A Farm in Wisconsin
By Richard Quinney
(Borderland Books, Hardcover, 9780983517405, 136pp.)
Publication Date: August 2012
Categories: United States - State & Local - Midwest, Sociology - Rural, Personal Memoirs
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This is the story of the few acres of land purchased in Walworth County, Wisconsin, in 1868 that became the 160-acre farm that would go on to support and provide the rich background for the lives of the generations that followed. Told from the various perspectives of descendants of Irish, English, and Scottish emigrants, as revealed in letters, diaries, photographs, and documents, this unique book offers a moving portrait of life on this Wisconsin farm over the past 150 years.
Richard Quinney is the author of several books that combine autobiographical writing and photography, including Of Time and Place, Journey to a Far Place, For the Time Being, Borderland, and Where Yet the Sweet Birds Sing. His retrospective book of photographs, Things Once Seen, received the August Derleth Award from the Council of Wisconsin Writers. He lives in Madison, Wisconsin.
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