"John Cole's classic In Maine is a sometimes moving, sometimes lyrical, but always personal book that reveals a man examining the progress of life and a man reveling in a natural world that not only unfolds around him, but a world in which he is an active participant. In Maine features selected essays that first appeared in "John's Column" in the Maine Times--the influential newspaper he co-founded in 1968 and guided during its glory days in the 1970s"-- Publisher's description.