Cows in the Fog will take you away for a profoundly intriguing, heartwarming walk on enchanting country roads. Amy Newman, Editor of Chicken Soup for the Soul Books said, "I like Cows in the Fog, I really like it." People keep this book on their nightstands and reread the poems to experience beauty, inspiration, and philosophy. You can also read a couple of poems at the pool or cafe. I you feel like you've experienced similar sentiments before, it's because the author grew up walking the same Vermont roads as the great poet Robert Frost and illustrator Norman Rockwell. Both young people and adults will enjoy Cows in the Fog.
About the Author: S.T. Haggerty served as a magazine editor at McGraw-Hill Publications in New York. As a freelance writer, he has published articles in a variety of newspapers and magazines. He began his journalism career as a college senior, writing sports articles for the Bennington Banner in Vermont. He also conducted interviews about rural farm life with some of the locals from his village in Vermont. Material from Haggerty's interviews appeared in The Yellow Farmhouse Cookbook, and Dear Charlie, both by Christopher Kimball, who is editor and publisher of "Cook's Illustrated" magazine, and host of the television program, "America's Test Kitchen" as seen on The Food Network. He received his master's degree in Journalism from the University of South Carolina where he attended on a scholarship, and was assistant to the director of the S.C.S.P.A., the state's high school press association. His concentration was in creative fiction and non-fiction. He placed third in USC's fiction writing contest. From Southern Vermont College, he earned his B.S. degree magna cum laude in business/communications with a minor in English Literature. He is an alumnus of the American Society of Magazine Editors Internship Program, and was chosen as one of three American students by the vice president of McGraw-Hill as an editorial trainee. He was mentored by Jan Tuchman, currently the editor-in-chief of Engineering News-Record, the country's leading construction magazine. Among his teachers have been B.K. Fischer, Poetry Editor of the Boston Review; William Emerson Jr., former editor-in-chief of the original Saturday Evening Post; William Price Fox, novelist and writer-in-residence at the University of South Carolina: and Madeleine L'Engle, novelist and poet, who wrote the Newbury Medal-winning novel, A Wrinkle in Time. S.T. Haggerty is a member of the Mahopac Writer's Group led by author and popular speaker, Vinny Dacquino. He works managing construction projects for affordable housing. A master painter and carpenter, he also teaches these trades. He lives in Dutchess County, New York.