Maine is a place that inspires lifelong devotion in visitors and residents alike. It is a place that encompasses many worlds within its boundaries--mountains and lakes, rivers and forests, a dramatic coastline--and supports a unique way of life influenced by both geography and climate.<b> Maine: The Seasons</b> captures the rugged beauty and spirit of Maine by taking us into its very heart, through images and words. <br><br>Featuring 127 color photographs by acclaimed landscape photographer Terrell S. Lester, and original essays by four celebrated writers--Elizabeth Strout on spring, Ann Beattie on summer, Richard Russo on autumn, and Richard Ford on winter-<b>-Maine: The Seasons</b> gives us a richly evocative, visually glorious appreciation of the look, the feeling, the essence, of Maine.