This book covers a lot of territory. I wish it included Virginia too. Its got lots of shops identified and makes it easier to figure out where "hot spots" could be so that you're not driving without purpose. A good guide to take with you if you plan a trip either for the purpose of antiquing or with antiquing as just part of the trip.

Talks nicely about architecture and scultures around the city and downtown. Takes you on a series of walking tours that include some of my favorite eclectic things in the city. Has a cosmopolitan perspective. I learned a lot reading Fifield.

Gentile is an accomplished diver and this book gives an excelent historical account of the sinking of the most famous N.Y. wrecks. Gentile also leads off each wreck story with a basic data list including Loran coordinates for each wreck. Each story ends with a discription of the dive or rather the condition of the wreck when the book went to print. This is the only area where Gentile could have given a bit more detail, but all in all, a good book.

If you have hesitated to leave the Interstates on your trip along the NE corridor, then this book is invaluable. It provides exact routes winding through scenic countryside and towns, and also offers recommendations for eateries and unusual points of interest. The book is a great resource if you want to, say, bike from New York to Boston, but you aren't sure how to reduce your exposure to the 18-wheelers and other hazards of modern road travel. This is all presented in a portable and easily understood format, with maps and directions. One of my favorite routes is from New York to Baltimore, all taken on quiet roads. Even if you use this book for a single trip, it will pay for itself by rewarding you with charming towns, and some places that are pretty bland, but accompanied by rolling hills and splendid vistas around every turn.

I gotta give the author some credit for participating in activities than millions of Americans do every day - canoeing, biking, hiking, etc. However, very, very few Americans do this along overdeveloped NJ highways or in urban drainage ditches that were once bucolic streams, so I give Mr. Rockland many bonus points for originality.

Rockland has a sharp, entertaining writing style that held my interest throught this book, and this collection of stories was a great complement to Looking for America on the NJ Turnpike, his first work.

A good book about soft paddling. The maps and explanations
of the locations were well done. Made me want to try many
of the suggestions.

The Appalachian Mountain Club is a New England Based hiking organization, that has blazed and hiked trails repeatedly through the Northeast part of the country. This expertise is evident in this guide, which covers southern New Hampshire most notably Mount Monadnock (the most hiked mountain in the world behind Fuji) and Mount Cardigan.

Precise routes, historical interest and ways to avoid heavy foot traffic are mentioned here. The best part is the foldout map with Monadnock on the front and Cardigan on the back. You will never get a more detailed trail map.

This is truly the quintessential guide for anyone who wants to hike this region of New Hampshire....I also recommend the other guide books for the state. Really excellent, comprehensive.

I recognize the possibility that I enjoyed this book more than will others because I too am a crusty WASP, a book lover, and a baseball fan,
and, perhaps most importantly, as Jonathan Yardley says of himself, "I am a son of the Mid-Atlantic". But I suspect most readers will enjoy
the ride as Mr. Yardley takes us along on his journey, which wends from Yardley, PA where he searches for signs of some lingering family
connection, throughout the region that also includes Delaware, Washington, DC, New Jersey, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and
Maryland, where the book ends with his plaintive meditations on the soon to be departed Memorial Stadium, longtime home of his beloved
Baltimore Orioles.

It is the unfortunate nature of this disparate agglomeration of states that even at the end of the book they still seem totally random, rather than
resembling anything like a cohesive section of the country. But even if they don't cohere, they each seem interesting in their own way as
presented here.

GRADE : B+

We used this map to get around Manhattan during our first-ever trip there in July, 2003. It's small enough to be convenient, big enough to show the important stuff, and, best of all, laminated so it takes the wear and tear of repeated use! I will definitely hold on to this map and take it with me the next time I visit NYC!

This book provides a glimpse into Syracuse, New York's past with nicely-captioned photographs. It focuses on Syracuse in the first half of this century with an entire book of photographs. All facets are explored in this photo book - the town, the people, industries, etc.. I would have liked to see more photographs of the city than social club group photographs. There is also a companion book entitled Greater Syracuse by the same editor, who was the director of the local historic society.