The Art and Artists of Maine

Few places in these image-laden United States have inspired the talents of as many famous painters as has the colorful archipelago off the Maine coast that includes Mount Desert, Monhegan Vinalhaven, Deer Isle, Isles of Shoals, Isle au Haut and so many strangely named others. In his superb collection, Art of the Maine Islands (Down East Books,; Camden, Maine). Carl Little 76 and picture editor Arnold Skolrick have amassed 75 works by 66 modern and classic masters, including Childe Hassam, John Singer Sargent, Rafael Soyer, Edward Hopper, Jamie Wyeth and Rock-well Kent, interspersed with prose and poetic excerpts which, like the paintings, capture the islands' mystic attraction. As Little writes in his introduction: "You can make the crossing to a Maine island by bridge, by ledge at low tide, via kayak, sloop, grail-boat ferry, or airplane—you can even swim. But you can also make your approach through the eyes of an artist. We Invite to make thar trip in Art of the Maine Islands.

Other Dartmouth authors with new titles:

Andrew Pincus '51, author of Tanglewood: The Clash "Between Tradition and Change (Northeastern University Press)

Don Hutchins '57, aithor of Walking. By Day (Book Press),

James Kloppenberg '73. author of The Virtues of LiherMism. (Oxford University Press)

Bruce Judson '80, author of Hyperwars: 11 Strategies fen''Survival in the Era of OnlineBusiness (Scribner's)