This is a lovely book. It was published in 1968 by Sierra Club, Ballantine Books. The soft cover book measures approximately 6 ˝ inches by 9 ˝ inches and contains 160 pages. The cover shows signs of wear and soiling but is securely attached. The pages are printed on good quality paper and show no signs of rips. Exceptions noted, the overall condition of this book is good.

Contents:

Foreword
Introduction
By Lunar Time
Buying an Island
The Hippocampus
Exploring the Bay
The Big House
The Dragons
Island Places
Fog
Matinicus Rock
Becoming a Photographer
Nests
Voices in Spring
Reunion
Island Color
- More Land than Sea
- The Bays Edge
- In Woods and Meadows
- Forest Detail
- Life Cycles
- By The Sea Wind

Excerpt - Introduction:
Unlike Eliot Porter, I came to a Maine island for the first time, not as a child, but as an adult- and in the winter, not in the summer. The island was Hog Island in Muscongus Bay. Little did I know then that it was to become a home, a base, and a springboard to hosts of other islands, and, I might add, an affair of the heart. I first saw Hog Island form the nearby mainland-out in the cold gray waters under a gray winter sky. Beyond it were islands and more islands, on into the open Atlantic…
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