Four recommendations and one book I stopped at page ninety
The four
Two local histories, one novel, and a technical monograph on drainage that is far more interesting than that sounds.
The one I stopped
A well-reviewed book on rural decline that turned out to be an argument in search of evidence. Ninety pages and three unsupported claims.
Where to get them
Three are in the library and the fourth is out of print but on the archive site. Nothing here is bought through a link that pays me.
