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A SHIPYARD IN MAINE: Percy & Small and the Great Schooners
Web item #9
by Ralph Linwood Snow and Captain Douglas K. Lee
The Percy & Small shipyard, now part of Maine Maritime Museum,
built some of the world's largest schooners between 1894 and 1920. This
is the history of the yard, the people, the ships and their plans.
Richly illustrated. Tilbury House Publishers, and Maine Maritime
Museum. Hardback. $49.95
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AT HOME IN MAINE, Houses Designed to Fit the Land
Web item #124
By Christopher Glass, with photography by Brian Vanden Brink. In this book
are houses that become part of their surroundings. Here are a wide
variety of Maine houses: some old, some new and some a combination of
old and new, with renovations. Architect Glass describes each houses,
giving its history, its strenths and even its weaknesses. From Down
East Books. Hardback. $40.00.
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BYGONE COASTAL MAINE, A Postcard Tour from Kittery to Camden
Web item #110
By Earl Brechlin. A postcard sized book of reproduced cards from the early
part of the Twentieth Century. Each card has a detailed caption,
explaining the scene and the history. 115 color reproductions. From
Down East Books. Paperback. $12.95.
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CHANGING MAINE: 1960-2010
Web item #48
Edited
by Richard Barringer, Illustrated by Jon Luoma
Twenty-two speakers, at a 2003-2004 public lecture series examed
Maine's changing economic, political and social landscape from 1960 to
the future in 2010. This book is a collection of essays that expand on
those talks and explore significant changes in Maine, important policy
alternatives and prospects for the future. From Tilbury House
Publishers, in conjunction with the Muskie School of Public Service,
University of Southern Maine. Paperback. $20.00
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DAY'S WORK Part I: A Sampler of Historic Maine Photographs 1860-1920
Web item #60
Compiled
and Annotated by W.H.Bunting. This extraordinary collection of
photographs and narrative captions have wide appeal for anyone
interested in Maine's past, that tell stories about the how and why.
Among the 225 black and white photographs are Ships, Masts, Portland
fish dealers, drove of cattle, bridges, lumber camps, gristmills,
captains, woods, farm machinery. From Tilbury House, Publishers and
Maine Preservation. Paperback. $35.00.
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DAY'S WORK, PART II, A Sampler of Historic Maine Photographs, 1860-1920
Web item #59
Compiled
and Annotated by W.H.Bunting. This collection of photographs and
narrative captions have a wide appeal for anyone interested in Maine's
past. 384 pages and 225 black and white photographs. Pictures include
ships, hat factory, haying, Unity Farm, shuckers, apple picking, among
the many. From Tilbury House, Publishers and Maine Preservation.
Paperback. $35.00
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DORYMAN'S DAY
Web item #10
By
Captain R. Barry Fisher
Autobiographical tales of a Gloucester Masschusettes fisherman who
began as a wharf rat in the 1930s to become a Fleet Captain. With a
forward by Nathan Lipfert, library director of Maine Maritime Museum,
with many photographs from the Museum collection. Tilbury House,
Publishers, Maine Maritime Museum. Paperback. $15.00
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DOWN EAST: A Maritime History of Maine
Web item #29
Lincoln
Paine has provided an understanding of Maine's maritime history by
relating the population and landscape of today to their historic
foundations. From the first explorers to the century of ships, to
Maine's modern fisheries and diversification, Maine's maritime story is
told in engaging detail. From Tilbury House, Publishers. Paperback.
$14.95
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DOWN ON THE ISLAND, UP ON THE MAIN, A Recollected History of South Bristol, Maine
Web item #49
Compiled
and annotated by Ellen Vincent. This oral history of South Bristol,
Maine, grew from the community to create a collective memory of place,
spoken in the words of its people. Along the Maine coast, South
Bristol, a working town--including nearby islands, is a place where the
families and traditions are part of a generations-old continuum.
Includes 300 black and white photos. From Tilbury House, Publishers and
the South Bristol Historical Society. Paperback. $30.00.
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DOWN THE SHORE, The Faces of Maine's Coastal Fisheries
Web item #111
Photographs
by Nance Trueworthy, Text by Michael Crowley. Here is an accurate and
handsome portrait of the men and women who earn a varied living along
the Maine coast. In Maine, fishing is more than just a business, it's a
lifestyle, one that defines each day not only for those who fish, but
also for their families. With 123 color photographs. From Down East
Books. Hardcover. $30.00.
