Howard Mansfield muses on people, places, and life in his own hometown of Hancock, New Hampshire. “Whenever Howard Mansfield writes about the world around him, I pay attention.” Mel Allen, editor, Yankee magazine “It’s as if Walt Whitman had come out of the grave in the persona of Howard Mansfield for one more epic. I highly recommend this “small book” full of big ideas.” Ernest Hebert, prize-winning author of Howard Elman’s Farewell, The Old American, and nine other novels