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Th e Countryman Press Books that take you where you want to go Countryman Press A division of W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 1206 VT Route 12 P.O. Box 748 Woodstock, VT 05091 1-800-233-4830 FALL 2011 www.countrymanpress.com CPCat.Fa11.cvr.indd 1 3/1/11 4:46:53 PM Books that take you where you want to go FALL 2011 New Titles . 2–23 Regional Northeast . 24 Mid-Atlantic. 27 Southeast . 27 Midwest . 29 Southwest . 29 West . 30 National / International . 32 General Interest Cookbooks / Food Guides . 33 Country Living . 33 Fishing . 34 History / Shakers . 35 Nature / Outside Titles . 36 Photography & Gift . 36 Mysteries . 37 Title & Author Index . 39 Contact Information . 44 Front cover image: © Johnny Molloy (see Explorer’s Guide 50 Hikes on Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau, page 21) Image this page © Jim Hargan (see Explorer’s Guide North Carolina, page 11) Th e Countryman Press 1 New England Icons Shaker Villages, Saltboxes, Stone Walls, and Steeples Bruce Irving Connect with the original New England We tend to think of icons as simple, graphic, stone or wooden objects without much depth or life, left overs from bygone eras. But Bruce Irving, former producer of the popular PBS show Th is Old House, will have none of that. In a collection of short essays, Irving taps into our collective con- sciousness by extolling the comforting sense of place we associate with such common and not-so-common New England sights as stone walls, village greens, lobster boats, classic ski runs, and garden cemeteries, to name but a few—symbols of enduring impor- tance that are also still full of life and character. Curl up in your favorite chair, relax, and take a tour of our common heritage—or take this insightful cul- tural guide with you as you travel New England’s highways and byways. It’s sure to shed new light on the old stalwart landscape features you see every day. Bruce Irving produced Th is Old House for public broadcasting for 17 years before venturing off into his own home-renovation consulting business. He is also a contributor to Design New England magazine, published bimonthly by the Boston Globe. Irving makes his home in Cambridge, MA. September 2011 $19.95 (Can. $23.00) | hardcover | CQ 36 | Territory: W 978-0-88150-927-4 | 8×8 | 96 pp | full-color photos throughout TRAVEL/NEW ENGLAND/PHOTOGRAPHY • Print & online features ALSO OF INTEREST • Regional radio & TV interviews The Colors of Fall • New England author tour $19.95 (Can. $25.00) • Co-op available Hardcover 978-0-88150-542-9 2 Th e Countryman Press FALL 2011 Hook, Line & Sinister Mysteries to Reel You In T. Jeff erson Parker, ed. “This solid anthology…can hook a reader and reel him in.” —Publishers Weekly Sixteen of America’s favorite author-anglers spin tales of mystery and fi shing in this collection. From the tragic to the comic with many stops in between, these stories refl ect the authors’ passions for both mak- ing stories and catching fi sh. Michael Connelly, Ridley Pearson, John Lescroart, Don Winslow, Melodie Johnson Howe, Victoria Houston, and others share a mys- terious aff ection for all things piscatorial. Th is collection of all original short stories will entertain even the most discriminating mystery reader. Proceeds from this book will help support two charitable groups, Casting for Recovery, which helps women cancer survi- vors heal body and soul through fl y-fi shing, and Project Healing Waters, which does the same for wounded combat soldiers. “Parker gathers mystery stories from an outstanding group of his contemporaries . Th ere is plenty of strong writing and many big fi sh in these pages . Many sports, from baseball to golf, have been featured in mys- tery anthologies; now anglers have one of their own.” —Booklist T. Jefferson Parker is the best-selling author of Iron River and California Girl. He lives in San Diego, CA. September 2011 $16.95 (Can. $19.50) | paperback | CQ 16 Territory: W | 978-0-88150-979-3 | 5.5×8.25 | 336 pp MYSTERY Th e Countryman Press 3 Th e Soul of Vermont Richard Brown Richard Brown’s window onto the soul—of Vermont Arguably the consummate collection of quintessential Vermont images, Richard Brown’s now-classic, eminently col- lectible Th e Soul of Vermont is back in hardcover. For more than 40 years, Brown has been taking photographs of his beloved home state. Th ese soulful images, taken throughout the seasons, create a distinc- tive, unforgettable photographic portrait of Vermont’s landscape and its people. He chronicles with great aff ection the people who live and work on the land, and without sentimentality he celebrates a rapidly disappearing way of life. “Mr. Brown is my favorite upcountry artist with a camera. His photographs have such crisp lumi- nosity