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Yours Sincerely: Essays on Antiques and Country Life
Yours Sincerely Essays on Antiques and Country Life Author:John Fiske What do a moose, a joint stool, and the Department of Homeland Security have in common? Each is an occasion for John Fiske to reflect on the pleasures of country life and living with antiques. - YOURS SINCERELY chronicles the changing face of the Vermont countryside over the course of a year. Deftly weaving his observations about the wit and wis... more »dom of his fellow Vermonters with his passion for antiques, Fiske reminds us of how much we overlook when we allow our imaginations to be filled only with the noisy products of our contemporary culture. - ABOUT THE AUTHOR: For most of his life, John Fiske has lived in the countryside, and for all of those years, he has lived with antiques. He is Editor-in-Chief of the New England Antiques Journal and Professor Emeritus of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He and his wife are partners in Fiske & Freeman: Find and Early Antiques, specializing in 17th century English furniture.« less