The field guide you hold in your hands began with a frog. Well, kind of-Frog Rock in New Boston, New Hampshire.When outdoors writer Dan Szczesny and his daughter Uma hiked out to the famous landmark boulder that looks remarkably like a frog, his six-year-old asked if there were other rocks in the state that were famous as well. Turns out, there are many! And so began a state-wide adventure to visit, document, and learn about one of the state's most famous features-thousands of rocks and boulders.From one of the largest glacier erratics in North America, to the memorial of the state's only convicted witch, to a rock that marks the most New Hampshire-esque love story on record, Dan and Uma narrowed the list down and created a Patch Quest to encourage families to get out and explore parts of the state they might not normally visit. Now, it's your turn. Use this guide to navigate to some of the strangest, most interesting stories-and rocks-in the Granite State.Get out there and start rocking!

When outdoor writers Uma and Dan Szczesny were looking for a follow-up to their successful field guide, NH Rocks That Rock, memorial stones presented a rare intersection of geology, adventure, and history. Memorial stones in New Hampshire commemorate a wide variety of people and events, and while they may go unnoticed, these things are everywhere-in busy traffic circles, sandy beaches, and curious enclosures.With this guidebook, you'll be able to visit a boulder and cannonball commemorating civil war hero George Eugene Belknap. You can puzzle through a wayfinder obelisk that served as an eighteenth-century street sign. And up north, in a beautiful mountain park, you'll learn about the state's most famous, long-gone rock face.By visiting these memorial stones, Dan and Uma reconnected with history-and you can too! Use this guide to navigate to some of New Hampshire's most peculiar and interesting memorial sites while uncovering the stories behind the names inscribed in granite.Are you ready? Then get rocking!

Traces the geological time changes that shaped the land from Maine to New Jersey.

Description based on: v. 3, published in 2003.

"Informative, funny, and full of fascinating characters...Dan Szczesny bushwhacks a fresh, new, wonder-filled trail." -From the foreword by Rebecca Rule Over the course of one calendar year, journalist Dan Szczesny explored the history and mystique of New England's tallest mountain. But Mount Washington is more than just a 6,288-foot rock pile; the mountain is the cultural soul of climbers, hikers, and tourists from around the world.Szczesny's research took him outside of the archives; he was on the team of a ninety-seven-year-old ultra-runner, he dressed as Walt Whitman and read poetry while hiking up the mountain, and he spent a week in winter cooking for the scientists at the observatory. In The White Mountain, Szczesny turns a veteran journalist's eye toward exploring Mount Washington's place in the collective consciousness of the country and how this rugged landscape has reflected back a timeless history of our obsession and passion for exploration and discovery.