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FLY ROD CROSBY, The Woman who Marketed Maine
Web item #51
By
Julia Hunter and Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr. Cornelia Thurza Crosby
(1854-1946) stood six feet tall, was the fist woman to legally shoot a
caribou in Maine, held the first Maine Guide license issued, caught 200
trout in one day (she was an early advocate of catch-and-release)did
not believe women should have the vote, was friends with Annie Oakley,
and worked tirelessly to promote the sporting life in Maine. Over 100
photographs from the 1900s. From Tillbury House, Publishers, and Maine
State Museum. Paperback. $25.00
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HAULING BY HAND, The Life and Times of a Maine Island
Web item #85
By
Dean Lawrence Lunt. A realistic look at the history of Outer Long
Island, eight miles off the Maine coast. Originally founded in the
1820s by the Lunt Family, today it is a fishing community of 50 people
with one village, Frenchboro, a two-pupil school, a post office and one
business, and no general store or ferry service, only a hard-scrabble
way of life. From Islandport Press. Hardcover. $35.00
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HERE FOR GENERATIONS, A Story of a Maine Bank and Its City
Web item #89
By
Dean Lawrence Lunt, with an introduction by Stephen King. Bangor,
Maine, was the Lumber Capital of the World, when the Bangor Savings
Bank opened in the 1830s. This is a history of how Bangor Savings Bank
and the city of Bangor worked together, from the rise and fall of the
great lumber economy, through the depression of the 1870s, the Flood of
1902, the Great Fire of 1911, the Great Depression of the 1930s to
today, as the region's service and retail hub. From Islandport Press.
Hardback. $24.95.
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HISTORY OF LITTLE CRANBERRY ISLAND, MAINE
Web item #91
By
Hugh L. Dwelley. In conjunction with the Islesford Historical Society.
A history of the Frenchman Bay island that lies in the shadow of Acadia
National Park. It is one of only 14 year-round island communities left
in Maine. Also known as Islesford, this island was part of the Maine
Coastal history of maritime life, sailing and fishing. From Islandport
Press. Hardback. $20.00.
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Images of America: BATH AND WEST BATH
Web item #62
By
Joyce K. Bibber. Photographs of the towns of Bath and West Bath, Maine.
Bath is a ship building city, located on the Kennebec River. West Bath
was the farming community located on the New Meadows River. Here are
200 archival photographs from 1860 to 1960 of how a city grew and what
people looked like over 100 year period. From Arcadia. Paperback.
$19.99.
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Images of America: BATH IRON WORKS
Web item #61
By
Andrew C. Toppan. A collection of photographs of the Bath Iron Works,
located in Bath, Maine, from the beginning of the shipyard in 1884 to
the destroyers built today. Included are photographs of yachts, and
many of the destroyers built at B.I.W. for World War I and World War
II. This book provides a rare view inside one of the nation's great
shipyards. From Arcadia. Paperback. $19.99
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Images of America: GLIMPSES OF MAINE'S ANGLING PAST
Web item #69
By
Donald A. Wilson. This book returns to the time, around the beginning
of the Twentieth Century, when vacationers settled into the fishing
regions at camps and hotels for weeks at a time. Here are images from
Maine, divided into regions: Sebago Lakes, Belgrade Lakes, Rangeley
lakes, Down East, Penobscot River Valley, Moosehead Lake Region, and
northern Maine. From Arcadia. Paperback. $19.99
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Images of America: MAINE'S COVERED BRIDGES
Web item #63
By
Joseph D. Conwill. Photographs of covered bridges, only seven still
standing, the rest long gone, throughout the state of Maine. The
photographic records of these covered bridges remained, from Aroostook
County in the North to York County in the south. From Arcadia.
Paperback. $19.99.
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Images of America: THE AMERICA'S CUP YACHTS
Web item #64
By
Richard V. Simpson. America's Cup Yachts, the Rhode Island Connection.
These photographs include old rare images captured by biograph and
stereoscopic camera. Here are pictures of the New York Yacht Club,
Nineteenth Century Races, Sir Thomas Lipton and the Shamrock
Challenges, The Herreshoff Defenders and a gallery of Also Ran,
Challengers, Defenders and Contenders. From Arcadia. Paperback. $18.99.
