A Gentle Sportsman

In New England Fields and Woods

by Rowland E. ROBINSON (1833 - 1900)

Born in rural Vermont in 1833, and nearly unknown to today's readers, Rowland Evans Robinson was once one of Vermont's best-known writers. A talented artist, he drew cartoons in New York City for the “funny papers" before returning to Vermont, where he authored nearly a dozen widely-read books on nature and rural farm life. Poor vision progressed to blindness between the ages of 44 and 60, yet he continued to write with the aid of his wife, Anna. This collection of short essays follows New England's changing seasons and moods in all its natural beauty. - Summary by Nemo

Listen next episodes of In New England Fields and Woods:
A Camp-Fire Run Wild , A Century of Extermination , A Common Experience , A New England Woodpile , A Plea for the Unprotected , A Rainy Day in Camp , A Voyage in the Dark , An Ice-Storm , August Days , Camping Out , December Days , February Days , January Days , July Days , November Days , November Voices , October Days , September Days , Spare the Trees , Thanksgiving , The Camp-Fire , The Chickadee , The Dead Camp-Fire , The Fox , The Muskrat , The Persistency of Pests , The Raccoon , The Red Squirrel , The Reluctant Camp-Fire , The Ruffed Grouse , The Skunk , The Summer Camp-Fire , The Varying Hare , The Weasel , The Winter Camp-Fire , Two Shots , Winter Voices