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Article: Genius Loci: a sampling of 1996 books of regional interest

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December 29, 1996
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Genius Loci -- "the spirit of a place" -- is a new review column that will appear from time to time, calling attention to previously unreviewed books by regional authors or on subjects of regional interest. This first edition samples notable books published throughout the past year.

We suppose Massachusetts to be an urban state, which it is, lacking the natural wonders we associate more readily with the West, which it does not. "The Nature of Massachusetts" by Christopher Leahy, John Hanson Mitchell and Thomas Conuel, and illustrated beautifully by Lars Jonsson (Massachusetts Audubon Society/Addison-Wesley, $40) divides the state into four regions and each region into natural habitats, such ...

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