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Images of America: THE PORTLAND COMPANY, 1846-1982
Web item #68
By
David H. Fletcher. The Portland Company began manufacturing railroad
locomotives for the Atlantic & St. Lawrence Railroad in 1846, and
continued until 1982, manufacturing snowplows, and other cast-metal and
fabricated products. This is a photographic history of the Portland
Company, and the city of Portland, Maine. From Arcadia. Paperback.
$19.99
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IMAGINING NEW ENGLAND
Web item #86
By
Joseph A. Conforti. Sub-titled "The Exploration of Regional Identity
from the Pilgrims to the Mid-Twentieth Century." This ambitious work
investigates New England as a cultural invention, tracing the region's
changing identity over three hundred years. The author shows how New
Englanders used fictional and non-fictional narratives to sustain their
New England identity, and to revise them to respond to the shifting
regional landscape. From University of North Carolina Press. Paperback.
$19.95
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IN MAINE
Web item #84
By
John N. Cole. A noted Maine essayist, this collection is subtitled,
"Essays on Life's Seasons" with essays titled, 'Beginnings,' 'Seasons,'
'Home Front,''Wildlife,' and 'Reflections.' From Islandport Press.
Hardback. $21.95.
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ISLANDS OF MAINE: Where America Really Began
Web item #105
By
Bill Caldwell. A history of the Maine Islands from the Vikings, the
Native American tribes, the early settlers to the rise of island
culture from rocky outpost to a flourishing trade hub, and into the
late 20th Century. Caldwell introduces memorable characters and
unforgettable places. From Down East Books. Paperback. $16.95.
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ISLANDS OF THE MID-MAINE COAST, Pemaquid Point to the Kennebec River
Web item #52
By
Charles B. McLane and Carol McLane. Using primary sources, old tax
assessments, court records and early maps to tell the history of the
Maine coastal mainland and the neighboring islands, including Pemaquid
Point, Georgetown, Damariscove, Damariscotta River, Boothbay,
Southport, Western Sheepscot and the Sheepscot and Black Rivers. Well
illustrated with maps and historic photographs. From Tilbury House,
Publishers and the Island Institute. Paperback. $35.00.
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ISLANDS OF THE MID-MAINE COAST: Penobscot Bay
Web item #53
By
Charles B. McLane and Carol McLane. Through primary sources, old tax
assessments, court records and early maps and photographs is a history
of the Penobscot Bay area with vintage photos and maps. Island areas
included are The Outer Island, Islands of the Western Shore, The Fox
Islands, Islesboro Group, Mid-Penobscot Bay Islands, Deer Isle, Isle au
Haut, Eastern Shore and Swans Island. Well illustrated with maps and
photographs. From Tilbury House Publishers, and the Island Institute.
Paperback. $35.00.
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KENNEBEC Cradle of Americans
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By
Robert P. Tristram Coffin. A history of the Kennebec River in Maine,
and the people who lived beside the river. From the Abenakis to the
Colonel period, Benedict Arnold's March to Quebec, through the American
Revolution, continuing to the 1930s, this is an enjoyable history of
the Kennebec River written by a Pulitzer Prize winning poet. From Down
East Books. Paperback. $16.95.
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LETTERS FROM THE SEA, 1882-1901, Joanna and Lincoln Colcord's Seafaring Childhood
Web item #58
By
Parker Bishop Albee, Jr. The Colcord children spent most of their youth
on their father's ships, and the family's richly detailed
journal-letters to family members ashore, their logbooks, photographs,
and later correspondence give us a splendid window into the life of a
seafaring family as they share their joys and concerns, curiosity and
adventures. With black and white photographs. From Tilbury House,
Publishers, with Penobscot Marine Museum. Hardback. $35.00.
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LIGHTHOUSES OF MAINE
Web item #116
By
Bill Caldwell. A master storyteller, Caldwell leads you on a historical
tour of all 68 Maine lighthouses. Legends, lore, and the history of the
impressive signals come to life. With 22 black and white phots, 11
drawings. From Down East Books. Paperback. $16.95.
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LOBSTERS GREAT & SMALL
Web item #118
By
Philip Conkling and Anne Hayden. Subtitled, "How Scientists and
Fishermen are Changing our Understanding of a Maine Icon." A
comprehensive view of the cooperation and collaboration of the Maine
lobster fishery, and state agencies and research institutions to
investigate the health and future of the lobster resource. Includes 100
color and 19 black and white photographs by Peter Ralston, plus
satellite images. from Down East Books. Paperback. $24.95.
