(Paperback)

This is an account of the life on a single spot in New England from the last ice age through years of Indians, shamans, and bears, to the colonists, witches and farmers, and now the encroaching parks.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Instead of travelling to remote, untamed parts of the world in his search for the essence of wilderness, the American nature writer, John Hanson Mitchell, ends up exploring the green realms of his childhood and the gardens of Italy, realizing that the wildest place may be right in his own backyard.

(Hardback)

John Hanson Mitchell tells of his 1500 mile ride on a trusty old Peugeot bicycle from the port of Cadiz to just below the Arctic Circle. The journey is interspersed with myth, natural history, and ritual all revolving around the lure and lore of the sun, culturally and historically.

(Paperback)

In the mid 1970s, John Hanson Mitchell discovered over 2,000 antique glass plate negatives in the attic of an old estate in Massachusetts, the work of a little-known African American named Robert Gilbert. "Looking for Mr. Gilbert" is filled with music, natural history, African-American history, and the world of early photography as Mitchell uncovers the life of this remarkable American.

(Hardback)

In the mid 1970s, John Hanson Mitchell discovered over 2,000 antique glass plate negatives in the attic of an old estate in Massachusetts, the work of a little-known African American named Robert Gilbert. "Looking for Mr. Gilbert" is filled with music, natural history, African-American history, and the world of early photography as Mitchell uncovers the life of this remarkable American.

(Hardback)