Author: Philip W. Conkling
Publisher: Down East Books
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780892724789
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Island Institute founder Philip Conkling writes about Maine island residents and wildlife from prehistoric times to the present. He examines the geology and climate of the islands, as well as the changing culture of current island communities.
Author: Sarah Blake
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Published: 2019-05-07
Total Pages: 497
ISBN-13: 1250110262
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Instant New York Times Bestseller Longlisted for Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence 2020 New England Society Book Award Winner for Fiction “The Guest Book is monumental in a way that few novels dare attempt.” —The Washington Post The thought-provoking new novel by New York Times bestselling author Sarah Blake An exquisitely written, poignant family saga that illuminates the great divide, the gulf that separates the rich and poor, black and white, Protestant and Jew. Spanning three generations, The Guest Book deftly examines the life and legacy of one unforgettable family as they navigate the evolving social and political landscape from Crockett’s Island, their family retreat off the coast of Maine. Blake masterfully lays bare the memories and mistakes each generation makes while coming to terms with what it means to inherit the past.
Author: Philip W. Conkling
Publisher:
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Island Institute founder Philip Conkling writes about Maine island residents and wildlife from prehistoric times to the present. He examines the geology and climate of the islands, as well as the changing culture of current island communities.
Author: Alan P. Lightman
Publisher: Pantheon
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 1101871865
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this meditation on religion and science, Lightman explores the tension between our yearning for permanence and certainty, and the modern scientific discoveries that demonstrate the impermanent and uncertain nature of the world. As a physicist, he has always held a scientific view of the world. But one summer evening, while looking at the stars from a small boat at sea he was overcome by the sensation that he was merging with a grand and eternal unity, a hint of something absolute and immaterial. This is his exploration of these seemingly contradictory impulses, and the journey along the different paths of religion and science that become part of his quest. -- adapted from publisher info.
Author: Peter P. Blanchard
Publisher: UPNE
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 1584658606
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A couple set out on a bold and vigorous quest for independence and a more essential way of life on a Maine island
Author: Dean Lunt
Publisher: Islandport Press
Published: 2022-10-25
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781944762230
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Hauling by Hand tells the remarkable story of Frenchboro, Long Island, which sits eight miles off the coast, making it one of the state's most remote outposts. It is one of only 14 Maine islands still supporting a year-round community, while only a century ago, there were some 300 such communities. The island's roots were set in the 1820s by the Lunt family and a small band of pioneers who together carved an island community from the spruce and granite shores. Fueled by the shipping and fishing industries, Long Island evolved from outpost to important offshore port before economic changes transformed the island into a hardscrabble turn-of-the-century fishing village where nearly 200 residents scratched a living from depleted fishing stocks and rocky soil. Today, the town of Frenchboro has a population of nearly 50 people, but it has neither a general store, nor tourist hotel, nor daily ferry service. Instead there is a village, a soul, and a way of life.
Author: Charles B. McLane
Publisher: Tilbury House Distr
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 432
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Volume IIThe McLanes have delved into a wealth of primary sources to spin their tales of the early settlers of Maine's islands and their descendants.
Author: Carroll M. Haskell
Publisher: Polar Bear
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781882190096
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