- BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Supernatural
- HISTORY / Military / Aviation
- HISTORY / Military / Pictorial
- HISTORY / United States / General
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
- PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Architectural & Industrial
- PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical
- PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials)
- TRAVEL / Pictorials (see also PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional)
- TRAVEL / United States / Northeast / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
- TRUE CRIME / Murder / General
- BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Supernatural
- HISTORY / Military / Aviation
- HISTORY / Military / Pictorial
- HISTORY / United States / General
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
- PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Architectural & Industrial
- PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical
- PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials)
- TRAVEL / Pictorials (see also PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional)
- TRAVEL / United States / Northeast / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
- TRUE CRIME / Murder / General
Residential Ruins of Maine
9781634994835
Regular price $24.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Forgotten Industry and Institutions of Maine
9781634994736
Regular price $24.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Maine has its share of industry, some current and some obsolete. Over the last century, many industrial practices have grown and flourished while others have vanished entirely. Likewise, state institutions have seen vast changes in their structures and methods of operation.
Changes to our industry and institutions have left behind artifacts of a bygone era. Many of these artifacts are demolished, replaced, or vanish further into obscurity. This book offers a visual tour of our forgotten past and practices in hopes of preserving history to prevent it from vanishing entirely. Readers will explore an abandoned jail built in 1873 (in which its first prisoner was convicted of killing two people with an axe), the North Maine Woods in search of ghost trains abandoned in the wilderness close to a century ago, and more.
Forgotten Industry and Institutions of Maine contains images, interesting facts, personal anecdotes, and the stories that make these places unique and give them their distinctive character.
Abandoned Maine
9781634992473
Regular price $23.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%In Abandoned Maine, Michael Petipas captures the state's past through a collection of photographs. Through this visual journey, readers can explore the beauty that has been left behind in the wreckage of places that time and people have forgotten.
Abandoned locations always have a story to tell. Some were once giants of industry that slowly became obsolete and were eventually forced to close their doors for good. Other places are of great historical significance. Some places the locals remember fondly, and they continue to live among them as they slowly decay year after year. Then there are the places that keep their secrets, and the cause of their decay is left to the imagination.
All the locations in this book have been left to sit empty and slowly give way to the rains of spring, the heat of summer, and the cold of winter. One day, these old structures will be no more than a pile of bones and a distant memory for the few people that remember them.
Rangeley Through Time
9781635000177
Regular price $22.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%His diligent research has uncovered many early photographs from private family archives and other sources, which have never been made public until this time. People who enjoy reading about the past will enjoy seeing how Rangeley looked decades ago.
Augusta: The Best Little City in New England. Seriously.
9781634990288
Regular price $22.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%A small town with big city issues, and hearts bigger than the sturgeons that splash along its waterfront, it's a place both simultaneously confident and insecure. Self-aware enough to know its limitations, but clueless enough to fully realize its potential, it remains the last place in Maine that has yet to be claimed by hipster and tourist, alike.
This book is your guide to everything that makes Augusta so ... Augusta. From a calendar of local holidays to a profile on area neighborhoods to really weird history, as well as personal stories form local movers and shakers, this is your glimpse into one of the most intriguing places around.
So welcome to Augusta, the best little city in New England. Seriously.
Small Wonder
9781634992572
Regular price $23.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Small Point is a village within the town of Phippsburg, near the site of the first European settlement of 1607. The setting is spectacular: three miles of Seawall Beach to the east, and Small Point Harbor and Hermit Island to the west. It was the home of two of Maine's governors, Bodwell and Sewall. Residents are a mix of old families going back to 1750 and members of the summer community, dating from 1880--two close-knit and very different communities. The author spent summers there from birth and is now a year-round resident. He knew many of the people in this book.
Tom Hinkle is a professional artist, and this book is illustrated with his Small Point scenes and with old photographs. When not painting or writing, he restores historic houses. This book contains his thoughts about architecture, covering three centuries. It is his history as well as that of Small Point.
Petit Manan Land Company Near Bar Harbor, Maine
9781634992121
Regular price $26.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%A visitor today to the Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge in Steuben, Maine, would find it hard to believe that the over 2,100-acre refuge was once destined be the next Bar Harbor. Plans were filed and numerous individuals and companies tried to sell the near 1,300 cottage lots and build the casino, clubhouse, steamboat dock, swimming beach, and two hotels.
In 1896, the Petit Manan Land Company started with a grand idea and invested money to build roads and public buildings, but by 1910, only a few private cottages were built, along with a church. The big money and thriving development eluded company after company for sixty years.
The area continued with only a few changes, and in 1975, a large portion of the land was transferred by Mr. and Mrs. William Mague to become the Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge. Today, Petit Manan Point is part of the Maine Coastal Island National Wildlife Refuge and remains an important unspoiled stop for migrating birds as well as home to deer, bears, coyotes, porcupines, and other small animals.