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MAINE LAKES
Web item #54
Photographs
by Christopher Barnes, Text by Sarah Stills Bright.This 10" x 10" color
photography book is an invitation to revisit freshwater memories and to
appreciate the beauty of Maine Lakes. From Tilbury House Publishers and
the Maine Lakes Conservancy Institute. Hardcover. $40.00.
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MAINE LOBSTER BOATS: Builders and Lobstermen Speak of Their Craft
Web item #104
By
Virginia L.Thorndike. Maine's lobster boats are marvels of efficiency,
their trim lines a perfect marriage of form and function. Virginia
Thorndike interviews Mainers whose lives are intertwined with the
lobster boat. Includes 44 black and white photos. From Down East Books.
Paperback. $16.95.
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MAINE SAIL: An Artist's Journal of a Cruise Down East
Web item #107
By
Margaret S. McCrea. Highlights of the artist's illustrated journals of
her cruises along the maine coast, in both words and beautiful
watercolor sketches and paintings. With 250 color reporductions. From
Down East Books. Hardcover. $26.00.
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MAINE, A View from Above
Web item #112
Photographs
by Charles Feil. Acclaimed photographer Charles Feil pays tribute to
Maine with his stunning images. He carries us over the state,
presenting familiar sights from an unfamiliar perspective. The 100
aerial photographic views are from Kittery to Mount Katahdin. From Down
East Books. Paperback. $19.95.
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MAINE: A NARRATIVE HISTORY
Web item #46
By
Neil Rolde. Historian, writer and former legislator, Rolde gives us the
complete history of Maine politics and beyond. From the Stone Age to
today, this history honors, ballyhoos, investigates, and studies the
people and politics that built and influence life in the State of
Maine. Filled with intriguing facts, photographs, maps, and
memorabilia, this one-volume narrative is an excellent reference guide
and entertaining read. From Tilbury House, Publishers. Paperback.
$19.95.
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MERCHANT OF THE MEDOMAK: Stories from Waldoboro Maine's Golden Years 1860-1910
Web item #67
By
Mark W. Biscoe. Waldoboro, Maine along the Mid Coast of Maine was noted
for its shipbuildnig and for the men who went to sea. This is a
chronicle of those families and of the change from Shipbuilding to a
Maine town. Amply illustrated with archival photographs, original
newspaper articles, and maps. From Lincoln County Publishing Company
with Waldoboro Historical Society. Paperback. $32.00.
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MOOSE AND A LOBSTER WALK INTO A BAR
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By
John McDonald. A collection of essays and stories of stretched truths
and wry observations made by a Maine humorist and storyteller. Here are
essays about the economic power of Maine's Yard Sale industry, how
Massachusettes is still upset because it allowed Maine to become a
state in 1820, and is buying it back, one house at a time, and how the
black fly is an attempt to control tourists, as well as Maine
characters like Uncle Abner, Merrill Mizey and Hollis Eaton. From
Islandport Press. Paperback. $14.95
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NO PLUCKIER SET OF MEN ANYWHERE
Web item #66
By
Mark Wyman Biscoe.The Story of Ships and Men in Damariscotta and
Newcastle, Maine. A history of the shipbuilding area of two towns along
the Mid Coast area of Maine. With archival photographs, posters, ship
plans and lists of ships built and genealogy of the area. Paperback.
$25.00
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ON TUGBOATS Stories of Work and Life Aboard
Web item #102
By
Virginia L. Thorndike. Captains and Crews of hard-working and
indeispensable tugboats tell their stories: about old and new tugs, the
dangers of the job and life aboard the tugboat. With 115 black and
white photos. From Down East Books. Paperback. $18.95.
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ON WILDERNESS, Voices from Maine
Web item #50
Edited
by Phyllis Austin, Dean Bennett and Robert Kimber. Nearly forty
writers, artists and photographers in this extraordinary collection
raise their voices for wilderness, bearing witness to the central role
it plays in Maine, its importance to our understanding of nature, and
to our sense of who we are in the world. Illustrated. From Tilbury
House, Publishers. Paperback. $15.00.
