Background
John Cole was born on February 26, 1923, in New York, United States.
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In Maine: Essays on Life's Seasons
https://www.amazon.com/Maine-Essays-Lifes-Seasons-ebook/dp/B00HCZVZYQ/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=John+Cole&qid=1594033047&sr=8-1
1974
Striper, a story of fish and man
https://www.amazon.com/Striper-story-fish-John-Cole/dp/0316151084/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=John+Cole&qid=1594033047&sr=8-4
1978
Sun Reflections: Images for the New Solar Age
https://www.amazon.com/Sun-Reflections-Images-New-Solar/dp/0878573178/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1594034080&sr=8-1
1981
Life List: Remembering the Birds of My Years
https://www.amazon.com/Life-List-Remembering-Birds-Years/dp/0892724153/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Life+List%3A+Remembering+the+Birds+of+My+Years.&qid=1594034035&sr=8-1
1993
Fish of My Years
https://www.amazon.com/Fish-My-Years-John-Cole/dp/1886967016/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Fish+of+My+Years+John+Cole&qid=1594034141&sr=8-1
1995
Maine Trivia
https://www.amazon.com/Maine-Trivia-John-N-Cole/dp/1558536035/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=John+Cole+In+Maine&qid=1594033281&sr=8-5
1998
John Nelson Cole
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John Nelson Cole had worked as a commercial fisher in his home state of New York; in Maine, he honed his journalistic skills as the editor of the York Country Coast Star and, until 1968, the Bath-Brunswick Times Record. He also wrote columns for the Boston Globe and Newsday and contributed to several national magazines.
In 1968 Cole established the weekly Maine Times with partner Peter Cox. He also served there as the editor.
John also was a visiting lecturer at Bowdoin College where he taught "Writing for Journalism."
Cole wrote more than a dozen books on the natural world and his experiences therein. These include "Striper: The Story of Fish and Man," "Sun Reflections: Images for the New Solar Age," "Fish of My Years," and "Life List: Remembering the Birds of My Years." In 1998 he published "Maine Trivia."
Achievements
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John Nelson Cole was widely known as a writer, editor, and co-founder of Maine Times. When Cole established the weekly Maine Times with partner Peter Cox in 1968, he introduced a new alternative to newspaper readers across the state.
Cole's advocacy earned him a conservation award from the magazine Country Life and the Environmental Achievement Award of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. His journalistic honors include the Yankee Quill Award of the New England Academy of Journalists.
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Cole sidestepped the conventional headlines of the day to focus his critical and often spirited attention on less-publicized issues. He wrote about local and state governments and other regional matters, with a special concentration on the environment.
Personality
Cole was a fisher and outdoor enthusiast himself.
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1968