Commonwealth Gift Basket


Item Number: 100085866

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Value: $100

Online Close: Dec 1, 2006 2:00 PM EST

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Commonwealth Editions Gift Basket Valued at $100.00:

1. "Walden Pond" ($14.95) by Bonnie McGrath

Color pictures by a professional photographer and lifelong visitor to Walden are matched with quotations from Thoreau¹s Walden so that the reader can stand in Thoreau¹s shoes, seeing what he saw when he experienced Life in the Woods. McGrath¹s posters, postcards, and bookmarks are best-sellers at the Thoreau Society Shop at Walden Pond, and her beautiful book is long-awaited by environmentalists and admirers of Thoreau.

2. "Concord, Massachusetts" ($24.95) Photographs by John Kennard

Concord is, first and foremost, a community‹one of the best little places in New England. Kennard photographs the icons‹the parades, the reenactments, the birthplaces, the gravesites, the stately eighteenth-century architecture, the scenic splendor of Walden Pond. But he also shows us children marching in the parades, families splashing in Walden, and joggers running over the "rude bridge that arched the flood."

3. "Concord: Stories To Be Told" ($19.95) by Liz Nelson

Small hardcover book that tells the inside stories of Concord - book is rare, out-of-print version.

4. "Special Places on the Cape and Islands" ($19.95) by Robert Finch

Essays by Cape Cod nature writer Robert Finch, inviting the reader to enjoy "special places" on the landscape of Cape Cod and the Islands.

5. "New England Nature Watch" ($19.95) by Tom Long

For families, for teachers and students, and for those who just love natural New England, Tom Long's thoughtfully written book will be a welcome companion and an armchair delight. Jay J. Johnson's prize-winning artistry will make this a valued addition to any library for years to come.

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