"Preserving New England is more than just a picture book of splendid estates, nature preserves, and urban neighborhoods - it is a manual on how to keep them.  The authors bring to life the drama of New Englanders fighting to revive once-defunct Main Streets or halt the hardtopping of farmland, and clarify the broader preservation and conservation issues behind the scenes.  Both a primer for action and a lively photographic narrative, the book gives us an indelible picture of the way New England is - and of what it may become."