At Home in Nature: Modern Homesteading and Spiritual Practice in America

List of Illustrations

Frontispiece: Sign at the entrance to Helen and Scott Nearing’s Forest Farm in Maine 1. Helen and Scott Nearing’s last stone house and garden in Maine xv 2. Bill Coperthwaite’s main yurt 14 3. A stone wall in Helen’s garden 44 4. Sal’s homestead and sauna 46 5. Drawing from Payne Hollow, by Harlan Hubbard 71 6. John Burroughs in a field in front of Slabsides 122 7. John Burroughs at his desk at Slabsides 132 8. Scott Nearing, Frank Watson, and Nellie Seeds on the porch of Forest Lodge, at Arden 147 9. Scott Nearing at the Vermont homestead in the 1940s 165 10. Helen Nearing at the Vermont homestead in the 1940s 166 11. Helen sugaring in Vermont in 1937 169 12. Helen sorting tools 211 13. An article in The Silent Hostess by Myrtle Mae Borsodi 212 14. Signs at Helen Nearing’s memorial service in October 1995 236 xi ILLUSTRATIONS This page intentionally left blank ...