The Last of the Hill Farms
First edition first impression from 2018 in fine condition. Medium format hardback, no markings. Published by David R Godine.
About this book
Richard W. Brown’s evocative new book captures the essence of Vermont’s vanishing hill farm culture.
In 1968 the photographer Richard Brown fulfilled a romantic childhood dream when he moved to the Northeast Kingdom, a remote corner of Vermont just barely entering the twentieth century. There he encountered a way of life that was fast disappearing, a land of sheep, cattle, work horses, wood-burning stoves, and small family-run farms far removed from the industrial Northeast. Determined to record it before it disappeared, he saw a pastoral vision where, for the briefest interval, a window opened and the spirit of Vermont s past granite hills cleared and formed, hard lives lived and lost, struggle and endurance.
Description
First edition first impression from 2018 in fine condition. Medium format hardback, no markings. Published by David R Godine.
About this book
Richard W. Brown’s evocative new book captures the essence of Vermont’s vanishing hill farm culture.
In 1968 the photographer Richard Brown fulfilled a romantic childhood dream when he moved to the Northeast Kingdom, a remote corner of Vermont just barely entering the twentieth century. There he encountered a way of life that was fast disappearing, a land of sheep, cattle, work horses, wood-burning stoves, and small family-run farms far removed from the industrial Northeast. Determined to record it before it disappeared, he saw a pastoral vision where, for the briefest interval, a window opened and the spirit of Vermont s past granite hills cleared and formed, hard lives lived and lost, struggle and endurance.
