Here at Eagle Pond
- ISBN-10
- 0618084738
- ISBN-13
- 9780618084739
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 141
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Author
- Donald Hall
Description
In these tender essays, Hall shares his memories and thoughts on growing up in New Hampshire on his grandparent's dairy farm, of the seasons, and of his connection to the land, his family, and his coming home.
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