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Home : nature writing books and essays by Eric PinderClouds wash over Mount Katahdin's Tablelands, just a mile or so from the northern terminus of the Appalachian TrailSandy Stream Pond in Baxter State Park, with a view of Mount Katahdin. This is moose country. I have never not seen a moose at Sandy Stream Pond.







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Explore Maine's Baxter State ParkWelcome to the website of New Hampshire author Eric Pinder. Nature writing resources and stories about mountains, weather and rural places are all just a click away. Find books, interviews, travel tips and more at the annotated sitemap.

Enjoy stories from the Mount Washington Observatory, the icy outpost where Eric lived and worked for seven years. Test your weather knowledge with a fun quiz. Or travel to Mount Katahdin at the end of the Appalachian Trail and meet Pamola, the Abenaki spirit that once terrified Henry David Thoreau.

Science Fiction and Fantasy short storiesMount Washington Observatory tales and humorSheep Football and Other Strange Tales from Rural AmericaCycling's Greatest MisadventuresNorth to KatahdinTying Down the Wind: Nature Writing about WeatherSoul of the SkyLife at the Mount Washington Observatory

Books by Eric Pinder
Nature Writing, Extreme Weather, Fiction, Nonfiction and Humor

Among the Clouds
Work, Wit & Wild Weather at the Mount Washington Observatory

Sheep Football
Strange Tales from Rural America

North to Katahdin
What Do Hikers Seek on the Trail?

Tying Down the Wind
Weather Wisdom from Mount Washington to Tornado Alley to the South PoleListen to a free 12 minute sample from audible.com

Life at the Top
Tales, Truths and Trusted Recipes from the Mount Washington Observatory

Anthologies
Short Fiction and Essays

Beacons of Tomorrow
Science Fiction & Fantasy

Cycling’s Greatest Misadventures
Nature Writing on a Bicycle

Soul of the Sky
Exploring the Human Side of Weather

Nature Photography by Eric PinderNature Writing
Author Gary Nahban calls nature writing “going out into the boonies and interviewing plants” in the excellent (and sadly out of print) anthology Words from the Land. Others, including John McPhee, don’t think of themselves as nature writers at all. Eric Pinder’s book of nature writing, North to Katahdin, follows Thoreau’s footsteps to ask the question, “Why do we like to hike?”

Interviews with Nature Writers Here are a dozen entertaining and informative interviews with writers John McPhee, Annie Dillard, Barry Lopez, Loren Eiseley and others in the natural history field.

Best Natural History Books
What if Henry David Thoreau and Emily Dickenson had gotten married? Edward Abbey found the idea hilarious. An annotated list of the Top Ten nature writing books, featuring Abbey and Thoreau. Find out why you shouldn’t read Walden until you’re 30.

J.R.R. Tolkien, Nature Writer?
 Tolkien sure had an eye for mushrooms. Click here for Eric Pinder’s reviews and musings of books (not necessarily nature writing) that inspired or intrigued him. An eccentric list ranging from The Lord of the Rings to The Winds of War.

Bradford Washburn, Curmudgeon
“The Appalachian Trail was just a name to me.” An amusing letter from the Everest mapmaker and mountaineer about the book North to Katahdin.

Follow Thoreau to Katahdin
Baxter State Park traveler’s tips and photographs. Also read about Thoreau’s misquoted mirror metaphor.

Iceland Traveler’s Tips
Volcanoes, geysers and glaciers. And don’t forget to try the rotten shark.

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