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University of Maine Press
Acadian Hard Times: The Farm Security Administration in Maine’s St. John Valley, 1940-1943 [Paperback] Doty, C. Stewart; Collier, John; Delano, Jack; Walas, Jack; University of Maine at Fort Kent; Acadian Village and University of Maine Museum of Art
1991: by C. Stewart Doty- Reveals the great work of the Farm Security Adm.. The author located 100 members of the 20 families photographed. This is their story and what the Farm Security Adm. did for them from 1940-1943.
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University of Maine Press
Bedside: The Art of Medicine [Hardcover] Michael A. Lacombe
This collection of stories, though fiction, is a rich depiction of Maine people–doctors, nurses, patients, and families–and their stories ring true in every sense. The cover photograph is of a “left-handed house” referred to in the story “Left-handed Favor,” of the Biddeford-Saco general practitioner who used a secret code with his office and local pharmacist to help indigent patients.
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University of Maine Press
Beyond Port and Prejudice: Charles Lloyd of Oxford, 1784-1829 [Hardcover] Baker, William J.
For one who was not particularly known for his spirituality or for his preaching and who compiled a meager scholarly record and was a weak administrator, Charles Lloyd certainly rose quickly in the Church of England. The chief merit of this study is that it tells us why: Lloyd was eminently political, especially with regard to his own advancement.
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University of Maine Press
Blanchard Weather Report [Hardcover] W. M. Hunt and Todd Watts
Blanchard Weather Report is a discrete set of photographs within Todd Watts’s extensive life’s work. “The Blanchard Weather Report began as a visual report sent to friends who asked. A visual conversation. A wordless documentary discourse carried on over the internet. In those first pictures, there were objects – trees, and rocks, and streams, and grass – but the weather …
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University of Maine Press
Celebration of Maine Children’s Books [Paperback] Plourde, Lynn and Knowles, Paul
A Celebration of Maine Children’s Books features 185 Maine children’s books, divided into logical age and genre categories. The guide includes bibliographic information; full book summaries; learning activities for each book; biographies of authors and illustrators; names and addresses of authors, illustrators, and publishers; and reproductions of many covers and illustrations. The book ends with an “at presstime” section that presents …
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University of Maine Press
Discovering Elizabethan London: Diary and Sketches [Paperback] Thomson, Arline K.
Maine artist Arline K. Thomson first visited London in 1974 and returned on many occasions to sketch and write journal-entries that illuminate the vestiges of places described almost four centuries ago by John Stowe in A Survey of London. Much of what Thomson experienced is included in this volume of 160 architectural sketches, diary entries, and locating maps. Since its publication, …
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University of Maine Press
Discovery: Fifty Years of Craft Experience At Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Carl Little
Reading these wonderful testimonials was like walking into the dining room, to find it full of energetic people from around the country and abroad, engaged in conversations about their work and their lives. Makers of all kinds are represented in these pages–professionals and amateurs, first-time students, and those who have been here many times. Perhaps the most remarkable thing about …
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University of Maine Press
Early Maine Wildlife Historical Accounts of Canada Lynx, Moose, Mountain Lion, White-tailed Deer, Wolverine, Wolves, and Woodland Caribou, 1603-1930 [Hardcover] William B. Krohn and Christopher L. Hoving
While designed to be a reference-work for biologists, conservationists, folklorists, and historians, this book will also be of use to campers, hunters, trappers, and others interested in the region’s natural history. Early Maine Wildlife features early writings about the Canada lynx, moose, mountain lion, white-tailed deer, wolverine, wolves, and woodland caribou. To put the historical information about these species into a contemporary …
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University of Maine Press
Finding Katahdin: An exploration of Maine’s past Hassinger, Amy
Finding Katahdin: An Exploration of Maine’s Past presents an articulate, thoughtful understanding of Maine history in a way that engages students and introduces them to the discipline of historical research and scholarship. Finding Katahdin explores Maine in its various incarnations: as a land of prehistoric hunters and gatherers; a frontier where English, French, and Wabanaki cultures mix and clash; a …
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University of Maine Press
Grasses and Rushes of Maine [Perfect Paperback] Glen H Mittelhauser, Matt Arsenault, Don Cameron, Eric Doucette
Grasses and rushes are common components of ecosystems throughout the state, often found in both natural and human-altered landscapes. This guide incorporates high-resolution images of morphological structures. Photographs are of living plants, herbarium specimens collected within the state, and, less commonly, from plants outside of the state. It also has excellent coverage for neighboring states and Canadian provinces.
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