I think I would recognize them anywhere.” —Maxine Kumin, New York Times Book Review “Nearly every place has its own unique beauty, and Brown perfectly captures that.” —USA Today “Th e beauty of Richard Brown’s photos makes us think about what we are doing to our state. His is an important vision: much of Vermont is still beautiful, but we need to see and appreciate the ideal if we are to preserve it. [His] photography expresses that ideal superlatively well.” —Tom Slayton, Vermont Life magazine Richard Brown’s work has appeared in Vermont Life, Harrowsmith Country Life, Audubon, Natu- ral History, the New York Times, Country Journal, and many other publications. His books include My Kind of Garden, Th e Private World of Tasha Tudor, Richard Brown’s New England, Moments in Eden, and Pictures from the Country. He lives in Barnet, Vermont. September 2011 $29.95 (Can. $34.50) | hardcover | CQ 16 | Territory: W 978-0-88150-467-5 | 10.5×8.75 | 144 pp | 120 full-color photos US PICTORIAL TRAVEL/NEW ENGLAND/VERMONT • New England bestseller • Print & online features 4 Th e Countryman Press FALL 2011 Willie Was Diff erent A Children’s Story Norman Rockwell A children’s story for the ages by a beloved artist of American life Norman Rockwell, the foremost chronicler of small-town American life in paint, wrote just one work of fi ction, a children’s story, fi rst published in McCall’s Magazine in 1967. It was later republished by Funk & Wagnalls as a book, but this edition is based on Rockwell’s original concept, complete with the color and monotone paintings he created for the story. Willie is a wood thrush—but a very diff er- ent kind of wood thrush. Driven by his intima- tion that he possesses a special genius, Willie leaves his avian fellows to take up singing with the exquisitely down-to-earth Miss Polly, fl autist extraordinaire. Together they fi nd fame, and they eventually travel to the nation’s capitol so Willie’s beautiful singing can be appreciated all the more. Yet all the attention and bustle of city life distress Willie and make him stop singing, so Miss Polly brings Willie back to his native woods, where he resumes his tranquil life and music-making with her. But the world remembers and reveres Willie and the genius of his song. Share Willie’s timeless story with the children in your life. American artist Norman Rockwell (1894–1978) is perhaps most famous for his cover illustrations for Th e Saturday Evening Post—322 covers in 47 years. His work still enjoys great popularity today. September 2011 $16.95 (Can. $24.00) | hardcover | CQ 36 | Territory: W 978-0-936399-61-4 | 8×10 | 32 pp | full-color illustrations throughout ART • Library promotion • Print & online features Th e Countryman Press 5 Nine Months to Gettysburg Stannard’s Vermonters and the Repulse of Pickett’s Charge Howard Coffi n The story of the brave Vermont brigade that helped win the Civil War On the Fourth of July, 1863, reporting on the aft ermath of the Civil War’s most crucial battle, the New York Times wrote: “A Vermont brigade held the key position at Gettysburg and did more than any other body of men to gain the tri- umph which decided the fate of the Union.” Th e citizen soldiers led by General George J. Stan- nard helped stabilize the line, and then shattered the right fl ank of Pickett’s famous charge just when the battle’s outcome hung in the balance. Over a decade since its original release, Nine Months to Gettysburg is now available in paper- back. Coffi n draws on scores of soldiers’ letters to relate how and why young recruits from isolated hill farms fl ocked to the Union colors in response to Lincoln’s call in 1862. And in the nine months leading up to Gettysburg, they recorded, in extraordinary detail, foraging for food, enduring homesickness, monotony, and oft en fatal diseases. Th is book movingly captures their myriad anxieties as they are thrust sudden- ly into the most important infantry maneuver directed against the Confederate assault. Howard Coffi n was formerly press secretary to U.S. senator Jim Jeff ords. He is the author of Th e Battered Stars, Full Duty, and Guns Over the Champlain Valley. Coffi n lives in Montpelier, Vermont. September 2011 ALSO OF INTEREST $21.95 (Can. $39.99) | paperback | CQ 16 | Territory: W The Complete 978-0-88150-967-0 | 7×10 | 336 pp Civil War Road HISTORY Trip Guide $19.95 (Can. $25.00) • Online features Paperback • Regional author lectures 978-0-88150-860-4 6 Th e Countryman Press FALL 2011 Soldier of the American Revolution A Visual Reference Denis Hambucken and Bill Payson The life of the average soldier at the onset of the American Revolution in words and photographs In 1775, at the beginning of the American War of Independence, the men who stood up to the British Regulars were men and boys, farmers, laborers, and artisans.