The definitive handbook to one of the most scenic regions in the US. Includes detailed accounts of Boston and the region's seaside resorts, from Newport and Nantucket up to Bar Harbor. Packed with informed coverage on where to hike, ski, bike, camp and take best advantage of the outdoors, whether in New Hampshire's White Mountains or Maine's rural interior. Includes evocative extracts from great New England literature — by Thorau, Lovecraft and Sebastian Junger.