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Author : George Edward Street
Publisher : Boston : Houghton, Mifflin
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Mount Desert; a History written by George Edward Street and published by Boston : Houghton, Mifflin. This book was released on 1905 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas A. St. Germain
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780962999734
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (997 download)
Download or read book Trails of History written by Thomas A. St. Germain and published by . This book was released on 1993-05 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George Edward Street
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (339 download)
Download or read book Mount Desert written by George Edward Street and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr.
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738505053
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Mount Desert Island written by Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr. and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annually, Mount Desert Island attracts over three million visitors to Acadia National Park, where lofty mountains, balsam-scented forests, and Maine's granite-lined coast enchant all. Almost bisecting the island is Somes Sound, a Norwegian-style fiord with three villages, Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor, nestled around its shores. In the 1850s, about two thousand residents made this pristine area their home, living off the sea and land with few visitors. By World War I, Mount Desert Island had become a destination for summer tourists. Mount Desert Island, with more than two hundred photographs selected from eleven collections, illustrates the transition of Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor as they evolved from isolated fishing and shipbuilding hamlets to meccas for Victorian summer visitors, a Who's Who of academia and theology. These images, some of them dating back to the Civil War era, bring to life the people, places, and events that form the history of these communities. From dignitary visits, such as that of the Archbishop of Canterbury, to carefree buckboard rides, Mount Desert Island demonstrates the broad range of rustic experiences and the complex lives of islanders as they forged their living in a changing economy. Both new and old visitors will recognize many of the images, though some will surprise all as they show places that no longer exist. Annually, Mount Desert Island attracts over three million visitors to Acadia National Park, where lofty mountains, balsam-scented forests, and Maine's granite-lined coast enchant all. Almost bisecting the island is Somes Sound, a Norwegian-style fiord with three villages, Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor, nestled around its shores. In the 1850s, about two thousand residents made this pristine area their home, living off the sea and land with few visitors. By World War I, Mount Desert Island had become a destination for summer tourists. Mount Desert Island, with more than two hundred photographs selected from eleven collections, illustrates the transition of Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor as they evolved from isolated fishing and shipbuilding hamlets to meccas for Victorian summer visitors, a Who's Who of academia and theology. These images, some of them dating back to the Civil War era, bring to life the people, places, and events that form the history of these communities. From dignitary visits, such as that of the Archbishop of Canterbury, to carefree buckboard rides, Mount Desert Island demonstrates the broad range of rustic experiences and the complex lives of islanders as they forged their living in a changing economy. Both new and old visitors will recognize many of the images, though some will surprise all as they show places that no longer exist.
Author : John M. Bryan
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN 13 : 1568983174
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (689 download)
Download or read book Maine Cottages written by John M. Bryan and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2005-04-07 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert R. Pyle Our sense of place and community is made up of memories—personal memories of first-hand experience; oral memories that recount our ancestors’ experiences; and f- mal, codified civic memories set down in laws, ceremonies, and rituals. Together they are vital building blocks of citizenship. In a vivid and meaningful way this book p- serves memories relevant to understanding the roots of communities on Mount Desert Island, Maine. The surnames of many of Mount Desert’s earliest settlers are still found in today’s telephone directories. In these families many oral traditions are passed down from generation to generation, building outward from a historical core like the rings of a tree. “Dad used to farm this field,” Fred L. Savage’s great-nephew Don Phillips told me once, gesturing toward an alder growth. “His father grew vegetables for the hotel, and my great-grandfather grew grains. This road used to go right on up over the hill, and they used it to move the cemetery up there from where the hotel is now. ” Describing the field, Don ignores the alders and the towering evergreens beyond them, for in his mind’s eye he sees yellow, waving wheat and rye, bare ground, and a narrow cart track leading up the hill into the distance, on which his ancestors tra- ported the remains of their own forebears to a new resting place. Oral traditions, living memory, set the stage for him, and he accepts the reality of things he has never seen.
Author : Tom Wessels
Publisher : University Press of New England
ISBN 13 : 1512600458
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (126 download)
Download or read book Granite, Fire, and Fog written by Tom Wessels and published by University Press of New England. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acadia National Park, on Maine's Mount Desert Island, is among the most popular national parks in the United States. From the road, visitors can experience magnificent vistas of summit and sea, but on a more intimate scale, equally compelling views abound along Acadia's hiking trails. Tom Wessels, an ecologist, naturalist, and avid hiker, attributes the park's popularity-and its unusual beauty-to the unique way in which earth, air, fire, and water-in the form of glacially scoured granite, winter winds, fire, and ocean fog-have converged to create a landscape that can be found nowhere else. In this beautifully illustrated book, Wessels invites readers to investigate the remarkable natural history of Mount Desert Island, along with the unique cultural story it gave rise to. This account of nature, terrain, and human interaction with the landscape will delight those who like to hike these bald summits, ride along the carriage roads, or explore the island's rugged shoreline. Wessels concludes with a guided tour of one of his favorite hikes, a ten-mile loop that will acquaint the reader with the diverse ecosystems described throughout his book.
