A portrait of New England's forests chronicles their development from the pre-colonial era to the present through a study of natural patterns, explaining how readers can come to understand landscape mysteries by exploring animal habitats, the growths of native trees, and the disappearance of specific natural elements. Reissue.

Chronicles and illustrates the natural history of North America's granite summits, introducing the origins of granite domes and mountains in Yosemite National Park, New York's Adirondack Mountains, and Maine's Acadia National Park.

Chronicles and illustrates the natural history of North America's granite summits, introducing the origins of granite domes and mountains in Yosemite National Park, New York's Adirondack Mountains, and Maine's Acadia National Park.