This is a great directory. It is very successful at being all inclusive. Contains all the necesary information: directions, rates, yardage, tee-times, web addresses, rules(like proper dress) and a review by a gentleman who has played most every course in the book.

If you can get your hands on a copy of this book you will be very impressed with the photography. Clyde shows how you only need to be at the right place at the right time to get a great photo. There are no special camera tricks here just incredible photos. I had a chance to meet Clyde, that's how I got a copy of this book. All his books are out of print and he is retired, but if you get a chance to buy any of his books you won't be disappointed. I was also able to get a copy of his book "Alaska" and that is worth any price. These are the ultimate in coffee table books.

Lighthouses here, and there. They Should be everywhere. You need this calendar to get a taste of New England Lights!

A truely wonderful read. This book goes through the history of New England and how the plants and natural resources of the area shaped the history of this region all the while using our Arnold Arboretum as the focal point and reference. There's too much information to call it a quick read, but it is very well organized and easy to read in that sense.

I must read for plant and history buffs.

NEW ENGLAND OUTPOST: WAR AND SOCIETY IN COLONIAL DEERFIELD, by Richard I. Melvoin is an excellent historical account of early Western MA. If you have ancestors who lived in Deerfield in the colonial era, it is fascinating to read about their lives. I visted Deerfield in June 2000 and reading the book is an excellent preparation for a visit.

I read this book as a nine-year=old. As I remember, Robert Frost, Alfred, Lord Tennyson and Joel Barlow were my favorites. I misplaced this book throughout my careless adolescence. If you can find the copy I had, it will have a blue cover. Happy Reading!

An excellent value. This collection of maps clearly depicts highways, towns (with population key), parks, points of interest, and colleges. It does not show railway lines and leaves out some very small towns, but in general it very thorough. The typeface is large enough to see easily even in dim light or while quickly glancing at a fork in the road. A lightweight reference tool, it offers a broad overview of New England's routes in a slim volume, for a bargain price.

What a great book. Historic pictures and humorous butknowledgable writing bring you through the early days of New Englanddiners, gas stations, post cards, roadmaps, clam shacks, tea rooms, rest cabins, even collectible matchbooks! A real treat that brings you back to a simpler (and better) time. Stories of past establishments, and great personal research as to "what ever happened to" these places. Whenever I want a good escape from the stress of today, I pick up my copy and just love it each time. Try writing the author for a copy at bramhall terrace, portland maine, or look up his other great nostalgia/travel/beer history books. He's got a neat niche.

Samuel Chamberlain was one of America's preeminent photographers during the early and mid 20th Century. He is conspicuously and sadly forgotten today. I use the word conspicuously because if you every see his work as originally published he no doubt would leave you intrigued. That's putting it mildly. I think his greatest passion and love was the rural New England setting. It is amazing how his black & white photographs could actually capture the colors of the New England foliage. One can feel the sun shining through autumn colored leaves. I find that remarkable and that is what has intrigued me and has sent me on a never-ending quest to locate copies of his originally published books. If you do become intrigued, you must locate copies circa the time of the original date of publication. I am not an expert on printing techniques and papers, but I do know that his original works were usually printed on a bright white matte finish paper, which reproduced the photographs as close to photograph paper as was possible. When you see photographs in a newspaper, they look as though they are made up from a series of dots, which they are. I believe what you are seeing is a sample of the dpi or dots per square inch. With more dots per square inch definition and tonal qualities are increased. With Chamberlain's original publications, one does not see any dots. The photographs are vibrant and have to be seen in person to be appreciated. I have seen one of his old titles back in print recently, "The New England Image." I own a first printing, which was bound and printed by Conzett & Huber, Zurich, Switzerland, 1962. Actually this is one of Samuel Chamberlain's best-known books. The first printing is a work of vitality and art. The new edition is so poorly printed that it makes the photographs look entirely undistinguishable from the originals. The latest printing of "The New England Image" in fact makes Chamberlain's photographs look very mundane, commonplace and "undistinguished." As an extension of his New England subjects, which were often composites of nature and typical historical and uniquely New England structures, he also turned his lens to Colonial American architecture and interiors. Actually, that was another hallmark of Samuel Chamberlain. Later in his life he did some shooting in color. You can find a quantity of his color work in books on Cape Cod circa 1968. I do recommend this book because if you are unacquainted with Chamberlain will possibly gain some appreciation for his work. Again modern printing techniques do not do justice especially for black & white photography the more that I think about it. I think the main thrust of technology today is the perfection of color reproduction. How unfortunate that is for Samuel Chamberlain and for future generations.

This book is an excellent tour of over 100 rivers of all difficulties throughout New England and New York. With detailed descriptions of each run, a table listing relevant information (length of shuttle and run, difficulty, water levels, etc), and a simple but helpful map for each river, this is the book that I and my friends go to first when deciding where to paddle.

The only problem with this book is its age; published in 1981, it doesn't reflect changes in river condition, quality, and access. If someone updated this book, I'd buy three copies in an instant -- one for home, one for work, and one for the shuttle vehicle!