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Author : Roy P. Fairfield
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Sands, Spindles, and Steeples written by Roy P. Fairfield and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Emma R. Bouthillette
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 146713614X
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)
Download or read book Brief History of Biddeford, A written by Emma R. Bouthillette and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captain Richard Vines founded Winter Harbor in 1616. The small coastal village, now known as Biddeford, is the largest city in York County, with more than twenty-one thousand" residents. During the nineteenth century, the city experienced a boom from the textile industry when textile magnate Samuel Batchelder established Pepperell Manufacturing Company, which rapidly became an international brand. The city suffered when textile manufacturing moved south in the mid-twentieth century, abandoning its expansive infrastructure along the Saco River. In 2004, Mayor Wallace Nutting organized local residents in a revitalization effort for the downtown area, and developers renovated historic mill buildings into residential and commercial space. Join author and lifelong Biddeford resident Emma Bouthillette as she revisits the city's early history and explores its recent rebirth.
Author : William Moran
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1429978252
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)
Download or read book The Belles of New England written by William Moran and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Belles of New England is a masterful, definitive, and eloquent look at the enormous cultural and economic impact on America of New England's textile mills. The author, an award-winning CBS producer, traces the history of American textile manufacturing back to the ingenuity of Francis Cabot Lodge. The early mills were an experiment in benevolent enlightened social responsibility on the part of the wealthy owners, who belonged to many of Boston's finest families. But the fledgling industry's ever-increasing profits were inextricably bound to the issues of slavery, immigration, and workers' rights. William Moran brings a newsman's eye for the telling detail to this fascinating saga that is equally compelling when dealing with rags and when dealing with riches. In part a microcosm of America's social development during the period, The Belles of New England casts a new and finer light on this rich tapestry of vast wealth, greed, discrimination, and courage.
Author : Claire Quintal
Publisher : Institut Francais of Assumption College
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 700 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Steeples and Smokestacks written by Claire Quintal and published by Institut Francais of Assumption College. This book was released on 1996 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David A. Zonderman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195363388
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)
Download or read book Aspirations and Anxieties written by David A. Zonderman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1992-01-02 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aspirations and Anxieties is a working class intellectual history of early factory operatives in antebellum New England. The book focuses on the operatives' perceptions of technological and socio-economic changes in the mechanized workplace. The study uncovers a complex debate over many facets of the factory system--the machines and factory buildings, wages and hours, relations between managers and workers, and the content and character of protest. Finally, the book argues that the roots of this debate lie in the struggle to define the meaning of work itself in a period of profound social change.
Author : Thomas Verde
Publisher : Down East Books
ISBN 13 : 1461744717
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (617 download)
Download or read book Maine Ghosts and Legends written by Thomas Verde and published by Down East Books. This book was released on 2013-10-16 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maine has a rich supernatural history and ghost stories from the state are as varied as they are prolific. Freelance writer and reporter Tom Verde first became interested in such eerie occurrences while researching first-hand encounters with ghosts for a series of public radio programs. This book recounts some of the spine-tingling tales he uncovered in his research, including: •The dagger-wielding shade who terrorized a Portland couple •The murdered Indian who revisited Means’s Tavern •Famed diva Lillian Nordica, whose voice still echoes through the Farmington auditorium named in her honor •The hostile spirit who tried to frighten the tenants out of an Orrington house •Even an entire phantom ship, bound eternally for Freeport These are not fictitious creations of literary imagination. People from all walks of life—including many who were positive they would never believe in ghosts—attest to these encounters.
Author : Elizabeth A. De Wolfe
Publisher : True Crime History
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Murder of Mary Bean and Other Stories written by Elizabeth A. De Wolfe and published by True Crime History. This book was released on 2007 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the winter ice melted in April 1850, residents of Saco, Maine, made a gruesome discovery: the body of a young girl submerged in a stream. Thanks to evidence left at the scene, a local physician was arrested and tried for the death of Mary Bean, the name given to the unidentified young girl; the cause of death was failed abortion. Garnering extensive newspaper coverage, the trial revealed many secrets: a poorly trained doctor, connections to an unsolved murder in New Hampshire, and the true identity of Mary Bean - a young Canadian mill worker named Berengera Caswell, missing since the previous winter. The Murder of Mary Bean and Other Stories examines the series of events that led Caswell to become Mary Bean and the intense curiosity and anxiety stimulated by this heavily watched trial. these events through a wide-angle lens exploring such themes as the rapid social changes brought about by urbanization and industrialization in antebellum nineteenth-century society, factory work and the changing roles for women, unregulated sexuality and the specter of abortion, and the sentimental novel as a guidebook. She posits that the real threat to women in the nineteenth century was not murder but a society that had ambiguous feelings about the role of women in the economic system, in education, and as independent citizens. of Mary Bean and Other Stories features two reprinted accounts of Caswell's death, both fictional and originally printed in the 1850s, as well as an introduction that places these salacious accounts in a historical context. This book serves not simply as true crime but, rather, presents a seamy side of rapid industrial growth and the public anxiety over the emerging economic roles of women.
