A Field Guide to the Mid-Atlantic Coast

Winner of the Nature Guidebook Category of the 2021 National Outdoor Book Awards (NOBA). Patrick Lynch's beautifully illustrated guides are absolutely and uniquely the best and fastest way to feel intimate with a region. He tells you where you are--gifts you a sense of place--and does it so quickly and beautifully it's a little like cheating. -Carl Safina, author of Becoming Wild: How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty, and Achieve Peace Covering the Atlantic coast from the Jersey shore to the Outer Banks, this beautifully illustrated and clearly written volume is the finest and most complete coastal field guide I have had the pleasure of reading. -Orrin H. Pilkey, co-author of Sea Level Rise: A Slow Tsunami on America's Shores Friendly to the reader and yet comprehensive, this important book will be welcomed by nature lovers of the mid-Atlantic region. -Bruce M. Beehler, author of Natural Encounters: Biking, Hiking, and Birding Through the Seasons This is a richly illustrated and expansive general field guide to the mid-Atlantic coast of North America. Wonderfully done! -Mark Bertness, author of A Brief Natural History of Civilization Patrick Lynch presents a detailed treatment of the coastal areas from NJ to NC, in clear, readable prose with abundant explanatory illustrations. The reader will come away with a very good overview of these areas, and their dynamic nature. -Emily Southgate, author of People and the Land Through Time