Winter Sketches from the Saddle is a delightful travelogue of a journey through the American northeast by horseback. Written by John Codman, an amateur naturalist and keen observer of the world around him, this book offers readers a firsthand account of life on the road in the mid-19th century. With beautiful descriptions of the landscape and insightful commentary on the people he met along the way, Winter Sketches from the Saddle is a must-read...