But of course a book requires assistance from many others as well. They include my colleagues at Middlebury, including Chris Klyza, Steve Trombulak, Jon Isham, Connie Bisson, Helen Young, Pete Ryan, Becky Gould, Kathy Morse, Janet Wiseman, and crucially, Nan Jenks Jay. At Crown, my dear old friend Annik La Farge was her usual wise and cheerful self; I am also grateful to her crack coworkers Mario Rojas, Jackie Aher, and Lauren Dong, and to copy editor David Wade Smith. Justin Allen and Katherine Fausset help make my agent, Gloria Loomis, the finest in the land. I am most grateful to all the many people who have helped preserve and protect the landscapes described herein.