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ONE MAN'S MEAT
Web item #42
By
E.B.White. With a new foreward by Roger Angell. "What is possibly the
single best book on the Down East experience is finally back in
print..." Down East Magazine. First published in 1942, "One Man's Meat"
is E.B. White's collection of essays, originally a series of pieces for
Harper's Magazine, begins when E.B. White left New York City and moved
to a saltwater farm in Brooklin, Maine. White's observations on town
meetings, poultry, the weather, songbirds, compost, taxes, war, winter
and much more will resonate today--to anyone attuned to Maine life.
From Tilbury House, Publishers. Paperback. $14.95./p>
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PAINTINGS OF MAINE
Web item #113
Compiled
by Arnold Skolnick and Carl Little. Nearly every prominent U.S.
landscape artist has painted Maine's rugged coast, mountains, forests,
and seaside towns. This book collects 89 of these masterpieces, by
artists from Milton Avery, George Wesley Bellows, Winslow Homerm, Jamie
Wyeth and William Zorach. From Down East Books. Paperback. $19.95.
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PIRATES OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC
Web item #121
By
William S. Crooker. The most notorious pirates to visit North America
are detailed this informative history. Here are bone-chilling episodes
of greed and murder on the icy seas. Here are vivid stories about the
ships Saladin, Mary Celeste and Zero. From Nimbus Publishing.
Paperback. $14.95.
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QUITE A CURIOSITY: The Sea Letters of Grace F. Ladd
Web item #125
Edited
by Louise Nichols. Grace Ladd of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, kept a fine
seafaring travelogue while at sea in the 19th Century. Her letters to
her father provide a charming account of her daily life aboard both
square-rigged vessels and teamers during the late Victorian era. From
Nimbus Publishing. Paperback. $18.95.
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RALPH STANLEY: Tales of a Maine Boatbuilder
Web item #108
By
Craig Milner and Ralph Stanley. One of the best-known designers and
builders of wooden boats, Ralph Stanley is recognized for his lobster
boats and Friendship sloops. This is the story of his family, his
boats, and his remarkable career. 86 black and white photographs and
drawings. From Down East Books. Hardcover. $24.95.
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REDISCOVERING S.P. ROLT TRISCOTT, Monhegan Island Artist and Photographer
Web item #47
by
Richard H. Malone and Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr.
In 1902 watercoloist Samuel Peter Rolt Triscott (1846-1925) moved
permanently to Monhegan Island, becoming the first artist to live there
year-round. A biographical essay on Triscott forms the core of this
book, with 50 paintings shown in full color. More than 60 black and
white photographs of Monhegan, printed from Triscott's glass plates are
also featured. From Tilbury House, Publishers, with the Monhegan
Museum. Paperback. $30.00.
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RIVERS OF FORTUNE, Where Maine Tides and Money Flowed.
Web item #115
By
Bill Caldwell. A cultural history of coastal Maine, with the cultural
history of the Penobscot, Kennebec, Saco and Damariscotta Rivers.
Covers more than 300 years, from the days of pioneer settlers to sea
captains, river men, lumberjacks, to merchant princes and shipbuilders,
all from Maine's vast human and natural resources. From Down East
Books. Paperback. $17.95.
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RIVERS OF MEMORY A Journey on Maine's Historic Midcoast Waterways
Web item #103
By
John Gibson. An eight-day kayaking exploration is the basis for John
Gibson's observations and musings on the significance of the Sheepscot,
the Damariscotta and the Kennebec Rivers, in Maine, and in U.S.
history, as well as their future use and protection. From Down East
Books. Paperback. $14.95.
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SCOONER MASTER, A Portrait of David Stevens
Web item #122
By
Peter Carnahan. David Stevens, a Nova Scotia farmer, built more than
seventy boats, among them some of the swiftest schooners on the
Atlantic coast. Here is a close-up of Stevens as a master craftsman and
yachtsman, as well as the people of Nova Scotia. From Nimbus
Publishing. Paperback. $16.95.
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SEASTRUCK
Web item #41
by
W.H. Bunting. "Seastruck" is about the final decades of American
square-rigged sail, as recorded in firsthand accounts of voyages made
by three well-born men from Massachusetts, who financed the
construction of the ships, William J. Rotch, the Guy C. Gross, and the
Astral, in Bath, Maine, and then served on the ships. Tod Swift kept a
journal aboard the Astral, relating the reality of a prolonged, hungry
and difficult voyage from Philadelphia to Japan and back to San
Francisco. W.H. Bunting is also the author of Portrait of a Port:
Boston 1852-1914 [Harvard University Press]From Tilbury House,
Publishers. Hardback. $30.00.
