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Renee Richmond Huntley Ormsbee
b. 1887
A practical early 20th-century writer, she is best remembered for co-authoring a lively guide to the pleasures and pitfalls of rural life. Her work speaks to readers curious about houses, land, and the everyday realities of living in the country.
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If You're Going to Live in the Country
by Thomas H. (Thomas Hamilton) Ormsbee, Renee Richmond Huntley Ormsbee
About the author
Born in 1887, Renee Richmond Huntley Ormsbee was an American writer associated with If You're Going to Live in the Country, a 1937 book she wrote with Thomas H. Ormsbee. In that book she appears as Richmond Huntley, and the work was aimed at city readers dreaming of a move to rural life.
The book blends enthusiasm with practical advice, covering the comforts and complications of country living in a clear, approachable way. Its lasting appeal comes from that mix of charm and usefulness: it is as interested in real houses, heating, and planning as it is in the romance of a quieter life.
Available sources confirm her birth year and her connection to Thomas H. Ormsbee, but detailed biographical information about her seems limited online. Even so, her surviving work gives a strong sense of a writer drawn to domestic life, landscape, and the hands-on details that shape a home.