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Author : Hugh T. French
Publisher : UPNE
ISBN 13 : 9780874517170
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (171 download)
Download or read book Maine, a Peopled Landscape written by Hugh T. French and published by UPNE. This book was released on 1995 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Images that document the changes in -- and challenges of -- life in the real Maine.
Author : Theresa Mattor
Publisher : Down East Books
ISBN 13 : 089272885X
Total Pages : 682 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (927 download)
Download or read book Designing the Maine Landscape written by Theresa Mattor and published by Down East Books. This book was released on 2009-06-16 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frederick Law Olmsted and others saw the landscape as it was and enhanced it, instead of imposing rigid design upon it. Groundbreaking landscape architects Beatrix Farrand and Fletcher Steele, among others, were brought to Maine by patrons, and the resulting public parks, campuses, institutional grounds, and private estates remain a priceless legacy. Drawn from a 10-year survey conducted by the Maine Olmsted Alliance, this book showcases those landscapes and celebrates their history and legacy.
Author : Jason Paige Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780368848711
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (487 download)
Download or read book The Oldest State: Portraits of a Maine Generation written by Jason Paige Smith and published by . This book was released on 2019-05-24 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demographically speaking, Maine is the oldest state in the nation. In his book, The Oldest State: Portraits of a Maine Generation, photographer Jason Paige Smith has created compelling, storytelling images of people from around the state who are still out doing incredible things, despite their age. His book not only tells the stories of these inspiring individuals, but also gives great insight into the lives they've lived.
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Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN 13 : 1567923763
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (679 download)
Download or read book Seacoast Maine written by and published by David R. Godine Publisher. This book was released on 2009 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Still, the real rationale of a book like this is to validate the vision and the work of an artist, and this ambition is more than justified by page after page of dauntingly beautiful images, carefully arranged and faultlessly printed. If Maine is a state you hold dear, this is a book that says it all."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Anne Collins Goodyear
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
ISBN 13 : 0847867897
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (478 download)
Download or read book At First Light written by Anne Collins Goodyear and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At First Light chronicles twenty-six extraordinary artists of the last two hundred years who have lived and worked in Maine. Published to coincide with the state's bicentennial in 2020, the volume considers the significant contributions artists have made to a deeper and more profound understanding of Maine's history, its land and its peoples. Maine's unique and breathtaking landscape--from its rugged coastline, quaint harbors, majestic mountains, and verdant forests--continues to have a powerful effect on the artists who are drawn to its shores. Written and expertly researched by some of the foremost scholars and curators in the field, each chapter focuses on a different artist, featuring the artists' artworks and anchored by breathtaking contemporary photography of their homes, studios, and surroundings. From picturesque bungalows to grander structures with beautiful vistas, the houses and studios featured are as diverse as the artists who have inhabited them. The artists featured include fan favorites to lesser known yet important figures from the eighteenth century to the present day, working in a range of media from painting to photography to sculpture, including: Jonathan Fisher, Winslow Homer, Frank Weston Benson, Charles Herbert Woodbury, John Marin, Marsden Hartley, Rockwell Kent, N. C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, Jamie Wyeth, Marguerite and William Zorach, Rockwell Kent, Marsden Hartley, John Marin, Eliot Porter, Fairfield Porter, Rudy Burckhardt, Yvonne Jacquette, Ashley Bryan, Lois Dodd, Alex Katz, Bernard Langlais, Robert Indiana, David C. Driskell, Molly Neptune Parker, Richard Tuttle, and William Wegman.
Author : W.S. Winslow
Publisher : Flatiron Books
ISBN 13 : 125077649X
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (57 download)
Download or read book The Northern Reach written by W.S. Winslow and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heart-wrenching first novel about the power of place and family ties, the weight of the stories we choose to tell, and the burden of those we hide Frozen in grief after the loss of her son at sea, Edith Baines stares across the water at a schooner, under full sail yet motionless in the winter wind and surging tide of the Northern Reach. Edith seems to be hallucinating. Or is she? Edith’s boat-watch opens The Northern Reach, set in the coastal town of Wellbridge, Maine, where townspeople squeeze a living from the perilous bay or scrape by on the largesse of the summer folk and whatever they can cobble together, salvage, or grab. At the center of town life is the Baines family, land-rich, cash-poor descendants of town founders, along with the ne’er-do-well Moody clan, the Martins of Skunk Pond, and the dirt farming, bootlegging Edgecombs. Over the course of the twentieth century, the families intersect, interact, and intermarry, grappling with secrets and prejudices that span generations, opening new wounds and reckoning with old ghosts. W. S. Winslow's The Northern Reach is a breathtaking debut about the complexity of family, the cultural legacy of place, and the people and experiences that shape us.