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SEAT ON THE SHORE; Quietly Admiring the Maine Coast
Web item #123
Photography
by Nance Trueworthy. A collection of photographs that shows Maine off
the beaten track, along the shoreline. In many of the beautiful images
in this book, there are one or more comfortable chairs, waiting for the
reader to "set a spell" and take in the beauty of of Maine's
extraordinary coast. From Down East Books. Hardback. $30.00.
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STRATFORD AND THE SEA
Web item #65
By
Lewis G. Knapp. Part of The Making of America Series. This is a history
of Stratford, Connecticut, from the revolutionary War through the early
Twentieth Century of sailing, merchant marines, oyster fishery, and the
rush of progress and industry brought to Stratford by Igor Sikorsky and
his flying boats. With 200 vintage photographs, period maps and antique
postcards. From Arcadia and The Stratford Historical Society.
Paperback. $26.99.
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THE ALLAGASH
Web item #106
By
Lew Dietz. A history of the Allagash region and river that is the
center of the land that is in northwestern Maine. The history of the
Allagash s filled with loggers, poachers and inventors--all seeking to
conquor the wilderness. But there are also the naturalists and
conservationists who in 1966 created the Allagash Wilderness Waterway.
From Down East Books. Paperback. $15.95.
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THE BAXTERS OF MAINE, Downeast Visonaries
Web item #43
by
Neil Rolde. This is a double biography of a father and son who left a
vivid imprint on the State of Maine. James Phinney Baxter, the father,
was a mayor of Portland and a creator of Maine's modern park system.
Percival, the youngest son bought Mount Katahdin and 200,000
surrounding acres, leaving Maine a magnificent state park: Baxter State
Park. A look at Maine from the early 1800s to the end of the 1960s.
From Tilbury House, Publishers. Paperback. $14.95.
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THE COAST OF MAINE: An Informal History and Guide
Web item #114
By
Louise Dickinson Rich. A reprint of an informal history of Maine's
coast. This classic book is focused on the unchanging character of the
Maine land and its people, from a well known Maine author, who
personalizes a tour of the land she knew so well. With 25 black and
white photographs, and maps. From Down East Books. Paperback. $16.95.
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THE COWS ARE OUT! Two Decades on a Maine Dairy Farm
Web item #90
By
Trudy Chambers Price. Growing up in Aroostook County, Maine, the author
picked potatoes for 25 cents a barrel. She and her husband moved to
Central Maine in 1966 and bought a 150 acre dairy farm. This is about
her 23 years at Craneland Farm, capturing the pleasures and the
never-ending work and financial uncertainty that is part of the life of
a dairy farmer. From Islandport Press. Paper back. $15.95.
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THE EVERLASTING SEA
Web item #28
The
Everlasting Sea Marine Artists Past & Present Exhibition at Maine
Maritime Museum that was shown November 1, 2003 - January 4, 2004. Full
color exhibition catalog, 40 pages, representing the 23 participating
marine artists of The Fellows of the American Society of Marine
Artists, in association with FleetBoston Financial Corporate Art
Collection. $9.95.
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THE INTERRUPTED FOREST: A History of Maine's Wildlands
Web item #45
By
Neil Rolde. A perspective history of land ownership in Maine's north
woods. This is a readable history beginning with the geologic time, to
Indians who left their mark, to the "kingdom" buyers, to today's
clearcutting referenda, paper mill buyouts, camp leases, land claims
settlements, a new national park and more. From Tilbury House,
Publishers. Paperback. $20.00
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THE OLD TOWN CANOE COMPANY, Our First Hundred Years
Web item #56
By
Susan T. Audette with David E. Baker. The Old Town Canoe Company has a
rich history, and its story is told here in entertaining and colorful
detail, from the earliest wood-and-canvas canoes to launches,
runabouts, dinghies, and sailboats to today's sleek polymer kayaks.
With black and white, and color photographs and illustrations. From
Tilbury House, Publishers. Paperback. $30.00.
