MASH Goes to Maine

MASH Goes to Maine
Author: Richard Hooker
Publisher: Richmond Hill, Ont. : Simon & Schuster of Canada
Total Pages: 216
Release: 1973
Genre: Humorous stories
ISBN: 9780671782542

Mash

Mash
Author: Richard Hooker
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2009-03-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0061842117

Before the movie, this is the novel that gave life to Hawkeye Pierce, Trapper John, Hot Lips Houlihan, Frank Burns, Radar O'Reilly, and the rest of the gang that made the 4077th MASH like no other place in Korea or on earth. The doctors who worked in the Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals (MASH) during the Korean War were well trained but, like most soldiers sent to fight a war, too young for the job. In the words of the author, "a few flipped their lids, but most of them just raised hell, in a variety of ways and degrees." For fans of the movie and the series alike, here is the original version of that perfectly corrupt football game, those martini-laced mornings and sexual escapades, and that unforgettable foray into assisted if incompleted suicide—all as funny and poignant now as they were before they became a part of America's culture and heart.

Landslide

Landslide
Author: Susan C. Conley
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2022-09-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1984898000

This beautiful portrait of a family in a fishing village in Maine is "a fresh look at marriage, motherhood, and the wondrous inner lives of teenagers. A truly beautiful and unforgettable love story of a family on the brink” (Lily King, author of Writers & Lovers). A must-read from the critically acclaimed author of Elsey Comes Home. “I loved Landslide. You are right there with them in a fishing village in Maine, feeling the wind, the sea, the danger. Smart, honest, and funny, this is a story you won't forget.” —Judy Blume, best-selling author of In the Unlikely Event After a fishing accident leaves her husband hospitalized across the border in Canada, Jill is left to look after her teenage boys—"the wolves"—alone. Nothing comes easy in their remote corner of Maine: money is tight; her son Sam is getting into more trouble by the day; her eldest, Charlie, is preoccupied with a new girlfriend; and Jill begins to suspect her marriage isn't as stable as she once believed. As one disaster gives way to the next, she begins to think that it's not enough to be a caring wife and mother anymore—not enough to show up when needed, to nudge her boys in the right direction, to believe everything will be okay. But how to protect this life she loves, this household, this family? With remarkable poise and startling beauty, Landslide ushers us into a modern household where, for a family at odds, Instagram posts, sex-positivity talks, and old fishing tales mingle to become a kind of love language. It is a beautiful portrait of a family, as compelling as it is moving, and raises the question of how to remain devoted when the eye of the storm closes in.

A Bitter Brew

A Bitter Brew
Author: Christine Ellen Young
Publisher: Berkley
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2006-06
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780425209189

Panic and suspicion give way to bizarre accusations of conspiracy, revenge, and blood feuds in this true story behind the 2003 Maine church arsenic poisonings. photos. Postponed from 3/06

How Maine Changed the World

How Maine Changed the World
Author: Nancy Griffin
Publisher: Down East Books
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2017-10-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 1608936325

As Down East Books celebrates 50 years of great book publishing, it seems appropriate to reflect upon the contributions Maine has made that have had significant cultural and historical impacts on both the United States and the World. Did you know that the caterpillar tread, common on bulldozers and tanks, originated from the design of Lombard’s steam log hauler; or that the dry plate photographic process was created by the Stanley brothers, who also invented a speed-record setting steam powered car and whose sister, Chansonetta, was a well-known photographer in her own right? Maxim’s machine gun forever changed the practice of warfare. The humble peavey is a simple tool well-known to any forester or lumberjack. The ubiquitous lobster boat, the microwave oven, earmuffs, and Monopoly—all came from the minds of Mainers. This book is a celebration of Maine’s creative ingenuity—from the very large, such as Portland Head Light and the Penobscot Narrows Bridge to the very small, such as the toothpick and the Bean boot.

Up in Maine

Up in Maine
Author: Holman Francis Day
Publisher:
Total Pages: 252
Release: 1902
Genre: Maine
ISBN:

Bonnie Lass

Bonnie Lass
Author: Michael Mayne
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2021-08-17
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1732797641

A thrilling young adult adventure for fans of strong female characters follows a young woman inheriting her father's pirate ship and setting out to capture the one treasure he could never find. The acclaimed series comes to print, spinning the pure-fun yarn of heroine Bonnie Lass setting out to build her reputation as a pirate to be envied and feared. Bent on overshadowing her father, the infamous Cutlass, Bonnie's after the one treasure he did not claim - the Eye of the Leviathan. Humor, beauty, misdirection, mash-ups and a leading lady to fall for sets sail on the open seas.

Letters of E.B. White

Letters of E.B. White
Author: Elwyn Brooks White
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Total Pages: 726
Release: 1976
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9780060906061

Letters of E.B. White touches on a wide variety of subjects, including the New Yorker editor who became the author's wife; their dachshund, Fred, with his "look of fake respectability"; and White's contemporaries, from Harold Ross and James Thurber to Groucho Marx and John Updike and, later, Senator Edmund S. Muskie and Garrison Keillor. Updated with newly released letters from 1976 to 1985, additional photographs, and a new foreword by John Updike, this unparalleled collection of letters from one of America's favorite essayists, poets, and storytellers now spans nearly a century, from 1908 to 1985. Book jacket.