John Hanson MitchellJohn Hanson Mitchell is the founder and was the longtime editor of Massachusetts Audubon Society's award-winning journal Sanctuary. He has published numerous books, including, most recently, Legends of a Common Stream. His book Ceremonial Time: Fiften Thousand Years on One Square Mile was the Editor's Choice in the New York Times Book Review; six of his books based on the square mile of land featured in Ceremonial Time were collected and published as The Scratch Flat Chronicles. He won the John Burroughs Essay Award for his Sanctuary piece, "Of Time and the River." He continues to live on that one square mile of land in eastern Massachusetts. Read More Read Less