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Beyond Walden: The Hidden History of America's Kettle Lakes and Ponds

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I had read Thorson's fascinating book on stone walls, and I am interested in the glacial landscape of my native New England, so I was prepared to like this book. What surprised and delighted me was how he connects so many dots: hydrological, yes, but also historical and cultural. I especially enjoyed the chapters describing the development of "lake culture", the succession of loggers and miners and pioneer farmers, then sport fishermen and hunters, and then, as we became urbanized , weekend and summer migrants from the cities who came to inhabit our northern lake shores. Thorson evokes the special joy of lakeside cabins, camps, and cottages and the long summer days spent there in our youth, and successfully passes along his passion for protecting and preserving these special, fragile ecosystems.