Review
"'The confluence of two wonderfully creative energies in Heather Perry and Frank Buroughts make this book a journalistic treasure.'" --
Maine Sunday Telegram, October 2, 2006"...Burrough's writing in itself makes 'Confluence' a very interesting book; Heather Perry's color photographs make it a special one..." --
Gulf of Maine TImes, Winter/Spring 2007"...beautiful book of essays...Perry's photographs are stunning... durable work of art worthy of the complex beauty of the place and the people bound to it..." --
Sewanee Review, Spring 2007"...collection of smartly written essays...gorgeously illustrated with 97 color photographs...portrayal of a Maine natural resource. --
Kennebec Journal, November 26, 2006"Prepare to be seduced...full of surprises, some of them rather dramatic...lovingly made, on-of-a-kind work of art." --
DownEast Magazine, December 2006"Truly unique natural areas...lessons to be learned from the people who live near them...reminds us why both are so important." --
Kennebec Journal, December 2, 2006"...essays are models of clarity...lucid and illuminating, profound without being ponderous...familiarity and deep regard for the water-world of the bay..." --
Charleston Mercury, December 6, 2007 Burrough 2009 Medal Award "...outstanding natural history writing...Franklin Burroughs is one of our strongest winners for his excellence in the tradition of the genre of nature essay-writing, which John Burroughs perfected." --
American Museum of Natural History 2009
From the Back Cover
"Franklin Burroughs -my nominee for Maine's Essayist Laureate -and photographer Heather Perry have combined their considerable talents to show us in word and image the rich life of Merrymeeting Bay -its frogs and sturgeon, its eels, eagles, ducks, and wild rice, its time and tides, its scenic beauty, the good people who live on it and around it. If you've never been to the Bay, this book will make you want to go there before another day has gone by." Robert Kimber, co-author of "A Place on Water" and author of "Upcountry, A Canoeist's Sketchbook", and other titles.
"The confluence of two (wonderfully) creative energies in Heather Perry and Franklin Burroughs makes this book on Maine's unique Merrymeeting Bay a journalistic treasure. Frank Burroughs' stories about the bay and its people are insightful, profound, and interesting -as well as enlarging. Heather Perry's photographs are hard won and delicious, taken over many years. No one I know has photographed the American eel as has Heather Perry." Bill Curtsiner, author/photographer of "Extreme Nature" and other books, and "National Geographic" photographer.
