Catalog Search Results
1) The sugar season: a year in the life of maple syrup, and one family's quest for the sweetest harvest
Author
Formats
Description
"A year in the life of one New England family as they work to preserve an ancient, lucrative, and threatened agricultural art-- the sweetest harvest, maple syrup."--Front jacket flap.
Author
Series
Description
As he nation moves toward civil war, one resident of Creek's Crossing, Pennsylvania has her live irrevocably changed. Dorthea Granger is asked by her uncle--shortly before his violent death--to stitch an unusual quilt. When she learns the quilt contains hidden clues for the Underground Railroad, Dorthea makes a brave decision. she will put her own life at risk to continue the work that cost her uncle his life.
Author
Series
Publisher
Wesleyan University Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
These stories, told by real-life sugarmakers, reveal how this ancient industry has continued into the twenty-first century. Thanks to the newest technology-and the old-fashioned virtue of patience-New England sugarmakers are still keeping it real.
A former maple sugarmaker and board member of the Maple Syrup Producers' Association of Connecticut, David Leff takes us on a journey into the very heart of New England's character. Along the way he talks...
Similar Searches
These searches are similar to the search you tried. Would you like to try one of these instead?
