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Coast Calendar
Robert Coffin
Down East Books, 2003
Coast Calendar, says its Pulitzer Prize-winning author, "is the story of the work and play, the human nature and the weather, the fauna and flora, the ups and downs in a simple, all-around Maine family that mixes farming of the sea with farming of the land." This is Robert P. Tristram Coffin's delightful chronicle of a year on the Maine coast. With a chapter for each month, beautifully handled ...
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Lobster Chronicles, The: Life On a Very Small Island 59 reviews
Linda Greenlaw
Hyperion, 2003
CAPTIVATING READ.
+ Great read!
+ Very fun!
+ Life Among the Boredom and the Chowder...
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Fisherman's Bend (Jane Bunker)47 reviews
Linda Greenlaw
Hyperion, 2008
Mainers' delight
+ Series Mystery Fans Should be Right at Home
+ Suspence galore-Fisherman's Bend
Jane Bunker's second outing outside of Miami - we are still left somewhat wondering as to why Jane has returned to her home state of Maine from Florida, where her mother had retrreated with her as a child to live. Luckily she is able to remain in her comfort zone on the water - the Atlantic Ocean ...
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The Lighthouse Keeper's Wife 5 reviews
Connie Scovill Small
Univ of Maine Pr, 1999
A true life story
+ SOUL WARMER
+ Loaded with Charm!
+ The Lighthouse Keeper's Wife
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Sarah Orne Jewett : Novels and Stories : Deephaven / A Country Doctor / The Country of the Pointed Firs / ... 1 review
Sarah Orne Jewett
Library of America, 1994
comforting place to visit
The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896)(Sarah Orne Jewett 1849-1909) Okay, the time has finally come for me to make a horrible personal admission. I've had a secret for years now, one that strikes right to the core of my manhood : of an evening, I enjoy a nice cup of tea. Actually, it's an ...
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The Beans of Egypt, Maine: The Finished Version18 reviews
Carolyn Chute
Harvest Books, 1995
You're One in a Million
+ We'll all live just like the Beans...
+ Depressing but thought provoking
+ A Remarkable View of the Other Side of the Tracks
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Katahdin: An Historic Journey - Legends, Exploration, and Preservation of Maine's Highest Peak
John Neff
Appalachian Mountain Club Books, 2006
For millennia, Mount Katahdin has loomed over the changing landscape we now call Maine's North Woods, inspiring and challenging people, from the Native Americans whose trade routes rounded its base; to Henry David Thoreau and Governor Percival P. Baxter, who forged new approaches to nature and conservation; to the hundreds of outdoorspeople who enjoy its trails and waterways each year. Superbly ...
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Limerock-Maine Stories5 reviews
Christopher Fahy
Coastwise Press, 1999
Great Maine Stories
+ A very good collection of short stories
+ A very good collection of short stories
+ A Must Read Book
+ Limerock:Maine Stories
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The Collected Poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Filiquarian Publishing, LLC., 2007
The Collected Poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay is a collection of some of most popular poems written by Edna St. Vincent Millay. This compilation is an excellent work for those who are fans of the writings and poems of Millay, and should not be passed up by long-term fans of hers and newer generations who are just discovering her works for the first time.
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Following Their Footsteps: A Travel Guide & History of the 1775 Secret Expedition to Capture Quebec
Stephen Clark
Clark Books, 2003
FOLLOWING THEIR FOOTSTEPS, published in 2003, is a combination History and Travel Guide concerning the famous 1775 Revolutionary War Expedition to Capture Quebec, then the capitol of all Canada. Led by Col. Benedict Arnold, the small 1,100 man army left from Cambridge, MA and marched overland to Newburyport. Then it embarked on eleven small schooners and sloops for a journey down the coast and ...
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The Best Maine Stories: A Century of Short Fiction, by Sarah Orne Jewett, Ben Ames Williams, Carolyn Chute, ... 1 review
Charles Waugh, Martin Greenberg
Down East Books, 1986
A Priceless Collection
Every story in this collection is a gem that has been embedded in the pegmatite ledges of Maine until the publication of this book. Some of the stories are American classics, some are classics only here in Maine, and some have emerged from obscurity to grace the pages of this amazing book. No ...
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Maine Speaks: An Anthology of Maine Literature3 reviews
Maine Writers & Pubs Alliance, 1996
The best of its kind that I've encountered so far!
+ Speaking of Maine....
+ For anyone who loves Maine
What an intriguing selection of Maine writing! Here's one of my oldest friends, Edna St. Vincent Millay's Renascence. I was born in the shadow of Mt. Battie, where a 19-year-old poet wrote the stanzas that my dad and I could - between us - recite our way through. Here's some deliciously eerie ...
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The Summer of the Osprey1 review
Elisabeth Ogilvie
Down East Books, 2000
Re-reading Bennett's Island books
I have read all of Elisabeth Ogilvie's books over and over. They are wonderful, believeable stories of the Bennett family and others living on Bennett's Island from the 1940's to the present day. I've enjoyed these books for many years and have just finished re-reading the entire series again ...
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The Maine Poets: A Verse Anthology
Wesley McNair
Down East Books, 2003
More than most states, Maine has always had a rich literary heritage, including such poetic luminaries as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Edwin Arlington Robinson, and Edna St. Vincent Millay. Some of the work of these three, plus that of 34 other poets, make up this comprehensive anthology. Editor Wesley McNair has selected the finest poems by Maine's best poets, and the styles range from classic to ...
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Not Your Average Bear & Other Maine Stories2 reviews
Jerry Stelmok
Tilbury House Publishers, 2007
A Wonderful Book
+ What a great read!
Thank You! I wrapped myself up in this book and didn't let go until it was done. Engaging characters (human and otherwise) made reading it a pleasure. Not Your Average Bear is way above average!
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Without a Map: A Memoir55 reviews
Meredith Hall
Beacon Press, 2008
An unforgettable memoir
+ An Indictment of Those Times
This is the harrowing tale of a child who was betrayed by her mother and father, and a child who became a mother and then betrayed her own child. The story begins with the sudden loss of everything that Meredith Hall held dear--her parents' love, her home, her place in the community, her school ...
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Slipknot (Jane Bunker Mysteries)19 reviews
Linda Greenlaw
Hyperion, 2008
The Title Has No Significance?
+ Dead drunk: Greenlaw's first fiction is pretty good
+ A lively, fast-paced adventure
+ Slipknot
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Windswept2 reviews
Mary Ellen Chase
Islandport Press, 2006
Life on a farm on the Maine coast.
+ I found a library copy
A wonderful book about life on a farm perched on the rocky edge of the Maine coast. The land is rough, sometimes bleak and gray, but it leaves you with a warm feeling. I first read it in 1965. If you can find a copy so I can give it to my children, please let me know.
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All Fisherman are Liars: True Adventures at Sea16 reviews
Linda Greenlaw
Hyperion, 2005
Marine science, diving adventure, boat regulations and management and more blend with riveting adventure tales
+ Swappin' yarns down at the Dry Dock
+ Swapping tales over a pint and a chowder
+ Some good stories
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Deephaven and Selected Stories and Sketches
Sarah Orne Jewett
BiblioBazaar, 2007
I dedicate this story of out-of-door life and country people first to my father and mother my two best friends and also to all my other friends whose names I say to myself lovingly though I do not write them here.
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