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Rough road home

by Melissa Mather

BiographySocial life and customsManners and customsVermontFarm lifehomesteading

The “Rough Road Home” is the gripping memoir of the author, Melissa Mather Ambros, story of moving to rural Vermont with her family. They became homesteaders and raised cows for milk, cultivated beautiful gardens and grew some infamous potatoes! Excerpts from this book were featured in a series of Saturday Evening Post articles in 1958.

Writing a summary for young readers…

For young readers

Book data: Open Library