The six states that make up the area known as New England--Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine--hold a special place in the American consciousness. Though small in area, these states have made an impact on the nation's history and thought out of all proportion to their size.This book presents the region's many facets as a series of images that summon up the very essence of New England: a white meeting house on a village green, golden elms and scarlet maples arching over a country road, the tracks of skis and small animals in the contrasting white snow and indigo shows of a late winter afternoon, the wild roses moving in a summer breeze against the silver shingles of a house on Cape Cod.