Author: Clara Barnes MartinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mount Desert Island (Me.)
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Mount Desert, on the Coast of Maine
Author: Clara Barnes MartinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mount Desert Island (Me.)
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Rambles on Mount Desert
Author: B. F. DeCostaPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368124072
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1871.
Rambles in Mount Desert
Author: Benjamin Franklin DeCostaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mount Desert Island (Me.)
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Mount Desert; a History
Author: George Edward StreetPublisher: Boston : Houghton, Mifflin
ISBN:
Category : Canada History To 1763 (New France)
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Maine Cottages
Author: John M. BryanPublisher: Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN: 1568983174
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Robert R. Pyle Our sense of place and community is made up of memories—personal memories of first-hand experience; oral memories that recount our ancestors’ experiences; and f- mal, codified civic memories set down in laws, ceremonies, and rituals. Together they are vital building blocks of citizenship. In a vivid and meaningful way this book p- serves memories relevant to understanding the roots of communities on Mount Desert Island, Maine. The surnames of many of Mount Desert’s earliest settlers are still found in today’s telephone directories. In these families many oral traditions are passed down from generation to generation, building outward from a historical core like the rings of a tree. “Dad used to farm this field,” Fred L. Savage’s great-nephew Don Phillips told me once, gesturing toward an alder growth. “His father grew vegetables for the hotel, and my great-grandfather grew grains. This road used to go right on up over the hill, and they used it to move the cemetery up there from where the hotel is now. ” Describing the field, Don ignores the alders and the towering evergreens beyond them, for in his mind’s eye he sees yellow, waving wheat and rye, bare ground, and a narrow cart track leading up the hill into the distance, on which his ancestors tra- ported the remains of their own forebears to a new resting place. Oral traditions, living memory, set the stage for him, and he accepts the reality of things he has never seen.
Mount Desert
Author: Sargent F. CollierPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mount Desert Island (Me.)
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
The College of the Atlantic Guide to the Lakes and Ponds of Mt. Desert
Author: William V. P. NewlinPublisher: North Atlantic Books
ISBN: 1583947973
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Mt. Desert Island, located off the coast of Maine, is blessed with more than twenty-five lakes and forty streams, but most visitors to the island are attracted by its granite coast and never get to explore “the lake country.” The revised and expanded edition of this one-of-a-kind guide is designed to give visitors the tools they need to get the most of this remarkable feature of Mt. Desert. In collaboration with students, graduates, and a professor from College of the Atlantic, author and longtime island summer resident William Newlin offers tips on what lakes are best for activities like boating, swimming, fishing, hiking, biking, and picnicking and provides readers the specific details they will need to make the most of their visit. Just where do you launch your kayak? Where are the best picnic rocks? What fish are available? Containing beautiful photos and illustrations, detailed, full-color maps, and informative sidebars that fill the reader in on interesting bits of natural history and local lore, this is an essential resource for vacationers and local adventurers alike.
Time and Tide in Acadia
Author: Christopher CamutoPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393060676
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
An evocative exploration of the natural life of Maine's Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park.
Mount Desert Island
Author: Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr.Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738505053
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Annually, Mount Desert Island attracts over three million visitors to Acadia National Park, where lofty mountains, balsam-scented forests, and Maine's granite-lined coast enchant all. Almost bisecting the island is Somes Sound, a Norwegian-style fiord with three villages, Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor, nestled around its shores. In the 1850s, about two thousand residents made this pristine area their home, living off the sea and land with few visitors. By World War I, Mount Desert Island had become a destination for summer tourists. Mount Desert Island, with more than two hundred photographs selected from eleven collections, illustrates the transition of Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor as they evolved from isolated fishing and shipbuilding hamlets to meccas for Victorian summer visitors, a Who's Who of academia and theology. These images, some of them dating back to the Civil War era, bring to life the people, places, and events that form the history of these communities. From dignitary visits, such as that of the Archbishop of Canterbury, to carefree buckboard rides, Mount Desert Island demonstrates the broad range of rustic experiences and the complex lives of islanders as they forged their living in a changing economy. Both new and old visitors will recognize many of the images, though some will surprise all as they show places that no longer exist. Annually, Mount Desert Island attracts over three million visitors to Acadia National Park, where lofty mountains, balsam-scented forests, and Maine's granite-lined coast enchant all. Almost bisecting the island is Somes Sound, a Norwegian-style fiord with three villages, Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor, nestled around its shores. In the 1850s, about two thousand residents made this pristine area their home, living off the sea and land with few visitors. By World War I, Mount Desert Island had become a destination for summer tourists. Mount Desert Island, with more than two hundred photographs selected from eleven collections, illustrates the transition of Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor as they evolved from isolated fishing and shipbuilding hamlets to meccas for Victorian summer visitors, a Who's Who of academia and theology. These images, some of them dating back to the Civil War era, bring to life the people, places, and events that form the history of these communities. From dignitary visits, such as that of the Archbishop of Canterbury, to carefree buckboard rides, Mount Desert Island demonstrates the broad range of rustic experiences and the complex lives of islanders as they forged their living in a changing economy. Both new and old visitors will recognize many of the images, though some will surprise all as they show places that no longer exist.
The Best of Bar Harbor
Author: Greg HartfordPublisher: Down East Books
ISBN: 0892728841
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
On the doorstep of Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor offers everything from magnificent vistas to a downtown that bustles in summertime and is serenely quiet in winter. In this trim and elegant keepsake, photographer Greg Hartford has captured all the highlights of Bar Harbor, from the harbor itself; to the lively streets and intriguing galleries, eateries and shops; to the surrounding wilderness. His vibrant color images truly deliver the best of Bar Harbor.