The cover of poet Sandburg’s only novel , published in 1948, was by Paul Sample, a Norwich, Vt.-based painter. The scene here is based on countryside near Sample’s home.
“Hard work was not only necessary, but it was also noble; and to avoid it would lead to disgrace, dishonor, and probably, to Hell itself. If a true Yankee ran out of work, he was expected to look for more.’’
— Lewis Hill, in Fetched-Up Yankee (2001), a memoir of the author’s Depression era boyhood in rural Vermont.
