Volume IV
The McLanes have delved into a wealth of primary sources, using old tax assessments, court records, and early maps, to spin their tales of the early settlers of Maine's islands and their descendants. here is history as it too seldom is in textbooks: colorful, human, downright irresistible. Each volume is replete with rare vintage photos and dozens of maps, and will delight all who love islands, the coast of Maine, or simply a good read. B&amp;W photographs, maps and charts

Islands of the Mid-Maine Coast: Pemaquid Point to the Kennebec River (Vol IV)

History

McLane, Charles B.

McLane, Carol

Americas

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Lura Beam pays homage to the smaller wonders of village life, from the rhythms of work dictated by weather, to education in a one-room schoolhouse, parties and celebrations, and the customs that created a community in Washington County, Maine, a century ago.

A Maine Hamlet

Beam, Lura

Daniell, With a new introduction by Jere

* John Lyman Book Award, 2002 -- North American Society for Oceanic History *
Volunteer archaeological expeditions pieced together the Snow Squall’s story along with the wreck itself, found in the Falkland Islands. This is a fascinating maritime detective story.
In the middle of the nineteenth century American clipper ships astounded the maritime world with their amazingly swift passages to and from faraway seaports, bringing back exotic and valuable cargoes of tea, spices, and silk. Of all those clippers, only one remains: the Maine-built snow squall, whose bow section was rescued from the remote Falkland Islands by the Snow Squall Project in the 1980s.
This book begins (and ends) with an unusual volunteer archaeological expedition in the aftermath of the Falkland War but quickly becomes a maritime detective story, as snow squall's story is pieced together further with information gleaned from shipping lists, newspaper accounts, disaster books, and diaries. Her world turns out to be a fascinating one, from the laying of her keel at the Butler yard in South Portland in 1851; to her captain's problems with storms, unruly crews, and attempted piracy; her owner's attempts to keep her profitable when news of her markets thousands of miles away was months old, and her cargo wouldn't be delivered until months later; and her last captain's heroic efforts to repair his badly damaged ship after going aground near Cape Horn in 1864.

Snow Squall: The Last American Clipper Ship

Arts & Photography

Dean, Nicholas

Photography & Video

The long and rich history of Maine's firearm industry is a story of highly skilled Yankee gunsmiths, inventors, colorful characters, and entrepreneurs. It is also a story that adds to our understanding of Maine's industrial history and the significant role of Maine's gunmakers during the Indian wars, the Industrial Revolution, and the Civil War. With over 400 illustrations and extensive appendices, Maine Made Guns &amp; Their Makers is an invaluable resource for the collector or anyone interested in Maine's extraordinary history. B&amp;W photographs

Maine Made Guns and Their Makers: Published with the Maine State Museum

Demeritt, Dwight

In 1902, esteemed watercolorist Samuel Peter Rolt Triscott (1846–1925), enamored with Monhegan’s beauty and remoteness, became the first artist to live there year-round, painting watercolors and oils and producing hand-tinted photographs.
Richard Malone’s writing complements Triscott’s masterful landscapes and glass plate photos, many of which are paired to show the same Monhegan vistas.
Published with The Monhegan Museum

Rediscovering S.P. Rolt Triscott: Monhegan Island Artist and Photographer

Shettleworth Jr., Earle G.

Malone, Richard H.

Humor & Entertainment

The Same Great Struggle: The History of the Vickery Family of Unity, Maine, 1634-1997

With the story of one American family--the Vickerys of Unity, Maine--Andrea Hawkes tells the history of our country and explores the power of connections, beginning with the first generation of Vickerys from England who founded Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1634, then following the fifth generation to the District of Maine just before the American Revolution as they extended the family network from Cape Elizabeth, east to Calais, and north to Unity where succeeding generations thrived for the next two hundred years. In the late 1800s the ninth generation of Vickerys expanded the family network to the Montana and Wyoming borderlands, and their stories of pioneer ranching and mining mirror the entrepreneurial spirit of their colonial ancestors, Hawkes keeps a keen historian's eye on the facts while weaving a fascinating tale.

Biographies & Memoirs

Hawkes, Andrea Constantine Dr

Community & Culture

With the story of one American family--the Vickerys of Unity, Maine--Andrea Hawkes tells the history of our country and explores the power of connections, beginning with the first generation of Vickerys from England who founded Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1634, then following the fifth generation to the District of Maine just before the American Revolution as they extended the family network from Cape Elizabeth, east to Calais, and north to Unity where succeeding generations thrived for the next two hundred years. In the late 1800s the ninth generation of Vickerys expanded the family network to the Montana and Wyoming borderlands, and their stories of pioneer ranching and mining mirror the entrepreneurial spirit of their colonial ancestors, Hawkes keeps a keen historian's eye on the facts while weaving a fascinating tale. B&W photographs

In 1912 Thomas Fleming Day, editor of The Rudder, decided to demonstrate the reliability of the internal combustion engine by taking a 35-foot double-ended powerboat from New York to St. Petersburg, Russia. The trip was an adventure: the vessel's freeboard was only 2 1/2 feet so she was usually awash and always rolling; the engine noise was deafening; and the boat caught fire and nearly blew up. After completing the rugged North Sea leg, Day writes, "The last thing I did was to visit the engine room and kiss the motor good-bye." Few would want to replicate his voyage. B&amp;W

The Voyage of Detroit

Day, Thomas Fleming

Published with the USM Muskie School
This collection of essays by Maine’s leading policy experts explores significant changes in Maine, challenges conventional thinking, and offers a new understanding of Maine and its place in the world. Where were we in 1960, where have we come in the years since, how did we get here, and where are we going? These questions guided the 22 speakers in a public lecture series presented by the USM Muskie School that examined Maine's changing economic, political, and social landscape. This book is a collection of essays that expand upon those talks and explore significant changes in Maine, important policy alternatives, and the prospects for the decade ahead. On such diverse subjects as housing, education, fishing, forestry, poverty, women's roles, the arts, being Native American, politics, and land use, they aspire to challenge conventional thinking, offer a new understanding of Maine and its place in the world today, and guide civic life and dialogue in the years ahead. B&amp;W drawings, maps and charts

Changing Maine: 1960-2010

Barringer Maine COnservation Leader Writer Researcher, Richard "Dick"

Published with the Island Institute
Set on a Penobscot Bay island, this sprawling new novel follows the lives of a dozen islanders and their families through tragedy, change, and triumph in a world that isn't as isolated as it once may have seemed. Although the story begins just after World War II, it is remarkably current as it explores timeless island themes: the subtle tensions (and attractions) between islanders and summer people, the special dynamics of island life, the inevitable competition for lobsters, and how an island community adjusts to change.

Red Right Returning: A Novel

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

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Islands of the Mid-Maine Coast: Pemaquid Point to the Kennebec River (Vol IV)

A Maine Hamlet

Snow Squall: The Last American Clipper Ship

Maine Made Guns and Their Makers: Published with the Maine State Museum

Rediscovering S.P. Rolt Triscott: Monhegan Island Artist and Photographer

The Same Great Struggle: The History of the Vickery Family of Unity, Maine, 1634-1997

The Same Great Struggle: The History of the Vickery Family of Unity, Maine, 1634-1997

The Voyage of Detroit

Changing Maine: 1960-2010

Red Right Returning: A Novel