Touch of Wildness: A Maine Woods Journal

by Lew Dietz

In this informal collection of essays about Maine and its people, Lew Dietz draws a warm and compelling picture of his home state -- its coasts, woods, and streams. In 21 delightful pieces, Dietz presents a lucid and evocative view of out-of-doors life that will appeal to active sportsmen and armchair naturalists alike.

220 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1970

About the author

Lew Dietz (1906–1997) was an American writer, much of whose work centered on his native Maine. In a long career he produced 20 books and hundreds of magazine articles for Down East magazine (which he helped establish), True, Yankee, Redbook, Coast Fisherman and Outdoors Maine among others.