Award-winning outdoor writer Steve Fagin will talk about his book, AMC’s Best Day Hikes in Connecticut & Rhode Island, on Wednesday, April 9 at 6 PM . The 350-page volume, published by the Appalachian Mountain Club, is the fourth edition of a popular guide, revised and expanded with new hikes that range from easy strolls to strenuous scrambles. It includes maps and color photographs for each of the 60 outings, as well as essays describing interesting historic and natural features.

Among the hikes described in the book are the Newport Cliff Walk, the Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge in Middletown, the Clay Head Preserve and Rodman’s Hollow on Block Island, and Watch Hill. Copies of the book will be available for sale and signing.

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Steve Fagin writes the award-winning Great Outdoors column that appears weekly in The Day newspaper in New London, CT, and is author of the book Treasures of Southeastern Connecticut.  He also serves as book editor of Appalachia, the nation’s longest-running journal of mountaineering and conservation. His articles have been published in The New York Times, Runner’s World magazine, The World Book Encyclopedia, and other publications.

In addition to hiking trails in Connecticut and Rhode Island, Steve has scaled all 67 mountains in New England that are taller than 4,000 feet; has climbed in the Himalayas, Andes and Alps; has run the Boston Marathon 11 times; and kayaked most of the major rivers and lakes in the Northeast.