Islands in Time

Islands in Time
Author: Philip W. Conkling
Publisher:
Total Pages: 260
Release: 1981
Genre: History
ISBN:

Island Institute founder Philip Conkling writes about Maine island residents and wildlife from prehistoric times to the present. He examines the geology and climate of the islands, as well as the changing culture of current island communities.

The Guest Book

The Guest Book
Author: Sarah Blake
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Total Pages: 497
Release: 2019-05-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1250110262

Instant New York Times Bestseller Longlisted for Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence 2020 New England Society Book Award Winner for Fiction “The Guest Book is monumental in a way that few novels dare attempt.” —The Washington Post The thought-provoking new novel by New York Times bestselling author Sarah Blake An exquisitely written, poignant family saga that illuminates the great divide, the gulf that separates the rich and poor, black and white, Protestant and Jew. Spanning three generations, The Guest Book deftly examines the life and legacy of one unforgettable family as they navigate the evolving social and political landscape from Crockett’s Island, their family retreat off the coast of Maine. Blake masterfully lays bare the memories and mistakes each generation makes while coming to terms with what it means to inherit the past.

Islanders

Islanders
Author: Virginia Thorndike
Publisher: Down East Books
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2005-09-25
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 0892728280

Virginia Thorndike, Maine's own version of Studs Terkel, traveled to all the Maine coast islands that still maintain a year-round population and persuaded the islanders to talk openly about their lives. The result is a compulsively readable, unvarnished, and appealing portrait, much of it in the islanders? own words. The 15 islands not accessible by bridge that still have year-round populations are: Isle au Haut, Islesboro, the Cranberry Isles (near Mt. Desert Island), Eagle Island, Long Island (Frenchboro), Long Island (Casco Bay), Matinicus, Monhegan, North Haven, Swans Island, Vinalhaven, Peaks, Chebeague, Great Diamond, and Cliff.

Islands of the Mid-Maine Coast, Vol IV

Islands of the Mid-Maine Coast, Vol IV
Author: Charles B. McLane
Publisher: Islands of the Mid-Maine Coast
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780884481461

The McLanes have delved into a wealth of primary sources, using old tax assessments, court records, and early maps, to spin their tales of the early settlers of Maine's islands and their descendants. Here is history as it too seldom is in textbooks: colorful, human, downright irresistible. Each volume is replete with rare vintage photos and dozens of maps and will delight all who love islands, or simply a good read.

We Were an Island

We Were an Island
Author: Peter P. Blanchard
Publisher: UPNE
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2010
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1584658606

A couple set out on a bold and vigorous quest for independence and a more essential way of life on a Maine island