Author: Richardson, John M., foreword by Ben Ames Williams,
Title: Steamboat Lore of the Penobscot: an informal story of steamboataing in Maine's Penobscot region.
Description: Augusta, Kennebec Journal Print Shop, (1941). VG. Inscribed by author. Rise and fall of steam navigation in Penobscot River and its two bays. Laid in front DJ flap. Starting from its earliest beginnings and carrying thrugh to the last melancholy sailing of one of the great white flyers on which the author was the sole passenger. Views each of the 100 odd steamers that built the history of the Penobscot region, her successes, faillures, virtues, vices, tragedies and humorous escapades. "The tang of the sea in every line.".

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