homes and haunts

"One of the most famous works of 19th-century American Transcendentalist literature is excerpted and illustrated by Italian artist Giovanni Manna, who brings Thoreau's natural experiment to life"--Provided by publisher.

The author chronicles his life from age twelve to sixteen, living in the bizarre home of his mother's psychiatrist, where he was sexually abused by the doctor's thirty-three-year-old adopted son.

Children's author William Steig describes and illustrates what life was like in his neighborhood when he was a boy nearly one hundred years ago.

Sketches of the author's early life in Paris in the twenties provide nostalgic reminiscences of his first marriage and the discipline of developing his own literary craft.

An extended essay on the British West Indies island of Antigua, the author's home, describing its scenery, its people, and its history, and discussing the impacts of colonization and tourism.

Describes the mansion Mount Vernon, its history, and daily life at the estate when George Washington lived there.

Williams chronicles her efforts to build an eighty-four-square-foot house following a near-death experience, and discusses how living in a small space with few possesses has transformed and enriched her life.

An unabridged republication of nineteenth-century essayist Henry David Thoreau's reflections on the natural world, written during a two year period when he lived alone in a cabin on the shores of Walden Pond.