Author : George Edward 1835-1903 Street
Publisher : Wentworth Press
ISBN 13 : 9781372953576
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (535 download)
Download or read book MOUNT DESERT A HIST written by George Edward 1835-1903 Street and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-28 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : George Edward Street
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781330762066
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (62 download)
Download or read book Mount Desert written by George Edward Street and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-05 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Mount Desert: A History For a quarter of a century Dr. Street passed his summer vacations at Southwest Harbor. With delightful enthusiasm he was wont to speak of the beauty of this favored spot, the tonic of its breezes, the charm of its people, the wealth of its traditions. Having a genius for acquaintance, he easily came to know many of the permanent residents of Mount Desert and the surrounding islands, and to count among his friends many of those who return to this popular resort season after season. His sympathetic and active mind quickly appropriated whatever was of interest in the place, and as eagerly gathered up suggestions for local betterment. One who knew Dr. Street well perceives why and how he organized the Southwest Village Improvement Society, and for what reason he was chosen to serve as its president, for he had an untiring interest in devising plans for public improvement and for the intellectual and moral development of communities. It is equally easy to understand how Dr. Street became the historian of Mount Desert, for an ancient legend was as dear to him as schemes of social advancement were fascinating. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Christopher Camuto
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393060676
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (66 download)
Download or read book Time and Tide in Acadia written by Christopher Camuto and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2009 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An evocative exploration of the natural life of Maine's Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park.
Author : Sargent F. Collier
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780892720781
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (27 download)
Download or read book Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park written by Sargent F. Collier and published by . This book was released on 1978-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best from three classics about Bar Harbor, Mount Desert Island, & Acadia National Park. Edited by G.W. Helfrich. Heavily illustrated with the author, Sargent Collier's photographs of the contemporary scene & earlier prints of the good old days.
Author : Pamela J. Belanger
Publisher : Farnsworth Pub.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Inventing Acadia written by Pamela J. Belanger and published by Farnsworth Pub.. This book was released on 1999 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vivid illustrated history of the contributions Hudson River School landscape painters made in the creation of the first national park east of the Mississippi River.
Author : G. W. Helfrich
Publisher : Down East Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Mt. Desert Island and Acadia National Park written by G. W. Helfrich and published by Down East Books. This book was released on 1978 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best from three classics about Bar Harbor, Mount Desert Island, and Acadia National Park. Edited by G.W. Helfrich. Heavily illustrated with Collier's photos of the contemporary scene and earlier prints of the good old days. A dramatic and colorful new cover design adds interest to a longtime favorite.
Author : George Edward Street
Publisher : Sagwan Press
ISBN 13 : 9781296995447
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (954 download)
Download or read book Mount Desert written by George Edward Street and published by Sagwan Press. This book was released on 2015-08-22 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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ISBN 13 : 9780891011200
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (112 download)
Download or read book The Plants of Acadia National Park written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : P. Chris Kaiser
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781556432712
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (327 download)
Download or read book The Chakra System of Mount Desert Island written by P. Chris Kaiser and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chakra System of Mount Desert Island takes the reader on a tour in which the actual hike or journey from locale to locale becomes a vision quest and operates on an internal as well as an external level. As we are led along the path of discovery, not only do we learn about the seven major chakras of Mount Desert, we are also taught how to discover chakras in every local, large and small. The traveler gets a chance actually to go to rocks and tiny bodies of water that have special power. He or she gets to look out from the hills and mountains across vast vistas and understand the energy of an entire system made up of islands, glacial moraine, a fjord (Somes Sound), and Cadillac Mountain itself. In a classic feng-shui mode Kaiser views the Mount Desert system of mountains, islands, kettle ponds, hillocks, etc., as a system of energy gates. Placing oneself in the correct alignment with these leads to insight and healing.
Author : Frederick R. Gehlbach
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780890965665
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (656 download)
Download or read book Mountain Islands and Desert Seas written by Frederick R. Gehlbach and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this engaging personal narrative, biologist Fred Gehlbach describes the stability and changes of the past century in the Borderlands' climate, landforms, and natural communities and in its distinctive plants and vertebrates.
Author : Ruth Grierson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781934031032
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)
Download or read book A is for Acadia written by Ruth Grierson and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mount Desert Island residents Richard Johnson and Ruth Gortner Grierson have produced a children's alphabet book that focuses on the wonders of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park. The hardcover book, A is for Acadia, features vibrant color photographs by Johnson that highlight the island's natural beauty. It includes, among others, images of harbor seals and barred owls as well as landscapes such as Sand Beach and Bass Harbor. Grierson's text accompanies each image. Overall, the book is slightly more sophisticated than many ABC books with roughly 140 words per image. While it is aimed at young children, it is fun and informative and should appeal to residents and visitors of any age. The letter topics range from Acadia, to lighthouse, to nuthatch, to zoophtye.
