In photographic portraits and scenes of rural life, fifth-generation Vermonter Jack Rowell captures a society in transition, where survival depends on timeless virtues—creativity, resilience—and a certain amount of luck. This hardcover retrospective of his life's work includes more than 120 full-page photographs, a mix of black-and-white and color images dating back to the 1970s and the era of dark-room photography. It begins with life in tiny Tunbridge, Vermont, Jack's boyhood home, and ends with the powerful nudes and other studio portraits that mark the zenith of his career.