Reading rural landscapes : a field guide to New England's past /
Robert M. Sanford ; with illustrations by Michael Shaughnessey and a foreword by Mark Lapping.
- 240 pages : Illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Change in rural landscape -- Trees and plantings associated with forest and field history -- Vegetation common to houses, barns and outbuildings -- Foundations --Rural industry and commerce -- Rural roads -- Walls and fences -- Cemeteries -- Stewardship and protection.
Robert M. Sanford is the Professor of Environmental Science & Policy at the University of Southern Maine. He lives in Gorham, ME.