From Boston to Maine: Poems and Tales from an Immigrant to Maine proceeds through the four seasons as it progresses from Cape Ann, Mass., to Norway, Maine, with a story to tell at each stop. With family roots in Labrador and Nova Scotia, where his grandfather was born, author and birder Benjamin Hull calls his work one of migration, going back to northern woods and ways. All proceeds from the sale of this book will benefit the Western Foothills Land Trust. About the author: Benjamin F. Hull was raised in Cape Ann, Mass., a place that is within sight of the coast of Maine when the air is clear. He graduated from Boston College in 1963 with a degree in mathematics and spent thirty years programming computers for high-tech companies in the Boston area. In 1973 he began plotting his northern emigration, became migratory to Maine in 1976, and achieved full-time residency in 1990. From Boston to Maine reflects this northward movement, both in structure and subject. Along the way he introduces a variety of beings--some feathered, some not, some lost, some who have found something or themselves--and tells of odd jobs, from picking apples to stacking pulp wood. With the help of a friend, Hull built the log cabin in northwest Maine where he grows vegetables, makes maple syrup, and fusses over his cat Patches.