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THE PATTENS OF BATH, A Seagoing Dynasty
Web item #13
By
Kenneth R. Martin Ralph Linwood Snow
At the beginning of the 19th Century, the Patten family arrived in the
wilderness of Maine. During the next hundred years, they cut down that
wilderness to build large vessels and establish one of the largest
private fleets in North America. Illustrated. Published by Maine
Maritime Museum and Patten Free Library, Bath, Maine. Paperback.
$22.95.
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THE SKOLFIELDS AND THEIR SHIPS
Web item #11
By
Erminie S. Reynolds Kenneth R. Martin
The Skolfields, a prominent ship building family of Harpswell, Maine,
that spanned three centuries, demonstrated "A Singleness of Purpose."
This is the history of the Skolfield family and their clipper ships.
Maine Maritime Museum, Publishers. Hardback, $27.95.
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THE SNOW SQUALL, The Last American Clipper Ship
Web item #8
By
Nicholas Dean The illustrated history of the Maine clipper ship, Snow
Squall, built in 1851. She sailed around the world for thirteen years,
having problems with her crew and cargo, to run aground near Cape Horn
in 1864. Her bow was found in the 1980s, near the Falkland Islands. The
Expedition Accounts of that recovery are by David C. Switzer. Tilbury
House, Gardiner, ME. Hardback. $30.00.
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THE STORY OF MOUNT DESERT ISLAND
Web item #82
By
Samuel Eliot Morison. A two-time winner of the Pulitzer prize for
history, Morison lived on and sailed around Mount Desert Island. This
is a 116 page breezy history of the Island, from the early Abnaki
tribes to the 1950s. A revised edition of the book originally published
in 1960 with added photographs. From Islandport Press. Hardback. $19.95.
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THE TANCOOK WHALERS: Origins, Rediscovery, and Revival.
Web item #12
By
Robert C. Post
Originally built in Nova Scotia during the Nineteenth Century, a
replica Tanacook whaler was built at Maine Maritime Museum apprentice
shop in 1977. Here is the history of the ship and the story of her
replication. With schematics of different whalers and photographs.
Maine Maritime Museum. Paperback. $15.00.
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THE WOOD & CANVAS CANOE
Web item #55
By
Jerry Stelmok and Rollin Thurlow. Subtitled, "A Complete Guide to its
History, Construction, Restoration, and Maintenance." This history
begins with the birchbark canoe, then follows the canoe craze at the
beginning of the Twentieth Century when the art of the wood-and-canvas
canoe was perfected. This book provides the step-by-step construction
of an E.M. White designed 18 foot wood and canvas canoe. Fold out plans
are included. Also provided are details on canoe repair and
restoration. Well illustrated with photographs and plans. From Tilbury
House, Publishers. Paperback. $19.95.
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UNSETTLED PAST, UNSETTLED FUTURE: The Story of Maine Indians
Web item #44
By
Neil Rolde. A history of the Indians in Maine, spanning the
pre-history, the first contact between Europeans and Indians, how wars
and treaties affected tribal lands, and why Maine Indians were treated
differently from many of the other tribes in the United States. This
book includes the legends, culture and struggles with government
agents, and the long fight for the right to vote. Many Maine Indians
have contributed their stories to the book. From Tilbury House,
Publishers. Paperback. $20.00.
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WENDAMEEN, The Life of an American Schooner from 1912 to the Present
Web item #119
By
Captain Neal Parker. This is the story of the restoration of John
Alden's first schooner. Here are photographs and anecdotes that
document the schooner's rich and colorful history, as well as the
challenging process of rebuilding her from the keel up. With 154 black
and white photographs, plans and drawings. From Down East Books.
Paperback. $16.95.
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WILDFIRE LOOSE, The Week Maine Burned
Web item #117
By
Joyce Butler. In October, 1947, Maine was engulfed by the worst fire in
its history. Before the flames were quenced, 200,000 acres had burned.
This is the definitive account of those days. Written by the former
curator of Brick Store Museum and Maine Historical Society. 38 black
and white photographs, and maps. From Down East Books. Paperback.
$16.95.
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WINDJAMMER WATCHING ON THE COAST OF MAINE
Web item #120
By
Virginia L. Thorndike. Subtitled, "A Guide to the Famous Windjammer
Fleet and Other Traditional Sailing Vessels. This well-known guide is a
systematic review of the Maine windjammer fleet: how to identify the
boats as well as histories and vital statistics for each. 82 black and
white photographs and 18 silhouettes and drawings. From Down East
Books. Paperback. $12.95
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