John Mitchell will discuss Ceremonial Time and the themes of the five other books in his Scratch Flat series, and how a sense of place inspires the connection we feel towards our local landscape and is at the root of environmental protection.
John Hanson Mitchell is the author of twelve non-fiction books, six of which collected together form "The Scratch Flat Chronicles," which examine the interrelationship between human cultures and nature. His first book, Ceremonial Time: Fifteen Thousand Years on One Square Mile, was the Editor's Choice in The New York Time's Book Review. That book launched the five others in his series about Scratch Flat, a tract of agricultural land just east of the Groton line and Beaver Brook in Littleton. He is also the author of two novels, including the recently-published, The Sweet Revenge of Marcus Aurelius, a historical novel based on the true story of a slave who sold his own master. Mitchell was the founder and editor of the award-winning journal, Sanctuary, published by the Massachusetts Audubon Society. His newest book, The Garden at the End of Time: Getting by in the Age of Climate Change, is due out in late May.
John Mitchell
