Author : Dwight B. Demeritt
Publisher : Tilbury House Distr
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,35 MB
Release : 2001-04
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780884482352
The long and rich history of Maine's firearm industry is a story of highly skilled Yankee gunsmiths, inventors, colorful characters, and entrepreneurs.
Author : Katy Kelleher
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 12,45 MB
Release : 2017-08-29
Category : Art
ISBN : 1616896817
Amid the sublime beauty of Maine—its primordial forests, remote lakes, rugged mountains, and craggy coastline blooms a handmade culture fed by heritage, self-sufficiency, and collaboration. Handcrafted Maine: Art, Life, Harvest & Home features lively profiles of more than twenty artists, artisans, and craftspeople—weavers and potters, a painter, an architect, a boatbuilder, a leatherworker, bakers, lobster-men, and more—at work in the woods, towns, and cities of Maine, celebrating the triumphs and challenges of entrepreneurship and independence. Including more than 225 inspiring color photographs and intimate narrative portraits, Handcrafted Maine provides a window into the inner lives of creatives and brings to life the powerful environment and spirited character that nurture the unbridled ingenuity and common-sense approach to craft and life found Down East.
Author : Robert McCloskey
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 20,32 MB
Release : 2004-10-21
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 067005934X
From those famous ducklings to Homer Price's delicious donuts, generations of children have grown up delighting in the timeless stories of Robert McCloskey. Here, for the first time, all of his published works--Make Way for Ducklings, Blueberries for Sal, Lentil, Time of Wonder, One Morning in Maine, Burt Dow, Deep-Water Man, Homer Price and Centerburg Tales--are brought together. With biographical information and photographs, and an introduction by renowned critic Leonard Marcus that outlines McCloskey's career and his unforgettable contribution to children's literature, this collection is an in-depth look at the life and work of an extraordinary children's book legend.
Author : Adam Gamble
Publisher : Good Night Books
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 14,1 MB
Release : 2011-11-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1602199175
From lobster boats to puffins, this delightful board book celebrates everything the great state of Maine has to offer. Young readers will recognize all their favorite sites and attractions including whales, Acadia National Park, black bears, seals, rafters and kayakers, boating, beaches, lakes, moose, Mount Katahdin, lighthouses, villages, and more.
Author : Kevin Murphy
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 29,96 MB
Release : 2004-05
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781568984490
Colonial Revival Maine provides an account of how this interest in the classical influences of colonial- and federal-era buildings engaged the imagination of a group of architects and their draftsmen in the late nineteenth century. Together, these designers created the charming streetscapes and bucolic retreats that today dot the Maine coast."
Author : Erin French
Publisher : Clarkson Potter
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 33,27 MB
Release : 2017-05-09
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 0553448439
An evocative, gorgeous four-season look at cooking in Maine, with 100 recipes No one can bring small-town America to life better than a native. Erin French grew up in Freedom, Maine (population 719), helping her father at the griddle in his diner. An entirely self-taught cook who used cookbooks to form her culinary education, she now helms her restaurant, The Lost Kitchen, in a historic mill in the same town, creating meals that draw locals and visitors from around the world to a dining room that feels like an extension of her home kitchen. The food has been called “brilliant in its simplicity and honesty” by Food & Wine, and it is exactly this pure approach that makes Erin’s cooking so appealing—and so easy to embrace at home. This stunning giftable package features a vellum jacket over a printed cover.
Author : Lynn Plourde
Publisher : Down East Books
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 46,12 MB
Release : 2020-03-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1608937127
Maine is turning 200 and Paul Bunyan and his friend Moose want to throw a party as big as they are. With the help of their friends they plan a spectacular bash and invite every Mainer, as well as anyone from away who would like to attend. Culminating in a grand celebration, this book, weaving in elements of Maine facts and history, is itself a bicentennial celebration of Maine that will help the youngest readers come to love this special place.
Author : Tonya Shevenell
Publisher :
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 27,66 MB
Release : 2019-11-12
Category :
ISBN : 9781733951609
A 52-page hardcover children's book celebrating the wildlife, geography and magic of Maine through the birthday stories and special wishes of animal friends, The Maine Birthday Book is from the imagination of Maine native, Tonya Shevenell, with watercolor illustrations by Laura Winslow.Birthday stories abound when a thoughtful chickadee asks his friends from all over Maine's woods, waterways and wilderness a special question: what do you wish for? Join Doodles, a puffin from Knox County; Socks, a black bear from Penobscot County; Chester, a snowshoe hare from Franklin County and the rest of the animal friends for a party to be enjoyed any day of the year.
Author : Earl Brechlin
Publisher : Islandport Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 12,72 MB
Release : 2020-06-09
Category :
ISBN : 9781944762803
Wild! Weird! Wonderful! Maine. celebrates more than 300 of the natural wonders, characters, inventors, historical firsts, legends, and landmarks, that give the state its zest.
Author : Maine. Office of Business Development
Publisher :
Page : 61 pages
File Size : 33,22 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Home-based businesses
ISBN :