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Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book A Franco-American Overview written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Eric B. Schultz
Publisher : The Countryman Press
ISBN 13 : 1581574908
Total Pages : 604 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (815 download)
Download or read book King Philip's War: The History and Legacy of America's Forgotten Conflict (Revised Edition) written by Eric B. Schultz and published by The Countryman Press. This book was released on 2017-02-14 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The harrowing story of one of America's first and costliest wars—featuring a new foreword by bestselling author Nathaniel Philbrick At once an in-depth history of this pivotal war and a guide to the historical sites where the ambushes, raids, and battles took place, King Philip's War expands our understanding of American history and provides insight into the nature of colonial and ethnic wars in general. Through a careful reconstruction of events, first-person accounts, period illustrations, and maps, and by providing information on the exact locations of more than fifty battles, King Philip's War is useful as well as informative. Students of history, colonial war buffs, those interested in Native American history, and anyone who is curious about how this war affected a particular New England town, will find important insights into one of the most seminal events to shape the American mind and continent.
Author : Saco Museum
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738572130
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (721 download)
Download or read book Saco Revisited written by Saco Museum and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saco Revisited reveals an unprecedented glimpse into Saco's history. Vintage photographs from the collections of the Dyer Library and Saco Museum show the energy, industry, philanthropy, and patriotism of the city and its citizens from the mid-19th century to the present day. From the stately homes of early entrepreneurs to tragic fires and floods and the rise and decline of Saco's powerful textile mills, many photographs are presented publicly for the first time.
Author : Dennis A. Connole
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786431423
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book The 26th "Yankee" Division on Coast Patrol Duty, 1942-1943 written by Dennis A. Connole and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2008-02-19 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within hours of the strike against Pearl Harbor, the U.S. military sprang into action to implement a "contingency plan" previously drawn up to protect the coast against a full-scale German invasion or incursions by Nazi espionage agents and saboteurs. The War Department placed the 26th "Yankee" Division (YD) under the jurisdiction of the 1st Coast Artillery District, a subdivision of the U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps. Military leaders charged the division with securing the coast of New England and Long Island, later expanding its area to include the entire eastern seaboard. Focusing primarily on the unit's work in "home defense" from January 1942 through November 1943, this history begins with prewar activation and training and recounts in detail the two highly publicized incidents of saboteurs coming ashore in June 1942. Also included are reports of U-boat sightings and encounters with subversive agents by veterans of the YD while on patrol. Firsthand accounts by members of the division provide a look at day-to-day operations. Appendices contain a number of previously unpublished historical documents. Many period photographs complete this history of a previously undocumented chapter of World War II history.
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Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (891 download)
Download or read book Maine History written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Maine Historical Society Quarterly written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bill Caldwell
Publisher : Down East Books
ISBN 13 : 1461745454
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (617 download)
Download or read book Rivers of Fortune written by Bill Caldwell and published by Down East Books. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fast-paced and fascinating story, originally published in 1983, covers a vital part of coastal Maine's history too long overlooked: the cultural history of the Penobscot, Kennebec, Saco, and Damariscotta Rivers. More than three hundred years are covered, from the days of pioneer settlers, sea captains, river men, and lumberjacks, to the shipbuilders, merchants, and lumber barons who made millions from Maine's vast natural and human resources.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 776 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Sibley's Harvard Graduates written by and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : American Historical Association
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 724 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Annual Report of the American Historical Association written by American Historical Association and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County. Historical Genealogy Room
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 558 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Family Fare written by Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County. Historical Genealogy Room and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
