The Outer Lands: A Natural History Guide to Cape Cod, Martha''s Vineyard, Nantucket, Block Island, and Long Island

An extraordinary achievement in natural history and science. But its so artfully written you forget its a scientific treatise and find yourself reading it with sheer pleasure. Provincetown Advocate

Dorothy Sterling explores the fascinating plants and animals that inhabit the peninsulas and islands of the East Coast known as the Outer Lands. With vibrant original drawings by Winifred Lubell and a new foreword by natural historian Robert Finch, The Outer Lands is a lively, lovingly observed biography of place.