Reading New England: Nonfiction

This month for the Reading New England challenge, I’m concentrating on nonfiction. (As usual, all participants are welcome to read from any category at any time.) There’s certainly no shortage of great nonfiction of many different varieties from New England; here are some titles that caught my eye:

Memoir and Biography

• We Took to the Woods by Louise Rich (Maine)
• 26 Fairmount Avenue by Tomie de Paola (Connecticut)
• A Circle of Quiet by Madeleine L’Engle (Connecticut)

Science and Nature

• Walden by Henry David Thoreau (Massachusetts)
• Onward and Upward in the Garden by Katharine White (Maine)
• Wandering Home by Bill McKibben (Vermont)

History

• Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick (Massachusetts)
• The Prince of Providence by Mike Stanton (Rhode Island)
• For Adam’s Sake by Allegra di Bonaventura (Connecticut)

Current Events

• Getting Schooled by Garett Keizer (Maine)
• Our Little Secret by Kevin Flynn (New Hampshire)
• A Civil Action by Jonathan Harr (Massachusetts)

Arts and Crafts

• The Private World of Tasha Tudor by Richard Brown (Vermont)
• A Place for the Arts by Carter Wiseman (New Hampshire)
• Adventures in Yarn Farming by Barbara Perry (Massachusetts)

On my shelf, I have Writing America by Shelley Fisher Fishkin, and New England Bound by Wendy Warren, both of which I’d definitely like to get to this month as the publishers were kind enough to send them to me. Beyond that, I’ll just follow my nose. What do you plan to read this month?