Unmowed Authors

Edna St. Vincent Millay: Steepletop

Posted by on Sep 26, 2017 in Unmowed Authors, Unmowed Blog | 0 comments

Edna St. Vincent Millay: Steepletop

Steepletop, a wooded mountain in upstate New York, Edna St. Vincent Millay’s home for twenty-five years.

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Ulysses S. Grant: A Cottage in the Woods

Posted by on Sep 11, 2017 in Unmowed Authors, Unmowed Blog | 2 comments

Ulysses S. Grant: A Cottage in the Woods

In his last days, Grant took refuge in an Adirondack Cottage. In this most peaceful of places he wrote the tale of America’s bloodiest war.

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Herman Melville: Arrowhead

Posted by on Aug 24, 2017 in Unmowed Authors, Unmowed Blog | 2 comments

Herman Melville: Arrowhead

It was here, far from the sea, that Melville wrote the craziest, wordiest, most magnificent novel ever to baffle generations of high school students and send shivers down the spine: Moby Dick.

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Cross Creek: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Posted by on Aug 23, 2017 in Unmowed Authors, Unmowed Blog | 0 comments

Cross Creek: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Perhaps more than any other writer, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings showed her love of the land in her writing. Trees and flowers flowed all through her pages.

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Unmowed Authors

Posted by on Aug 21, 2017 in Unmowed Authors, Unmowed Blog | 0 comments

Unmowed Authors

Can plants create great literature? Of course they can, plants can do anything.

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Naulakha: Rudyard Kipling in Vermont

Posted by on Mar 4, 2016 in Unmowed Authors, Unmowed Blog | 0 comments

Naulakha: Rudyard Kipling in Vermont

Rudyard Kipling designed his house, Naulakha, to ride the Vermont hills like a ship on a wave. Here he wrote the Jungle Books and the beloved Just So Stories.

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