Castle William Freeman Jr.

Background

Castle Freeman Jr. was born on November 26, 1944, in San Antonio, TX, in the family of Castle William and Janet Freeman. His family was from Illinois, though, and he grew up in Chicago.

Education

Castle studied at Columbia University School of General Studies graduating in 1968.

Career

Freeman began writing on his arrival in Vermont, although employed as an editor and proof-reader for book and magazine publishers he has been a regular contributor to several periodicals including The Old Farmer's Almanac, Harrowsmith Country Life Magazine, and Vermont Life Magazine. He has had four novels and two short-story collections published as well as a collection of essays and a history of Townshend, Vermont. He is also the author of fifty short-stories and over 100 essays and other non-fiction. Virtually all his writing concerns rural northern New England and Vermont in particular.

Achievements

• Castle Freeman's third novel Go With Me found most acclaim and was republished in paperback by HarperCollins and received wide praise on both sides of the Atlantic.

Works

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  • Judgment Hill: A Novel (Hardscrabble Books–Fiction of New England)

    (Garrett Benteen uses his wealth and his forceful personal...)

    1997
  • Go with Me: A Novel 2009
  • The Devil in the Valley: A Novel 2015
  • Spring Snow: The Seasons of New England from The Old Farmer's Almanac 1995
  • All That I Have: A Novel 2009
  • Round Mountain: Twelve Stories 2012

Membership

• Phi Beta Kappa

Interests

• American and European history, natural history (especially botany and entomology)

Connections

On July 12, 1969 Castle married artist and designer Alice Chaffee. They have two children: Alexander C. and Sarah S. Freeman.

Father:

Castle William Freeman

Mother:

Janet Freeman

child:

Alexander C. Freeman

child:

Sarah S. Freeman

Wife:

Alice Chaffee