Author: Henry D. KingsburyPublisher:
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Category : Kennebec County (Me.)
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Illustrated History of Kennebec County, Maine; 1625-1799-1892
Author: Henry D. KingsburyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kennebec County (Me.)
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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The Kennebec Valley
Author: Seth Harding WhitneyPublisher: Augusta, Sprague, Burleith & Flynt, printers to the state
ISBN:
Category : Kennebec River Valley
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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Colonial Entrepreneur
Author: Olivia E. CoolidgePublisher:
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Dr. Silvester Gardiner was an extraordinary individual. In telling his story, Coolidge traces the early settlement of Maine, from the first settlers struggling to survive bitter winters in crude huts, to the gradual establishment of trade, sawmills, gristmills, and other commerce, and then attempts to increase the population with immigrants and instill civilization through the firm hands of religion, government, and Dr. Gardiner.
Around the Kennebec Valley: The Herman Bryant Collection
Author: Gay M. GrantPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 146710874X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Fans of Gay M. Grant's Along the Kennebec: The Herman Bryant Collection will enjoy these more than 200 newly released images taken by gifted South Gardiner photographer Herman Bryant (1858-1937). Now part of the collections of the Maine State Museum, Bryant's work documents late-19th- and early-20th-century life in the Kennebec River region during its industrial heyday. New information about Bryant and his family reveals fascinating stories about the people and places captured in his photographs. From Augusta downriver to Bath and the coastal islands, Bryant's lens captured the mills, factories, icehouses, and other ventures that once lined the river's banks. Vessels of all types that once made the river the artery of the region's life and economy can be seen along with images of the railroads that revolutionized travel. Bryant's poignant portraits, photographs of homes, and even images of beloved pets bring to life the industrious Maine people who built thriving communities.
The Upper Kennebec Valley
Author: Jon F. HallPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780752412276
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 134
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Black Robe on the Kennebec
Author: Mary R. CalvertPublisher:
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Category : Abenaki Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
"The Abenaki Indians called him "patlihoz," meaning Black Robe. The French in Quebec thought of him as a saintly man, possessed of great learning and dedication. The English in Boston called him a bloody incendiary, and were convinced that he was inciting Indian attacks on their frontier settlements in Maine. The controversy continues today: What was Sebastian Rale really like? In this volume Mary Calvert gathers together the complete story of Father Rale. Starting with his birth in 1652 and his upbringing near the border of Switzerland, she follows the trail of evidence leading through his Jesuit education and years of teaching in France; his assignment to the New World; his first meeting with Abenakis in Canada; and his perilous journey to far-off Illinois. Upon his return from the Illinois mission, Father Rale was assigned to the village of the Norridgewock Indians on the Kennebec River in Maine. Here he would live for most of the remaining thirty years of his life, preaching and teaching, corresponding with his family in France and his superiors in Quebec, and compiling a massive dictionary of the Abenaki language for which he is best known today. Death came suddenly August 23, 1724, when Rale was killed along with scores of his beloved Abenakis in an English raid. The story in largely told by Father Rale himself, in excerpts from his published and unpublished letters, and passages from his dictionary. The English point of view is shown through excerpts from colonial documents, and the author has sketched in the background of the French and English settlement of North America. The story is a dramatic one, set against the backdrop of bloody Indian wars and brave pioneer families, heartbreaking tales of captivity, religious clashes, tragic misunderstandings, adventures and narrow escapes that seem stranger than fiction. Above all, there is the intimate picture she draws of the proud Maine Abenakis of the colonial era, and the educated man who shared his life and soul with them. The story of Sebastian Rale is truly a Maine epic." -- Publisher's description
The Field House
Author: Robin Clifford WoodPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1647420466
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Born of illustrious New England stock, Rachel Field was a National Book Award–winning novelist, a Newbery Medal–winning children’s writer, a poet, playwright, and rising Hollywood success in the early twentieth century. Her light was abruptly extinguished at the age of forty-seven, when she died at the pinnacle of her personal happiness and professional acclaim. Fifty years later, Robin Clifford Wood stepped onto the sagging floorboards of Rachel’s long-neglected home on the rugged shores of an island in Maine and began dredging up Rachel’s history. She was determined to answer the questions that filled the house’s every crevice: Who was this vibrant, talented artist whose very name entrances those who still remember her work? Why is that work—so richly remunerated and widely celebrated in her lifetime—so largely forgotten today? The journey into Rachel’s world took Wood further than she ever dreamed possible, unveiling a life fraught with challenge, and buried by tragedy, and yet incandescent with joy. The Field House is a book about beauty—beauty in Maine island landscapes, in friendship, love, and heartbreak; beauty hidden beneath a woman’s woefully unbeautiful exterior; beauty in a rare, delightful spirit that still whispers from the past. Just listen.
Indian Antiquities of the Kennebec Valley
Author: Charles Clark WilloughbyPublisher: Maine State Museum Publications
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 254
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The History of Augusta
Author: Charles Elventon NashPublisher:
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Category : Augusta (Me.)
Languages : en
Pages : 634
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