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L'enclume et le Couteau
norman beaupre
NMDC, 1982
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Wednesdays Child
Rhea Cote Robbins
Rheta Press, 2008
Waterville, Maine..........I can relate also
I, like the author, Rhea Cote Robbins was brought up belingually in Waterville, Maine. My mother was born in Beauceville, Canada and moved to Maine to work in the Lewiston mills. My dad's parents were from Canada, and moved to the Waterville. When my mother would speak to my siblings and I, ...
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The Country of the Pointed Firs
Sarah Orne Jewett
NuVision Publications, 2008
Visit the Country
+ Jewett is a jewel
+ Wonderful little book
+ Visit Coastal Maine 100 Years Ago
+ A wonderful read...
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Not Your Average Bear & Other Maine Stories
Jerry Stelmok
Tilbury House Publishers, 2007
A Wonderful Book
+ What a great read!
Thank You! I wrapped myself up in this book and didn't let go until it was done. Engaging characters (human and otherwise) made reading it a pleasure. Not Your Average Bear is way above average!
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The Best Maine Stories: A Century of Short Fiction, by Sarah Orne Jewett, Ben Ames Williams, Carolyn Chute, ...
Charles Waugh, Martin Greenberg
Down East Books, 1986
A Priceless Collection
Every story in this collection is a gem that has been embedded in the pegmatite ledges of Maine until the publication of this book. Some of the stories are American classics, some are classics only here in Maine, and some have emerged from obscurity to grace the pages of this amazing book. No ...
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Following Their Footsteps: A Travel Guide & History of the 1775 Secret Expedition to Capture Quebec
Stephen Clark
Clark Books, 2003
FOLLOWING THEIR FOOTSTEPS, published in 2003, is a combination History and Travel Guide concerning the famous 1775 Revolutionary War Expedition to Capture Quebec, then the capitol of all Canada. Led by Col. Benedict Arnold, the small 1,100 man army left from Cambridge, MA and marched overland to Newburyport. Then it embarked on eleven small schooners and sloops for a journey down the coast and ...
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Lobster Chronicles, The: Life On a Very Small Island
Linda Greenlaw
Hyperion, 2003
CAPTIVATING READ.
+ Great read!
+ Very fun!
+ Life Among the Boredom and the Chowder...
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The Beans of Egypt, Maine: The Finished Version
Carolyn Chute
Harvest Books, 1995
You're One in a Million
+ We'll all live just like the Beans...
+ Depressing but thought provoking
+ A Remarkable View of the Other Side of the Tracks
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Katahdin: An Historic Journey - Legends, Exploration, and Preservation of Maine's Highest Peak
John Neff
Appalachian Mountain Club Books, 2006
For millennia, Mount Katahdin has loomed over the changing landscape we now call Maine's North Woods, inspiring and challenging people, from the Native Americans whose trade routes rounded its base; to Henry David Thoreau and Governor Percival P. Baxter, who forged new approaches to nature and conservation; to the hundreds of outdoorspeople who enjoy its trails and waterways each year. Superbly ...
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The Maine Woods
Henry Thoreau
ReadHowYouWant, 2006
ReadHowYouWant publishes a wide variety of best selling books in Large and Super Large fonts in partnership with leading publishers. EasyRead books are available in 11pt and 13pt. type. EasyRead Large books are available in 16pt, 16pt Bold, and 18pt Bold type. EasyRead Super Large books are available in 20pt. Bold and 24pt. Bold Type. You choose the format that is right for you. It is authors’s ...
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Coast Calendar
Robert Coffin
Down East Books, 2003
Coast Calendar, says its Pulitzer Prize-winning author, "is the story of the work and play, the human nature and the weather, the fauna and flora, the ups and downs in a simple, all-around Maine family that mixes farming of the sea with farming of the land." This is Robert P. Tristram Coffin's delightful chronicle of a year on the Maine coast. With a chapter for each month, beautifully handled ...
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One Morning in Maine
Robert McCloskey
Viking Press, 1952
Morning magic
+ Good book for the older crowd
+ Beautiful text and illustrations
+ Wonderful Picture Book!
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Deephaven and Selected Stories and Sketches
Sarah Orne Jewett
BiblioBazaar, 2007
I dedicate this story of out-of-door life and country people first to my father and mother my two best friends and also to all my other friends whose names I say to myself lovingly though I do not write them here.
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Fisherman's Bend (Jane Bunker)
Linda Greenlaw
Hyperion, 2008
Mainers' delight
+ Series Mystery Fans Should be Right at Home
+ Suspence galore-Fisherman's Bend
Jane Bunker's second outing outside of Miami - we are still left somewhat wondering as to why Jane has returned to her home state of Maine from Florida, where her mother had retrreated with her as a child to live. Luckily she is able to remain in her comfort zone on the water - the Atlantic Ocean ...
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Voyages: A Maine Franco-American Reader
Tilbury House Publishers, 2007
Voyages: not just for francos.
+ a fantastic voyage
+ Voyages: A Trip Not To Be Missed
+ Voyages
+ Knowledge gap about the French addressed
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