During the many years the author spent as a professional freelance photographer much of his work concentrated on farms and farm life for magazine articles. Country Women is a complimentary volume dedicated to many of the women who were great helpmates to their husbands and contributed to the overall success of the farm. All of the women are real everyday people associated with farms that the author chose to include in this book. Chosen also are some of the finest poems ever written woven in among the photographs, making this book a gem to keep forever as a balm for the soul and a treat for the eye that the author Andrew J Boyd has captured and assembled in this wonderful captivating book. Country farms and nearby places are the backdrop for all the photos taken throughout the eastern United States from Michigan, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, the Carolina's and Florida. Color and Black & White full page photos of country women and poetry on each page turn - a reflection of soothing thoughts and images to keep and share with others through the years. Country Women has 70 pages of delightful and insightful reading for the whole family.