FreeHand, Jolianna,

The Only Woman on Board: the photographs, diaries, letters and memorabilia of a Maine sea captain and his wife 1859-1908.

Camden, Maine, Picton Press, (1994). VG lg sz PB (11" wide x 8-1/2 high). This truly happened to a lady who had moved out of Maine to the Boston area where she experienced some difficulty in locating. some dividend checks that had not been forwarded to her. Once she found her account at the correct bank, the banker said anyone who moves away from Maine deserves to lose their checks. Amen. Originally entitled The Seafing Legacy in 1981. Built around photos, diaries, letters and memorabilia of an outgoing Yarmouth, Maine, sea captain and his more restrained Victorian wife. This book is the closest any of us are likely to get to walking the deck of an American Downeaster and living the lives of the poeople on board.

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Boeknummer: BOOKS055596I

Catalogus: Maine

French, Hugh T., editor and with introduction by,

Maine a Peopled Landscape: Salt documentary photography, 1978 to 1995.

Hanover, Univ. Press of New England, (1995). VG lg sz PB. A Maine strikingly different from the standard postcard views of mist-shrouded lobstering villages, or rocky, sun-splashed. shores. A record of the Native, the state's culture and soviety shot by students and vaculty of the Portland-based Center.

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Boeknummer: BOOKS054601I

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Galle, Janet,

Two Farms: essays on a Maine country life.

Bowdoing, ME, Galle Farm, (2006). 2nd ptg. G PB ex-library. This collection of Janet Galle's essays is a visit to rural Maine, a place where you can still see the stars, savor the. silence, and mark the seasons by the birth of a lamb, or the arrival of snow on a sugar-crystal January night. Galle is a naturalist, farmer, shepherd, teacher, mother, and always a writer. In 1981 she took samples of a proposed nature column to the newspaper office in Brunswick. Three weeks later, Country Ways made its debut and continued as a popular monthly column for 17 years. Library markings.

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Boeknummer: BOOKS053247I

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Genthner, Nancy Moody, edited by Kerry Leichtman,

What's Cooking at Moody's Diner: 60 years of recipes and reminiscences.

W. Rockport, ME, Dancing Bear Books, (1989). VG PB.

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Boeknummer: BOOKS052747I

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Gibson, John,

Maine's Most Scenic Roads: 25 routes off the beaten path.

Camden, Maine, Down East Books, (1998). 2nd prntg. VG PB.

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Boeknummer: BOOKS056848I

Catalogus: Maine

Gilpatrick, Gil,

Allagash:the story of Maine's legendary wilderness waterway.

Skowhegan, ME, Gil Gilpatrick, (1995). G PB. Gilpatrick skillfully weaves fact and fiction to tell the story of the mighty Allagash and the Bear Clan of the Wabnaki Indians. whose very survival depended on the river. Library markings.

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Boeknummer: BOOKS054074I

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Gould, John,

Dispatches from Maine 1942-1992.

NY, Norton, (1994). 1st prntg. VG iN VG DJ. 75 of his favorite colmns from 1942-1992. Unexpectedly moving autobiography for the young man building a family with a young. wife amd watching his childen row up with a love for natural beauty.Along the way there is a lifetime of misaventures with bulls, hornets and ducks. A simpler age.

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Boeknummer: BOOKS056734I

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Gould, John,

Maine's Golden Road.

NY, Norton, (1995). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ ex-library. A remarkable memoir of the annual vacation author Gould took for 32 consecutive summers with his daughter's father-in-law. Bill Dornbusch. These sojourns into the depths of the Maine woods have inspired Gould's finest and most emotionally resonant writing. With a naturalist's sensitivity to his environment and an infectious sense of humor, Gould writes of beautiful hikes through dense forests. of fly fishing for salmon and trout in deserted creeks, of culinary triumphs, and of outstanding friendship and then rural vacation inspired reflections on careers, femily, and the modern world. Gould lives in Friendship, Maine with his wife. Library markings.

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Boeknummer: BOOKS054077I

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Gould, John,

This Trifling Distinction: reminisences from Down East.

Boston, Little Brown, (1978). First edition. VG Hardback in G PICTORIAL DJ. An uproarious account of what it has been and is to be a Maine author. where everybody is either an author or a character. unparallel all tales. Not meant to be an autobiography. Goule is also a professional hunting guide, a fine sailor and fisherman, a maple sugarer. He lives in Friendship, Maine.

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Boeknummer: BOOKS056692I

Catalogus: Maine

Gould, John,

You Should Start Sooner in which widely separated topics are strangely discussed by an old cuss.

Boston, Little Brown, (1964). Fair ex-library. Tales about New England, library markings, edge wear, faded.

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Boeknummer: BOOKS055079I

Catalogus: Maine

Graham, Ada and Frank Graham, Jr.,

Kate Furbish and the Flora of Maine.

Gardiner, ME, Tilbury House, (1995). 1st ptg. VG lg sz PB. Text and cover design by Edith Allard, botanical illustration by Kate Furbish. A blend of illustration and narrative presents. the work and life of a unique 19th century woman of vision and courage plus a fascinating glimpse of Maine's natural landscape a century ago. Acquaints a wide audience for the first time with the life and watercolors of a remarkable 19th century artist and botanist who dedicate her life to collecting, classifying, and recording in sketches and watercolors the flora of Maine, through farms, woods, and isolated vilages of the Maine landscape of the last century, and read in her own words and see thru her exquisite paintings and field sketches her interpretation of the flowering world into which she ventured alone.

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Boeknummer: BOOKS055600I

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Hallowell Residents, Plumer, Paul S., front cover illustration,

Hallowell Memories by Residents of Hallowell.

Hallowell, Maine, Letter Systems, (1991). VG PB.

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Boeknummer: BOOKS055638I

Catalogus: Maine

at The Briarwood Center for Marine Biology & Harvard,

A Year in the Notch: exploring the natural history of the White Mountains.

Hanover, NH, Univ. Press of New England, (2001). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Chronicles a year spent exploring the north woods of New Hampshire. Through words and photos, Sargent a first rate. interpreter of modern science, "investigates a new area's geology, ecology, and natural history. Includes the original press release of the book in July 31, 2001.

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Boeknummer: BOOKS055603I

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Helfrich,

Mt. Desert Island and Acadia National Park: an informal history.

Camden, ME, Down East Books, (1978). 1st ed 4th ptg. VG lg sz PB. Third largest island on the coat of continental U.S. and five times larger than Manhattan and 6 times the area of Bermuda. Beautiful copy.

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Boeknummer: BOOKS053736I

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Holmes, Edward M.,

Mostly Maine: short stories and other writings.

Orono, ME, Univ of Maine at Orono, (1977). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG PB. Owner inscription front endpaper, some tanning.

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Boeknummer: BOOKS053041I

Catalogus: Maine