This book, along with the other traveler's guides, give a good description of the lighthouses, plus accurate driving directions, including turn-by-turn directions and a map. This book is a must for anyone going on a lighthouse vacation.

This book is great. I am struggling (still) with finding good books to read, but I finished this one in about 5 days and I even work full time and have stuff going on every night. Great touching story and I can't wait for the next one!!

If your heading West to do some flyishing, do yourself a favor get this very detailed book and spend a few days fishing in total solitude. Browns, Rainbows and Brook trout, the hills have all of them and this book will tell you how and where to catch them. A great find!

This really is a terrific book - part fishing guide, part local history, all charm. Concerning the Upper Quabbin Valley of central Massachusetts, this is a well written and beautifully illustrated work with nicely rendered maps, photographs, and artwork. A great read.

I bought a copy of this book primarily as a challenge. I've lived in Utah all my life and thought there's nothing a guidebook can teach me. Boy was I wrong! I learned something and I had fun reading it.
Something I think that's nice too is they put pictures of a lot of things they talk about. This is a really cool book.

The several year search for this excellent book was well worth the wait!! Covers the entire life of the B&SR, as well as including many valuable photos, track plans, motive power roster, and rolling stock roster. A must for any fan of Maine Two Foot narrow gauge history or narrow gauge model railroader.

After attending a luncheon with both Roscoe and DeMott, I found their memories and visions to be quite insightful. They both have charming personalities, and I definitely recommend that anyone with ties to the Midwest should read this book.

Life is nothing if not an identity crisis, but few of us have had to face the extreme paradox that Jim Yoshida did. A great paradox requires a great affirmation, and Jim fought hard to make it, succeeding outstandingly finally. Raised in Seattle, a high school football star there, he travelled to Japan with his family in 1941 to return his father's ashes and was caught by the outbreak of war. A student of martial arts, especially Judo, he suddenly found the two dearest sources of his identity in mortal combat with each other. Drafted into the Japanese army, he was carried away weeping and shouting for his mother. Thanks to the harsh treatement of Sergeant Kido, he was not of much use to the Japanese army and never rose far within it. As it turns out, Kido was another nisei, looking after him and making sure he drew no suspicion on the two of them. After the war Yoshida fought long and hard to win back his American identity, serving more usefully in the Korean War, and taking the matter to court. He won the backing of the veteran, Senator Inouye, a significant character reference. The judge simply ruled that he had been a citizen all along, and thanked him for his Korean War service.

Rare is it that one combines such great writing and great photography and design into a nice package. This book is without a doubt on of the best railroad books on the market. Not only are the photographs works of art themselves, so are the words flowing the pen of author Hemphill. Thoroughly researched, taking what could be dry history and turning it not only into a page-turner, but also feast for the eyes.

I first perused "Up to the Lake" by Tom Hegg while vacationing at my cousin's cottage on a small lake in Northern Wisconsin. Imagine not only my surprise, but also my gratitude in recognizing that distinctive worldview of those who have either grown up near, or on waters. Memories of my childhood came tumbling out with Hegg's carefully worded yet meandering poetry and Warren Hanson's winsome sketches. For anyone who has awakened at dawn, poured a cup of steaming coffee and stepped out on the deck to be greeted with the call of loons and the mystic fog of a North Woods sunrise, this book is must reading.