About Whetstone Books
Some Early Chapters
We've been around since 1982, with the publication of the first edition of the play A PEASANT OF EL SALVADOR. Since then, writers from other fields of interest have come to us with manuscripts we like.
Our Older Titles, from the Whetstone Books archive
Voces del Sur
José Marti and Bob Russell
A Spanish language textbook based on Latin American history & politics, including a translation of the play A PEASANT OF EL SALVADOR.
Macbush
Peter Gould
A Five-Act original Shakespeare play, illustrated by famed Boston Globe political cartoonist Paul Szep
Let's Talk About It
John Ungerleider, PhD
An indispensable "hold-it-in-your-hand" manual for dialogue facilitators, conflict transformers, or anyone who wants to run restorative justice circles, low-level mediations, team-building activities that participants can take back home and use!
A Tree With Roots
Tom Fels
A museum-quality memoir created from the journal Tom Fels kept on a voyage of personal discovery to Paris and Scotland in 1970. Illustrated with the author's art.
The Woodchuck's Guide to Gardening
Ron Krupp
The respected Vermont Public commentator's first book. A critical resource for beginning and experienced organic gardeners who need seasonal, practical ideas.
The Woodchuck Returns to Gardening
Ron Krupp
For decades, "Ron has been making the critical link between food and community." Ron says, "Along with pen in hand, I continue to dig with my hands in the soil, as this keeps me honest."
Lifting the Yoke
Ron Krupp
"I never planned to write this book," Ron says. "The more I studied the politics of food and farming, the more alarmed I became. It was as if wild beasts were loose in the fields laying waste to the family farm and sucking out the vitality of our rural communities."