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Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"John Cole's classic In Maine is a sometimes moving, sometimes lyrical, but always personal book that reveals a man examining the progress of life and a man reveling in a natural world that not only unfolds around him, but a world in which he is an active participant. In Maine features selected essays that first appeared in "John's Column" in the Maine Times--the influential newspaper he co-founded in 1968 and guided during its glory days in the 1970s"--...
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
In her early thirties, Louise Dickinson Rich took to the woods of Maine with her husband. They found their livelihood and raised a family in the remote backcountry settlement of Middle Dam, in the Rangeley area. Rich made time after morning chores to write about their lives. We Took to the Woods is an adventure story, written with humor, but it also portrays a cherished dream awakened into full life. First published 1942.
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Description
A memoir of Marion K. Stocking's canoe trip through the deep Maine woods, a century after Thoreau. Climbing Mount Katahdin in 1947 provides her with a baseline of untrammeled wilderness. On Katahdin her party has the mountain all to themselves as Thoreau did a century before: an experience of pure wilderness. This is a day-by-day account of her 1948 encounters with Maine woodsworkers for the new paper industry records a woods culture of humor and...
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Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"Whether you want to eat lobster in Maine, climb New Hampshire's White Mountains, or go skiing in Vermont, the local Fodor's travel experts in Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire are here to help! Fodor's Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time. This new edition has been fully-redesigned with...