In Aroostook County, the pace can be slow, nature close at hand, and the beauty breathtaking. Northern Maine retains qualities of life that many people long for in today's world. Kathryn Olmstead, who moved to Maine more than four decades ago, considers it a place mysterious to those who have not been there and unforgettable to those who have. Her collection of essays gleaned from her years writing for Echoes magazine and the Bangor Daily News share her introductions to rural life and wildlife in an attempt to reveal the universal in the particular-the night sky and ice-out, the people and their cultural roots, and the intimacy with nature in every season. The title True North describes the quality of life portrayed in Olmstead's essays-an orienting point, internal and geographic, that keeps a person on track in a world sometimes at odds with nature and with basic human goodness. Combined, they affirm the value of tradition is still alive in places like Aroostook County, Maine.
In Aroostook County, the pace can be slow, nature close at hand, and the beauty breathtaking. Northern Maine retains qualities of life that many people long for in today's world. Kathryn Olmstead, who moved to Maine more than four decades ago, considers it a place mysterious to those who have not been there and unforgettable to those who have. Her collection of essays gleaned from her years writing for Echoes magazine and the Bangor Daily News share her introductions to rural life and wildlife in an attempt to reveal the universal in the particular-the night sky and ice-out, the people and their cultural roots, and the intimacy with nature in every season. The title True North describes the quality of life portrayed in Olmstead's essays-an orienting point, internal and geographic, that keeps a person on track in a world sometimes at odds with nature and with basic human goodness. Combined, they affirm the value of tradition is still alive in places like Aroostook County, Maine.
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