| Natural History of the Berkshires The Berkshires -- a secluded paradise filled with rolling hills, scenic overlooks, mansions (referred to as "cottages" around here) reminiscent of an earlier era, and rich with a vibrant cultural life. Visit our wonderful region in person, or from the comfort of your armchair with one of these beautiful literary excursions.  |
Exploring Stone Walls: A Field Guide to New England's Stone Walls
by Thorson, Robert M.  Speaking to historical societies, garden clubs, and stone wall
aficionados, Robert Thorson was often asked to recommend a guidebook
to New England's stone walls ... by Goldberger, Nancy, Scott, Andrea  Thanks to the river cleanups over the past few decades and some individuals devoted to its rescue, the Housatonic River is moving from a spoiled past into a new future as a source of inspiration... |
Reading the Forested Landscape
by Wessels, Tom  A full and wholly original portrait of New England's forests, tracing their evolution from pre-colonial days to the present through a study of the patterns we see today... Learn moreThe Berkshires by Rocheleau, Paul  The Berkshires of western Massachusetts, perhaps more than any
other region in the United States, blend extraordinary natural beauty
with a rich and vibrant cultural tradition... by Dunn, Russell  Visit 70 "cool cascades" in beautiful historic western
Massachusetts, led by NYS-licensed hiking guide and outdoors writer
Russell Dunn. Dunn includes a wealth of historical and anecdotal
information, detailed directions, maps, antique postcards and contemporary
photographs. |
Stone by Stone: The Magnificent History in New England's Stone Walls
by Thorson, Robert M.  There once may have been 250,000 miles of stone walls in America's Northeast, stretching farther than the distance to the moon. Even though most of these walls are crumbling today, they contain a magnificent scientific and cultural story... The
Rise and Fall of the Taconic Mountains: A Geological History of
Eastern New York(Paperback) by Fisher, Donald W.  The highest peaks in the Taconics today are less than 4000 feet high, but millions of years ago they towered to 14,000 feet while the Catskills lay under tropical seas. New York State’s Paleontologist Emeritus traces the geologic history of eastern New York, western Massachusetts, and western Vermont through the rise and fall of New York’s Rockies the draining and sculpting of the Catskill Mountains from an ancient ocean bed, and the rise of the Adirondacks - New York’s youngest mountains created from New York’s oldest rocks. Learn more
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