Reflections of New England

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Ellen Lesser
o speak the words New England is to conjure a store of magicai images. So begins Ellen Lesser's exploration ofthe northeastern states'diverse and bountiful landscape. From salty fishing village to classic eighteenth-centurytown, from jagged coast to peaceful farmland to majestic wilderness, this lyrical, informative guide explores the natural and humán history thatgives New England its distinct and enduring character, and explains the hold it exerts on the national imagination.
Why are covered brídges covered? What is the secret behind the stone walls that crisscross the New England countryside? Why are the white-steepled churches so beautifully severe?How do you explain the air of abandonment and gentle decay that is so much a part ofthe region's nostalgic charm? These are just a few ofthe mysteries that are revealed through this livelyfusion offolklore and economics, politics and geology, architecture and religion, gastronomy and meteorology.
After a wide-ranging... Tovább

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Ellen Lesser
o speak the words New England is to conjure a store of magicai images. So begins Ellen Lesser's exploration ofthe northeastern states'diverse and bountiful landscape. From salty fishing village to classic eighteenth-centurytown, from jagged coast to peaceful farmland to majestic wilderness, this lyrical, informative guide explores the natural and humán history thatgives New England its distinct and enduring character, and explains the hold it exerts on the national imagination.
Why are covered brídges covered? What is the secret behind the stone walls that crisscross the New England countryside? Why are the white-steepled churches so beautifully severe?How do you explain the air of abandonment and gentle decay that is so much a part ofthe region's nostalgic charm? These are just a few ofthe mysteries that are revealed through this livelyfusion offolklore and economics, politics and geology, architecture and religion, gastronomy and meteorology.
After a wide-ranging look at the whole of New England - from its violent pre-history to its vibrant present - this journey continues with individual visíts to Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont. Accompanying the written odyssey is a breathtaking selection ofover 200 full<olor photographs, which capture the region's landscape andpeople in their many moods and seasons.
Whether you're looking for a traditional clambake or nouvelle North Country cuisine, a downtown historic district or a sleepy backwoods burial ground, a steaming sugarhouse in early spring or a blazing forest at the peak ofautumn, you'll find the New England you love, deepened by the sweep of this penetrating reflection.
From salty fishing villages to classic eighteenth-century towns, from jagged coast to peaceful farmland to majestic wilderness, this lyrical, informative guide explores the natural and humán history that gives New England its distinct and enduring character. Vissza