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Nicki Jacobsmeyer
The Ghostly Tales of Maine’s Haunted Lighthouses
9781467190060
Regular price $12.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Ghost stories from Maine’s Haunted Lighthouses have never been so creepy, fun, and full of mystery!Â
Welcome to the spooky lighthouses of Maine!Â
Stay alert! Ghosts lurk around every corner. Even the most unexpected places might be haunted by wandering phantoms.
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Did you know that a ghostly crew of shipwrecked sailors haunts the shores near Boon Island Lighthouse? Or that Hendricks Head is home to a mysterious "Lady of the Dusk"? Can you believe that when the fog rolls in at Owl's Head Lighthouse, a phantom sea captain still stands watch . . . long after his final voyage?
Pulled right from history, these ghostly tales will change the way you see Maine’s lighthouses forever, and have you sleeping with the lights on!
Michael J. Lisicky
You'll Enjoy Shopping at Porteous
9781467172202
Regular price $24.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%For eighty-five years, Porteous, Mitchell & Braun stood guard in the heart of Portland, Maine’s Congress Street commercial district.
Founded in 1873, the firm spent its first three decades in Norwich, Connecticut, before it took over a failing department store in Maine’s largest city and became a beloved shopping tradition. Porteous was home to Portland’s Santa Claus, and its elaborate Christmas displays were a holiday destination for northern New Englanders. By the late 1970s, Porteous had expanded and opened branch locations throughout Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. As the retail industry experienced mergers and consolidations, the family-run Porteous bucked the trend and remained in operation longer than many of its former competitors. Although its Portland store closed in 1991, its iconic building has been creatively transformed into the Maine College of Art & Design.
Through interviews with residents, dignitaries, and former employees, and dozens of rarely seen photographs, department store historian Michael J. Lisicky recalls the time when the community knew "You’ll Enjoy Shopping at Porteous."
