Thorndike, Virginia L., - How We Got There from Here: remembering the days of steamers, trolleys & Model T's to Maine.

Camden, Maine, Down East Books, (1997). First printing. Fine large size PB. Drawing on period photos and interviews with Mainers who can still remember when schooners carried more cargo than trucks,. horses shared the roads with Model T's, and narrow-gauge railroads served the rural towns and industries. Blends many voices into an engagine look at travel before the days of the Interstate. Beautiful condition. Chapter on Captain Eliot Winslow when everything was boats, Cecil Pierce reminisces. Separate review sheet from publisher included.

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