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Author | : Bill Silliker |
Publisher | : Down East Books |
Total Pages | : 97 |
Release | : 2002-01-01 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 1461745225 |
Is Maine's famed natural character vanishing? The answer is: no, not all of it, thanks to the hard work and generosity of people such as Percival Baxter and Peggy Rockefeller, and of dozens of concerned, ordinary citizens and groups such as the Maine Coast Heritage Trust and The Nature Conservancy, which have helped to establish preserves and parks that will maintain at least some of the natural beauty of Maine forever.
Author | : Peter D. Vickery |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 664 |
Release | : 2020-11-03 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0691193193 |
A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated overview to the birds of Maine The first comprehensive overview of Maine’s incredibly rich birdlife in more than seven decades, Birds of Maine is a detailed account of all 464 species recorded in the Pine Tree State. It is also a thoroughly researched, accessible portrait of a region undergoing rapid changes, with southern birds pushing north, northern birds expanding south, and once-absent natives like Atlantic Puffins brought back by innovative conservation techniques pioneered in Maine. Written by the late Peter Vickery in cooperation with a team of leading ornithologists, this guide offers a detailed look at the state’s dynamic avifauna—from the Wild Turkey to the Arctic Tern—with information on migration patterns and timing, current status and changes in bird abundance and distribution, and how Maine's geography and shifting climate mold its birdlife. It delves into the conservation status for Maine's birds, as well as the state's unusually textured ornithological history, involving such famous names as John James Audubon and Theodore Roosevelt, and home-grown experts like Cordelia Stanwood and Ralph Palmer. Sidebars explore diverse topics, including the Old Sow whirlpool that draws multitudes of seabirds and the famed Monhegan Island, a mecca for migrant birds. Gorgeously illustrated with watercolors by Lars Jonsson and scores of line drawings by Barry Van Dusen, Birds of Maine is a remarkable guide that birders will rely on for decades to come. Copublished with the Nuttall Ornithological Club
Author | : Margaret Dornfeld |
Publisher | : Marshall Cavendish |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 2010-01-30 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780761447269 |
Maine is... a state with a wild interior landscape and a mostly rocky coastline. While summer tourists clamor for the quaint atmosphere that only cities like Bar Harbor can offer, Maine's fishers work diligently in the high northern seas. While winter tourists glide down the tall, snow-crested mountainsides, Mainers plow their driveways and stoke the fires to keep their homes warm. There are many different faces of this farthest northeastern New England state, and Mainers know them all very well. Book jacket.
Author | : James Claflin |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780738503196 |
Lighthouses and Life Saving along the Maine and New Hampshire Coast is a unique tribute to the men and women who protected mariners as they traveled along New England's rocky coastline. With thousands of vessels plying the dangerous waters, the chance of a shipping disaster was always great. Hundreds of shipwrecks did indeed occur off the coast with startling losses. Through descriptive text and a variety of vintage images from private as well as museum collections, we get a rare glimpse into the lives of the dedicated government men and women. Author James Claflin combines an extensively researched text with this exquisite collection of previously unpublished images to tell the story of an area heavily dependent on its coastal commerce. The task of lighting and protecting the coasts was taken on by the U.S. Light-House Establishment and the U.S. Life-Saving Service, later merged to become the U.S. Coast Guard. Within these pages, see the Boon Island Lighthouse keeper, his family alongside, as he proudly poses in his uniform; life savers at Hunniwells Beach station as they pull through a blinding snowstorm to rescue the crew of a stranded schooner; and the way of life on an offshore lightship. Lighthouses and Life Saving along the Maine and New Hampshire Coast is a visual journey into our nation's maritime history.
Author | : Richard Ebner |
Publisher | : Piscataqua Press |
Total Pages | : 374 |
Release | : 2019-08-27 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781950381210 |
Papa and his son Richard have little time left to reconcile their differences. Placed in a nursing home against his will, 88-year-old Papa is angry and confused. Richard is angry too, angry with Papa. Trapped in an eldercare system that renders him frustrated and powerless, Papa needs Richard's help to have any chance of being liberated from the nursing home. Richard struggles with unresolved anger toward a father who always placed logic above emotional connections. Each of them mistrusts the other. Reluctantly, Richard finds himself drawn into Papa's legal, medical and, above all, emotional drama. At first Richard is questioning himself when he says, "I'm not sure what I can do. Perhaps it's fate or divine justice or something. Maybe he needs to be in a nursing home. I don't know." Richard's dog, Baby, does know. She knows how to love both of them at the same time. As if able to travel through a portal between feelings and logic, Baby shows them the power of unconditional love. Father and son start collaborating on a book. Their writing project gives them something to focus on while waiting for Papa's psychological exam. Despite family dysfunctions that included child abuse, alcohol abuse, drug abuse and animal cruelty, Papa, Richard and Baby managed to complete their story. Be assured that Baby was never mistreated, or even asked to type. Taking the reader into the heart of a dilemma faced by a generation of mid-lifers and their aging parents, Papa's Tales is a story of human redemption told with dignity and compassion.
Author | : H. James Owen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Flood control |
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Author | : Francis Gould Butler |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 850 |
Release | : 1885 |
Genre | : Farmington (Me.) |
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Author | : Russie Lane |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2019-10 |
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ISBN | : 9781633811973 |
Author | : United States Civil Service Commission |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 866 |
Release | : 1883 |
Genre | : Government executives |
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Author | : Bill Silliker |
Publisher | : Down East Books |
Total Pages | : 97 |
Release | : 2004-01-01 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1461745314 |
Wild Maine is not only a book of outstanding images of wild mammals and birds from around the state, but it is also a collection of anecdotes and amusing stories about photographer Bill Silliker's interactions with wildlife. Includes interesting facts and observations about the behavior of the species that Silliker photographed.