Earl Brechlin
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Someone once asked me how much I charge to guide people into the woods. "That's free," I explained. "Anyone can get themselves into the woods. You pay me to get you out."
Can anyone really know the northern forest? It is something you feel more in your heart than in your head. You may be able to locate your place on a map, but can you pinpoint the places the forest has hold of your soul? For more than forty years, Maine Guide Earl Brechlin has sought...
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This is the third in Earl Brechlin's series of small books featuring color reproductions of antique postcards. Captions opposite each historic card describe the images, most of which date from 1900 to 1930. The postcards document a variety of interesting locations, including Old Orchard Beach, Portland, Pemaquid, Wiscasset, and several lighthouses.
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The fourth volume in Earl Brechlin's successful Bygone... series of old-postcard books focuses on how our grandparents and great-grandparents had fun in the outdoors: hiking, canoeing, visiting parks and natural wonders, communing with nature at remote mountain resorts, and roughing it at fishing and hunting camps. In addition, some of these old postcards show the serious business of the backcountry: logging camps, early dams, the rail lines that...
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Home to Acadia National Park, Mount Desert Island boasts some of the best hiking trails in all of the Northeast. In addition to detailed descriptions of each hike and easy to use maps, Brechlin includes trip-planning advice and fascinating tidbits only a Mount Desert insider would know.
Long on information, but small enough to be tucked into a day pack, this pocket guide is the perfect companion for a trip to Acadia. Includes a new introduction and...