Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park have been described as the climax of the coast of Maine. Millions are drawn every year to the stunning beauty of this rocky landscape of spruce-fir forest and granite islands. Some, like nature writer Christopher Camuto, never stop coming back.
In Time and Tide in Acadia the author draws on years of walking Mount Desert’s summits and shorelines, canoeing its marshes, kayaking its tidal waters, and visiting its
outer islands. To this task Camuto brings an
appetite for observing wildlife and landscape with considerable originality, a regard for
history and indigenous perceptions of nature,
a keen interest in exploring the psychological and philosophical appeal of nature, and
a writer’s love of language. As in his previous, highly praised books, Camuto fulfills his promise to give the reader innumerable
vantages on the nature of a remarkable
place that it takes time to get to know.
Christopher Camuto is also the author of
A Fly Fisherman’s Blue Ridge, Another Country, and Hunting from Home. He teaches creative writing at Bucknell University and lives in Lewisburg, PA.