Author : John Wilmerding
Publisher : Olana Collection
ISBN 13 : 9780801451034
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (51 download)
Download or read book Maine Sublime written by John Wilmerding and published by Olana Collection. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maine provided sensational sunsets, robust waves crashing on rocky shores, and an abundance of wilderness well suited to Frederic Church's artistic vision. Maine Sublime brings together all of the Maine artwork in the Olana collection.
Author : Libby Bischof
Publisher : Down East Books
ISBN 13 : 1493082752
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)
Download or read book Maine Photography written by Libby Bischof and published by Down East Books. This book was released on 2023-11-22 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maine has always played a rich and varied role in the art of photography. For hundreds of years, photographers, like other artists, have made their way to Maine to capture the natural beauty and human culture of the state. So, too, have many photographers come from Maine, and many contributions by Mainers have been made to the medium. Maine in Photography is the first comprehensive overview of the history of photography in the state. Providing basic knowledge of the most important people and institutions to have promoted photography, this volume also studies the ways in which photography has informed the understanding of the social and cultural history of Maine. Beginning with the earliest daguerreotype portraits of the 1840s, this history traces the growth of the medium—emphasizing key contributions, such as the Stanley brothers’ invention of the dry plate process—through to the present. Key topics addressed throughout the book include the importance of photography in documenting labor and economic life, the close relationship between photography and the growth of tourism, and the role of Maine photographers in advancing the medium as a fine art form. Published in conjunction with the Maine Photo Project, this is a unique and timely addition to the body of work on the importance of Maine to American art.
Author : Meredith Hall
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 0807020230
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Without a Map written by Meredith Hall and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2024-04-09 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meredith Hall's moving but unsentimental memoir begins in 1965, when she becomes pregnant at sixteen. Shunned by her insular New Hampshire community, she is then kicked out of the house by her mother. Her father and stepmother reluctantly take her in, hiding her before they finally banish her altogether. After giving her baby up for adoption, Hall wanders recklessly through the Middle East, where she survives by selling her possessions and finally her blood. She returns to New England and stitches together a life that encircles her silenced and invisible grief. When he is twenty-one, her lost son finds her. Hall learns that he grew up in gritty poverty with an abusive father—in her own father's hometown. Their reunion is tender, turbulent, and ultimately redemptive. Hall's parents never ask for her forgiveness, yet as they age, she offers them her love. What sets Without a Map apart is the way in which loss and betrayal evolve into compassion, and compassion into wisdom.
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1584652934
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (846 download)
Download or read book Maine written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maine: The Home Place features ninety-six breathtaking and elegantly presented color photographs of Maine, all previously unpublished, accenting what the author/photographer refers to as "the other Maine." Taken over the course of twenty-four years, these powerful and provocative images are presented in five sections that together, will modify many readers' perceptions of the essence of Maine, a state widely held to be defined by its picturesque, rock-ribbed coastline clinging to a murky and unknown outback. "The Land" celebrates the stunning, too-often overlooked beauties of tranquil inland Maine; "The People" highlights the unique and marvelous character of Mainers today; "Farms" poignantly exposes the nature of rural contemporary life, in which Maine faces the decline and disappearance of its farm heritage; "Sonatas, Fractals, Koans, and Elegies" closely observes Maine's striking lakes, mountains, and woodlands; and, "The Coast" features Sayeen's fresh take on Maine's well-loved harbors and shore. Brief narratives by the photographer introduce each section, and the book closes with his short "Notes on Photography." The lyrical introduction by Roger Payne sets the stage for the photographic feast that is Maine: The Home Place. Each memorable photograph has meaning in terms of the landscape and the people who live and work in Maine. Together they subtly convey inland and coastal Maine's ravishing beauty and dramatic geography, the Yankee innocence, durability, and enduring purity of spirit embodied by Mainers in the face of modern challenges to their forefathers' honored way of life, and the wealth of visually striking forms in which nature manifests herself in all seasons. Visitors and residents alike will cherish this emotionally charged and exquisite visual celebration of Maine, the first photographic collection to pay homage to the entire state in all its grace and glory.
