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• North Woods

  a Novel

  Mason, Daniel (Daniel Philippe),

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• Changes in the Land

  Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England

  Cronon, William

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  "...a classic of ecological history, looking at the legacy of Native and colonial impacts on New England wildlife and landscape." -Daniel Mason, via John Murray Press

• Walden

  Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862

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  "No book set in the New England woods could not be influenced by 'Walden'..." -Daniel Mason, via John Murray Press

• The Journal, 1837-1861

  Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862

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  "I would also recommend Thoreau's diaries, published in many different forms (from seasonal excerpts; to full year compendiums; to the full 14 volumes) for their raw observations." -Daniel Mason, via John Murray Press

• Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 1

  Hawthorne, Nathaniel

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  "...I loved Hawthorne's 'American Notebooks,' not only for their notes on place and change, but for the insight they offer into his writing process." -Daniel Mason, via John Murray Press

• Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

  Dillard, Annie

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  "...some of my favorite nature writing..." -Daniel Mason, via John Murray Press

• To the Lighthouse

  Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941

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  "It’s very intimidating to try and write something that’s inspired by Virginia Woolf…" -Daniel Mason, via The Bookseller

• The Martian Chronicles

  Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012

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  "Reading science fiction, he says, 'it’s easy to be inspired'..." Daniel Mason, via The Bookseller

• Foundation

  Asimov, Isaac, 1920-1992

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  "...that book also has these leaps forward in time with a total indifference to the lives of the [characters]. You really care about them, and then they are gone and that’s it. They are in the past." -Daniel Mason, via The Bookseller