Dwellers in Arcady (Illustrated Edition)

If you know Albert Bigelow Paine from his "Hollow Tree" children's stories, you might be surprised that he also wrote about his own experiences. At the turn of the 20th century, Paine and his wife were living in a New York City apartment. If you remember your history, you'll recall that New York City was not a pretty place at this time. The Paine's went looking for a better place to live, and they stumbled upon an abandoned farm in Redding, Connecticut, a small town in the southwest section of the State. He wrote this charming, somewhat fictionalized account of the 12 years the Paine family lived in Redding, which he called "Brook Ridge." Paine and his wife Dora are buried in Umpawaug Cemetery, less than a mile east of the farm they loved.

This edition of the book contains 31 original illustrations by Thomas Fogarty, rejuvenated.