Synopsis

For more than six decades, Woolman Hill has stood near the top of a mountain ridge in the town of Deerfield, Massachusetts overlooking the Connecticut River Valley. This book traces the storied history of the Quaker conference and retreat center which has involved thousands of Friends and non-Friends, known pacifists and luminaries, and has been an integral part of several social and educational movements of the twentieth century. As the spiritual and cultural landscapes have evolved over the decades, Quakers on the Hill who have been intimately involved have both kept their sense of idealism and have also been challenged by the necessities and the practical realities of maintaining the land and its people.