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Diaries and account books of a Minnesota horticulturist and farmer and his family, documenting his settlement near Lake Waconia (Carver County, Minn.) in 1855, the building of his log cabin, the establishment of a school and a church, the beginnings of local government, and his experiments in fruit culture. Also mentioned are Peterson's activities in the Swedish Baptist Church and the local grange, on the town and school boards, and in third-party movements, and his exhibition of fruit at local and state fairs.

The English scientist and poet Andrew Crosse (1784-1855) is famous for his mysterious "Acarus electricus," a form of mites that seemed to have been created during one of his electrical experiments. Here is depicted not only the life and work of the eccentric and likeable Andrew Crosse; it is also an anthology with examples of his literary output.