

Island Institute founder Philip Conkling writes about Maine island residents and wildlife from prehistoric times to the present. He examines the geology and climate of the islands, as well as the changing culture of current island communities.

As director of the Island Institute, Philip Conkling has an unsually clear-eyed understanding of the social and environmental forces that effect Maine's hundreds of islands.Conkling writes about islands from both a personal and scientific perspective. In this book we learn about...
