Field Guide to the Mysterious Places of Eastern North America

Well written, well researched. The author actually went to the places discussed in the book. How refreshing. Will be considering other/future books by this author.

The "Field Guide..." has enough detail to lead one to a whole range of interesting spots. Some are a little hard to find from the information provided in the book, because the investigators and the owners of property of the sites cannot reveal too much for fear that there will be excessive traffic and human erosion.Many of the locations are treated in other books and serious study reports whose authors are concerned with evidence of "diffusion", the idea that other peoples and cultures arrived in North (and South) America before the voyages of Columbus. Several groups are organized for the purposes of continuing these studies, and most of them are cited in the book.From the serious side of these investigations, the author's use of a magnetometer to detect magnetic anomalies around many of the sites is interesting, but lends and air of comedy or strangeness to the visits which then makes it too easy to dismiss the locations as less than important clues to history. It does, however, reflect and improve on the tendency of certain investigators to perform "dowsing" to detect hidden features.The organization of the "Field Guide ..." by state and province, from North to South, makes it easy to use. It is also interesting reading, even if you can't get there to see the stones.

Mr. Trento's book is informative, well written, and above all, consise. The descriptive instructions to the exact locations of many of the sites he reviews is essential. The best example is the Gungywamp, CT. site. Since this mysterious place is literally "off the beaten track", finding it would have been impossible without his book!Sadly, the Druid's Hill site located in Lowell, MA is missing from the text. Perhaps he will consider this mysterious location in his next revision.Regardless, I highly recommend this book to anyone wishing to do a little amateur archeological work.