Down East Bookshelf
Books reviewed include: Pineland's Past: The First One "Hundred Years" by Richard S. Kimball, "Other Stories from Down East" by Marshall Dodge and Robert Bryan, "Wreck the Halls" by Sarah Graves, and "Angel Gabriel: The Elusive English Galleon" by Warren Riess.
Review of various plant and seed catalogs from around Maine and the USA.
Books reviewed include: "Cut Shot" by John R. Corrigan, "Le Québécoise: The Virgin Forest" by Doris Provencher Faucher, and "Islands of Maine: Where America Really Began" by Bill Caldwell.
A new book traces the use of the famed waterway from native canoeists to modern Boy Scouts. Location: Allagash River Chamberlain Farm
Bill Roorbach risked it all when he gave up his tenured teaching job to return to Maine. Image subjects: Bill Roorbach and family Location: Farmington, Maine
Books reviewed: Maine: "An Explorer's Guide by Christina Tree", "Moose by Art Rodgers", and "The Owner-Built Log House: Living in Harmony with Your Environment
Children's books reviewed: "The Story of the Sea Glass" by Anne Wescott Dodd, "Rosebud and Red Flannel" by Ethel Pochocki, "Lighthouse Lullaby by Kelly Paul Briggs, "Winter Waits" by Lynn Plourde, "L is for Lobster" by Cynthia Furlong Reynolds, "Simon and Molly Plus Hester" by Lisa Jahn-Clough and "Island
Books reviewed here include: "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich, "A week at the Lake" by Grace Butterfield Dow, "Play Hard, Rest Easy New England: The Ultimate Active Getaway Guide" by malcolm W. Campbell, "Letters from the Sea, 1882-1901: Joanna and Lincoln Colcord's
A new list of top Maine tomes seems to put a higher premium on rarity than readability.
Richard Russo's surprisingly witty new novel chronicles the demise of a Maine factory town.
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