Writer-photographer Steve Perrin believes there is no more intimate connection than the one between a natural setting and its inhabitants. This sumptuously illustrated book, containing over 250 photos, clearly demonstrates his conviction. Acadia features 60 different hikes throughout the year in Acadia National Park, each one containing a description of a particular trail loop and its major features, interwoven with the author's musings as he interacts with this richly diverse area.
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In Acadia, writer-photographer Steve Perrin is true to the living spirit that stirred Thoreau in rural Massachusetts, Muir in the Sierras, Burroughs in the Hudson River Valley, Abbe in the southwestern desert, Berry in the hill farms of Kentucky, and other seekers everywhere in the landscape that sustain them, define them, and bring them joy.
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Virtual winter walks for real summ strolls,
By Cody Pfanstiehl (Silver Spring, Maryland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Acadia: The Soul of a National Park (Paperback)
All winter our hearts are on Mt. Desert Island, 750 I-95 miles north of us. All winter, with Steve Perrin's book, we take virtual hikes on "our" island. Come summer (well, in July anyway) when our hearts and bodies are actually in Acadia we can stroll those trails we now know are compatible with my two aging knees and Margaret's greatly dimished vision. Steve's words are more valuable than he knows: we teach people to be "audio describers" for folks who are visually impaired or blind so their ears can be their eyes in theaters, museums, and yes, for television. Steve's writing is truly audio description. This summer if we meet him again on the Shore Path we'll tell him in person. Until then, thanks, Steve.
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Hiking is my way of rekindling the flame at the core of my spiritual being. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
east face trail, west face trail, south face trail, south ridge trail, chokeberry blooms, north ridge trail, carriage road system, brook trail, ladder trail, notch trail, pincushion moss, tall rattlesnake root, mountain sandwort, snowshoe hare tracks, east side trail, two red squirrels, boat ramp parking area, fox prints, west ridge trail, summit parking area, ice creepers, west side trail, spring azure butterflies, scale moss, fox scat Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Jordan Pond, Sargent Mountain, Long Pond, Dorr Mountain, Hadlock Brook, Cadillac Mountain, Beech Mountain, Little Harbor Brook, Western Mountain, Hunters Brook, Giant Slide, Deer Brook, Pemetic Mountain, Sand Beach, Valley Cove, Mount Desert Island, Bald Peak, Asticou Trail, Chasm Brook, Norumbega Mountain, South Bubble, Mansell Mountain, Otter Creek, Great Head, Great Notch New!
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Hiking is my way of rekindling the flame at the core of my spiritual being. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
east face trail, west face trail, south face trail, south ridge trail, chokeberry blooms, north ridge trail, carriage road system, brook trail, ladder trail, notch trail, pincushion moss, tall rattlesnake root, mountain sandwort, snowshoe hare tracks, east side trail, two red squirrels, boat ramp parking area, fox prints, west ridge trail, summit parking area, ice creepers, west side trail, spring azure butterflies, scale moss, fox scat Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Jordan Pond, Sargent Mountain, Long Pond, Dorr Mountain, Hadlock Brook, Cadillac Mountain, Beech Mountain, Little Harbor Brook, Western Mountain, Hunters Brook, Giant Slide, Deer Brook, Pemetic Mountain, Sand Beach, Valley Cove, Mount Desert Island, Bald Peak, Asticou Trail, Chasm Brook, Norumbega Mountain, South Bubble, Mansell Mountain, Otter Creek, Great Head, Great Notch New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Phenomenology of Perception (Routledge Classics) by Maurice Merleau-Ponty on page 170, and page 173
- The Hidden Heart of the Cosmos: Humanity and the New Story by Brian Swimme on page 270, and page 295
- The Ancient World (History in Action) by Jordan on page 22
- The Maine Woods by Henry Thoreau on page 6
- The Big Bang by W. A. Thomas on page 155
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