Description: The only book that offers both a natural and a cultural history of one of the nation's favorite parks
Brief description: Tom Wessels is a professor of ecology and the founding director of the master's degree program in conservation biology at Antioch New England Graduate School. He is the author of Reading the Forested Landscape: A Natural History of New England and Forest Forensics: A Field Guide to Reading the Forested Landscape.
Review Quotes: "A splendid, eminently readable book. . . . The author's scope includes history and culture, making for a well-rounded text. . . . Let Granite, Fire & Fog open your eyes and mind anew to the natural and cultural bounty of an American treasure owned--in gratitude--by everyone and no one at the same time."-- "Friends of Acadia Journal"