Bøger af Dean Bennett

Onions Make Me Cry follows an abused child through a lifetime of burying memories of hurtful events. A story of abuse does not solve this societal problem that spans boundaries of time, place, age, gender and economic circumstances, but it is hoped the story will prevent the abuse of one person or encourage someone to seek treatment following abuse.

Mallory Manor is a rooming house for young women, located in a southern city going through the turmoil of the 1960's. Mrs. Black runs the house with grace, keeping track of dozens of beautiful and talented young women who are eagerly embracing life on their own. Sinister forces hover around the house, as dark as the shadows that play across the façade of the house and in the dark alley. Jealousy leads to tragedy, to stalking and murder, and all the while the dark past demands retribution for crimes of race, culture and religion. A resident of Lewis County, West Virginia, and native of Hardeman County, Tennessee, Dean Bennett brings the young ladies of Mallory Manor to life. The author gives a tour of the old home and leads the reader down frightening paths as the former Mallory Manor ladies solve murders and uncover more mysteries.

a t "What cannot be underestimated is Henry David Thoreau's role in the conservation of the Maine woods and in conservation thought in general. Both went far beyond his life and the confines of his native Concord. Writing in the mid-1800s, he was one of the first to describe the wild nature of these woods in terms of their emotional and ethical relationships within a conservation context. It is not entirely by chance that a considerable amount of land surrounding the roughly 200 miles that his three trips covered through the wildest part of the Maine woods has ended up with some kind of conservation protection. Thoreau brought attention to these woods through his book, The Maine Woods, published in 1864, and that attention found its way into the minds of many of those who spearheaded efforts to save some measure of their wildness. Dean Bennett began in the early 1960s to follow Thoreau's journeys into the wilderness of the Maine woods. Since then he has discovered more than fifty significant places, natural features, and elements of wilderness along Thoreau's routes, which, in most cases, Thoreau noted. These Bennett recorded with photographs, drawings, paintings, and digital art." t be underestimated is Henry David Thoreau's role in the conservation of the Maine woods and in conservation thought in general. Both went far beyond his life and the confines of his native Concord. Writing in the mid-1800s, he was one of the first to describe the wild nature of these woods in terms of their emotional and ethical relationships within a conservation context. It is not entirely by chance that a considerable amount of land surrounding the roughly 200 miles that his three trips covered through the wildest part of the Maine woods has ended up with some kind of conservation protection. Thoreau brought attention to these woods through his book, The Maine Woods, published in 1864, and that attention found its way into the minds of many of who spearheaded efforts to save some measure of their wildness.

Celebrated author, illustrator, Maine environmentalist and hunting enthusiast Dean Bennett writes a book that is half-memoir, half-history of a waning tradition, in Ghost Buck: One Man's Family and Their Hunting Traditions. Like the elusive giant buck that haunts the pages of this story, Bennett uses his formidable knowledge to add personal depth and poignancy to a tale of the erosion of public land use, the degradation of the environment, and the changing moirés of rural culture in the Northeast since the 1800's.

Deep in the wilderness of northern Maine in the mid-1950s, a Harvard PhD student is wading down a mountain stream into a remote valley. He is taking his first steps to map the geology of 300 square miles of Baxter State Park. He soon discovers a series of unusually shaped rock outcrops-part of an unknown geologic formation, hundreds of millions of years old, still mystifying today because of its relative lack of change despite nearby volcanic activity and massive land movement. Wading on, he has another surprise. In a thin layer of black shale beside the stream, he finds a small fossil of a plant.Little does he know, but a Harvard PhD's discovery of Pertica quadrifaria in the northern Maine wilderness in the mid-1950s will help scientists unlock the details of a major event in the history of our planet-the transition of plants to land, an occurrence that continues to have a critical influence on the Earth's life-supporting processes, including climate.

A charming story about a boy who has a special tree house in the forest, where he and his golden retriever watch the creatures that share the forest and marsh below. Bennett's soft, textured illustrations enchance his story, which is based on his own childhood experiences.