. It's awesome.

Everything I said about Volume 1 goes double for Volume 2, but then you can't really give a book 10 stars, can you?

A collection of American literature; from the Colonies and the Revolution through the twentieth century.