Furnace Brook Farm by Waddington, Margaret M. (Text and Photos by) - 1995

Rutland VT.: Academy Books., 1995. First edition. Stated 1st.. Trade paperback. Fine. Signed by author. Inscribed: "To Katherine who always is part of the project, with love, Margaret Waddington, M.D. 6-16-95".. 1 151 p. Trade paperback. Dark blue textured paper covers w/ color photo front paste-on, farm scene. Gilt titles, double line front border. 22 cm. "Furnace Brook Farm" begins a home-based series in which Rutland, Vermont, physician writes of acquiring and refurbishing a rural farm in that region. Her stories are in chronological order, "a diary of sorts, a snapshot of life", from author's notes, beginning with "A Trail of Four-Leaf Clovers" and followed by 64 more essays. Neurologist Margaret Waddington had widely published her medical illustrations of the brain in textbooks; and retirement opened other opportunities for a variety of short-run publications of children's literature beginning in 1988. The Furnace Brook series and others followed.