Reviews of "The Seasons in
Estabrook Country"
- Review:
"The Seasons in Estabrook Country [is] a wonderful interleaving
of Thoreauviana. The sense of place, nature, history, and heritage
it encompasses are what is badly needed everywhere, to save the
land--to save ourselves....Estabrook is a place not just of soil and
rock and trees but also of the mind." (E. O. Wilson)
- Review:
"Painstakingly researched compendium of writings about
Estabrook by Henry Thoreau (who called it Easterbrooks Country) and
about 50 other people.... [It presents] each observation by day of
the year, running straight through an entire year's cycle. Layers
upon layers of footprints are groomed into one long walking trail
through the storied paths of Estabrook Country. Citing John Hanson
Mitchell's remark that Estabrook is 'an incredibly worked piece of
land,' [the book shows] the cellar holes, the lime kiln and
quarries, the Indian corn hills and other evidence of human
labor...including the Minute Men marching down the old Carlisle Road
to muster near the Old North Bridge in 1775. "The Seasons"
also showed the mystery of the landscape, which somehow has refused
to be tamed by all the human tugging and pulling. It's still a place
where you can get lost, where you can experience, as Thoreau did, 'a
spiritual journey,' where 'you can put off worldly thoughts.'"
(Concord Journal, July 15, 1999)
- Review:
"I was quite moved by it, and amused, and most impressed with
what you have done. I think the organization of it is a rare and
wonderful way to show how so many people's thoughts and words can
weave together around one theme. I love the map, and all the
photos....I went back to Estabrook on Sunday and Monday...and I saw
it differently because of your book." Elizabeth Higgins,
Director of Environmental Review, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency.
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