A Place in the Country A Narrative on the Imperfect Art of Homesteading and the Value of Ignorance by Matson, Peter H - 1977

Random House. Very Good+ with no Dust Jacket. 1977. Stated 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0394495918 . 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 235 pages; Peach-toned hard covers with silver illustration on front. White spine wraps with red lettering. Top front turn corner is bumped. Spine is straight, binding tight. Pages are clean with very light patina. No dust jacket. .

New York: Random House, 1977. The author begins " A few years ago I thought I'd find a place to live removed from the influences of the city, a simple place to be with my children on weekends, where vegetables would grow and water came out of a well. Like many before me, I soon discovered that what I wanted was a house like none I had seen, and that to realize it I would have to build it myself....".This book is a personal testament and a search for values. There are unforgettable scenes, describing both disasters and triumphs with a running dialogue with Thoreau, to whose Walden the author returns with a newly critical eye. The endpapers show " A New England Barn Frame circa 1766, modified 1976". Previous owner's name on fly leaf. Jacket drawing by Mark Livingston.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.