Out of the Saltbox

by Ruth M. Rasey Simpson

Book by Rasey Simpson, Ruth M.

217 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

Reviews

[Dianneb · Rating 4 out of 5]

As part of a 2015 Reading Challenge, I chose this book in order to "read a book set in your hometown". This book was published in 1960, written by the author who had grown up in the same small hometown that I did: Rupert, Vermont.

I found the book very fascinating, since I was able to imagine the places about which she wrote. The book was set in the early settlers time (late 1700s) when her Great-Great-Grandfather settled on land in Rupert as well as the time her Great-Grandfather & Grandfather lived there. Typically she brought the times up-to-date to when she was a child growing up in Rupert.

Might not be as interesting a book for anyone who is not familiar with Rupert, unless he/she enjoys learning about those times.

Here's a link that talks more about the area of Rupert where her family settled & shows some pictures. This land is now owned by the Merck Forest & Farmland Center: http://merckforest.org/Land_Use_histo...

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Extremely descriptive book about life at the founding of Vermont and 150 years after.

[Charburger · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a delightful memoir of Vermont through multiple generations of the author's family living there. It gives one an appreciation of all the hard work that went into homesteading. Well worth reading if you love Vermont and/or want to visit