"A tribute to the American Northeast, this book distills the essence of New England, from the clean lines of its architecture to the colors of its foliage, its history, its characters, its traditions, and its incomparable landscape - in short, its icons." "With its rugged landscape and climate of extremes, New England has been an endless source of inspiration for painters, photographers and poets who, like Tommy Hilfiger today, were drawn to its inimitable and inherently American style. This volume compiles the most meaningful of these influences from a wide range of sources. Contributing artists include Norman Rockwell, Currier and Ives, Edward Steichen, Tom Fossell, Slim Aarons, and Tina Barney, and many more while quotations come from sources as varied as Herman Melville, Edith Wharton, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Nathaniel Hawthorne." From Shaker furniture as modern today as when it was constructed to an eighteenth-century portrait of a Nantucket sea captain as sleek as a contemporary photograph, this book reveals the timeless quality of New England.