Author : Katy Kelleher
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1616896817
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (168 download)
Download or read book Handcrafted Maine written by Katy Kelleher and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2017-08-29 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amid the sublime beauty of Maine—its primordial forests, remote lakes, rugged mountains, and craggy coastline blooms a handmade culture fed by heritage, self-sufficiency, and collaboration. Handcrafted Maine: Art, Life, Harvest & Home features lively profiles of more than twenty artists, artisans, and craftspeople—weavers and potters, a painter, an architect, a boatbuilder, a leatherworker, bakers, lobster-men, and more—at work in the woods, towns, and cities of Maine, celebrating the triumphs and challenges of entrepreneurship and independence. Including more than 225 inspiring color photographs and intimate narrative portraits, Handcrafted Maine provides a window into the inner lives of creatives and brings to life the powerful environment and spirited character that nurture the unbridled ingenuity and common-sense approach to craft and life found Down East.
Author : Robert E. Manning
Publisher : UPNE
ISBN 13 : 1584658819
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (846 download)
Download or read book Parks and People written by Robert E. Manning and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2009-11-15 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A science-based approach to outdoor recreation management at Maine's Acadia National Park, applicable to parks and conservation areas nationwide
Author : Douglas W. Tallamy
Publisher : Timber Press
ISBN 13 : 1604691468
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (46 download)
Download or read book Bringing Nature Home written by Douglas W. Tallamy and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “With the twinned calamities of climate change and mass extinction weighing heavier and heavier on my nature-besotted soul, here were concrete, affordable actions that I could take, that anyone could take, to help our wild neighbors thrive in the built human environment. And it all starts with nothing more than a seed. Bringing Nature Home is a miracle: a book that summons butterflies." —Margaret Renkl, The Washington Post As development and habitat destruction accelerate, there are increasing pressures on wildlife populations. In his groundbreaking book Bringing Nature Home, Douglas W. Tallamy reveals the unbreakable link between native plant species and native wildlife—native insects cannot, or will not, eat alien plants. When native plants disappear, the insects disappear, impoverishing the food source for birds and other animals. Luckily, there is an important and simple step we can all take to help reverse this alarming trend: everyone with access to a patch of earth can make a significant contribution toward sustaining biodiversity by simply choosing native plants. By acting on Douglas Tallamy's practical and achievable recommendations, we can all make a difference.
Author : M.M. Drymon PhD
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1387421506
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (874 download)
Download or read book A Forgotten Landscape: How A Place Called Crockett's Corner Became The Maine Mall written by M.M. Drymon PhD and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jerome G. Daviau
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781258360917
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (69 download)
Download or read book Maine's Life Blood written by Jerome G. Daviau and published by . This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Randy Spencer
Publisher : Rivercliff Books & Media
ISBN 13 : 1954566026
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (545 download)
Download or read book Written on Water: Characters and Mysteries from Maine's Back of Beyond written by Randy Spencer and published by Rivercliff Books & Media. This book was released on 2021-11-05 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fishing guide and award-winning author Randy Spencer weaves a spell with quirky, colorful residents, fish-out-of-water tourists, native traditions, and a large helping of absolute wonder. Written On Water is an extraordinary collection of tales about the part of Maine that truly is, as those who reside there call it, the “back of the beyond.” With its assemblage of quirky characters who live far off the beaten path, and consider fishing to be a sacred art, the beautiful, watery, down-east Grand Lake Stream (population 132) has been hallowed ground since the 1800s. Written On Water takes us to a place where very old ways of life have persisted and, against all odds, the velocity of modern life has not yet invaded its shores and lakes, pines and canoes, and most importantly, its citizens. The unlikely survival of such a place in the twenty-first century is remarkable, as is the oral history that has survived with it. Award-winning author and master Maine guide, Randy Spencer, shares this insightful collection of colorful oral histories, teeming with drama, mysteries, and laugh-out-loud moments about eccentric and lovable individuals. In poignant and frequently hilarious prose, Spencer brings us “fish stories”—tales of the author’s experience guiding “sports” on fishing excursions—as well as stories about the quirky local residents, passed downs through generations.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Maine History written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
