God bless Judy for making this book. Never in all my years have I found such an amazing tome of information on wildlife in my home state of New Hampshire. I highly reccomend this book to just about anyone interested in checking out the wonders of nature in their very own back yard. It is an indispensible guide that I take with me on my many hikes each year. It makes identifing which rabid animal is about to maul me very easy.

Peter Randall is a New Hampshire native whose gift for capturing his local surroundings on film are only enhanced by his use of a panoramic camera. Using a special camera which records onto a 2.5 by 6.5 inch film, the author has collected images of the local scene which stop the casual browser and command close reading of the details within his compositions of farm, forest, and ordinary town scenes. This is a book to spend a quiet evening examining and exploring what someone with love of place and skill with camera can do

When exploring a new area or even our hometown, this book helps me find the site and activity I'm looking for. Whether we want a baseball field to toss a few pitches around, a playground to swing and play at or a new spot to hike or fish we easily find it by county, town or site name. What a great guide to the outdoor community!

THIS BOOK IS VERY WELL WRITTEN AND A TRULY GOOD READ.THIS BOOK COMPILES POETRY THAT ALLOWS US THE READER TO TO QUESTION, THINK, AND THINK BACK TO WHAT WAS AND WHAT IS THROUGH PARTS OF HIS LIFE. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK FOR A RELAXING, YET ENLIGHTNING PIECE OF REALITY.

This book was a delight to read...engaging and whimsical. Mr. Hart does a very good job providing the reader with an enjoyable autobiography. His political and religious views are conservative, and this book is a chronicle of how those views clashed with the Liberal Establishment of Dartmouth College.

For conservatives, Mr. Hart is like an undiscovered friend. In all honesty, though, even Liberals should find that this book is worth reading...even if you find yourself on the wrong side of Mr. Hart's philosophical fence.

Ponds and lakes are some of the gems of back-country hiking. In this book Steven Smith has done an excellent job describing how to get to these aquatic treasures in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Detailed descriptions are given for access and trails. Interesting and useful information is also provided on the lakes and ponds themselves. This includes the elevation, depth, and activities available at the lakes such as fishing, swimming, and birding. Notes on the natural history are intermingled with the text in a way that lets one visualize the tranquility of these aquatic habitats even from afar. Simple trail maps with key geographic features are also provided in many cases. If you hike the White Mountains, and if you enjoy lakes and ponds, this book is a must.

Abigail Bailey keeps a diary of her thoughts and feelings relating to her abusive marriage. Abigail's perspective is historic, as she lived in New England in the early foundations of America, but also contemporary, as she writes of the pains, hopes, and struggles of living with an abusive husband. Abigail Bailey's faith played an integral part of her decision-making process, and anyone who wants to understand how Christianity and spirituality contributes to the plight of the abused wife is urged to read this book. It gives a birds-eye view of the inner dynamics of the abusive relationship and Christianity's relationship to those dynamics. While the memoirs stand on their own, the editor does a thourough job of explaining the social, political, and historical contexts of Abigail's life. The only downfall is that it is "heavy" reading, as the language Abigail used is old-English, and one may need to labor more than usual in reading and interpeting it. It is well worth it, though!

This guide is great. You can tell the author spent a lot of time working to perfect it. I am looking for a climbing guide for the mountains neer Rumney which is western NH. Any comments? shuldman@eden.rutgers.edu

Renda proves to have a keen understanding of Civil War era politics in New Hampshire.He is able to show that the production of the politicians actually mattered as opposed to the "what are you going to do for me " attitude of today. A fine piece of scholarly writing.

When you first read this book you will probably think this is the best book ever written, I did! I live in New Hampshire and when I read it I was so entriged by the wording that it just pulled me into the book and I thought I was one of the FBI officers working on the case with them. If you like to read Supense Thriller and Murder books you will diffently want to add this book to your collect like I did. I hope you read this book, and enjoyed it as must as I did. Well, I actually know you will love it so much that you will log on to Amazon.com and order the book as fast you can! ....