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by Teresa M. Flanagen
Settlement patterns, geography, and the social development of Pejepscot's four towns (Brunswick, Bowdoinham, Harpswell, and Topsham) are topics considered in this study of Pejepscot's burying grounds. The book takes a look at this region's mourning culture from its seventeenth-century settlement to the present, focusing on cemeteries and gravestones as well as mourning dress, jewelry, practices and art. Utilizing plentiful illustrations, Mourning on the Pejepscot is an intriguing look at how death affected the daily life of the region’s people and how their mourning traditions changed with time.
$24.95 hardcover
Lighthouses and Life Saving
Along the Maine and New
Hampshire Coast
By James Claflin
Lighthouses and Life Saving along the Maine and New Hampshire Coast is a unique tribute to the men and women who protected mariners as they traveled along New England’s rocky coastline. With thousands of vessels plying the dangerous waters, the chance of a shipping disaster was always great. Hundreds of shipwrecks did indeed occur off the coast with startling losses. Through descriptive text and a variety of vintage images from private as well as museum collections, we get a rare glimpse into the lives of the dedicated government men and women.
Author James Claflin combines an extensively researched text with this exquisite collection of previously unpublished images to tell the story of an area heavily dependent on its coastal commerce. The task of lighting and protecting the coasts was taken on by the U.S. Light-House Establishment and the U.S. Life-Saving Service, later merged to become the U.S. Coast Guard. Within these pages, see the Boon Island Lighthouse keeper, his family alongside, as he proudly poses in his uniform; life savers at Hunniwells Beach station as they pull through a blinding snowstorm to rescue the crew of a stranded schooner; and the way of life on an offshore lightship. Lighthouses and Life Saving along the Maine and New Hampshire Coast is a visual journey into our nation’s maritime history.
James Claflin is a collector and dealer in fine nautical antiques, specializing in the U.S. Lighthouse Service, the U.S. Life-Saving Service, the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service, and the U.S. Coast Guard. This book celebrates the American heroes who served to warn, rescue, and protect those in distress. It is sure to be enjoyed by residents of Maine and New Hampshire, as well as lovers of maritime history everywhere.
$19.99 soft cover
Ghosts and Strange Phenomena
of the Pine Tree State
By Charles A. Stansfield Jr.
The Don, Shipwreck of 1941 – A Tale of Tragedy and an Unsolved Mystery in Maine – The following was first published as a series of articles in the Harpswell Anchor. The Don is a shipwreck tragedy which took place in the waters of Casco Bay near the islands of Harpswell, Maine in 1941. The wreck and loss of 34 persons, mostly from Rumford and Mexico changed communities and maritime laws forever.
$9.95 soft cover
by Stacy Welner
The Don, Shipwreck of 1941 – A Tale of Tragedy and an Unsolved Mystery in Maine – The following was first published as a series of articles in the Harpswell Anchor. The Don is a shipwreck tragedy which took place in the waters of Casco Bay near the islands of Harpswell, Maine in 1941. The wreck and loss of 34 persons, mostly from Rumford and Mexico changed communities and maritime laws forever.
$16.95 soft cover
by George Francis Dow and John Henry Edmonds
“Why did men go a-pirating, or ‘on the account’ as the pirates called it? The sailors said it was few ships and many men, hard work and small pay, long voyages, bad food and cruel commanders.” – Introduction.
Whatever their reasons, large numbers of pirates plied the waters off the coast of New England in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, plundering merchant vessels and often inflicting grievous injuries on captains, passengers and crews.
Now the grim saga of these maritime marauders comes to life in the pages of this meticulously researched study. Drawing on detailed information from documents in state archives, admiralty records, printed reports of trials, articles from contemporary newspapers and other sources, these accounts recall the infamous exploits of a murderous band of brigands: the notorious William Kidd; George Lowther, who captured 33 vessels in seventeen months; Charles Harris, who was hanged at Newport with 25 of his crew; John Phillips, whose head was cut off and pickled; Thomas Pound, pilot of the King’s Frigate, who became a pirate and died a gentleman; John Quelch and his crew, who were hanged at Boston and their gold distributed; as well as the sinister doings of Ned Low, Thomas Tew, Samuel Bellamy, William Fly and others.
Enhanced with nearly 50 contemporary engravings and rare maps, this exciting narrative will fascinate maritime history buffs and any lover of thrilling real-life adventure on the high seas.
Unabridged Dover (1996) republication of the edition published by the Marine Research Society, Salem, MA, 1923. Preface. Introduction by Captain Ernest H. Pentecost. Appendix. Index. 47 black-and-white illustrations. 480pp. 5-3/8” x 8 ½”.
$14.95 soft cover
by Kate Kennedy
This collection of thirteen brief biographies tells the stories of strong and determined women who broke through social, cultural, or political barriers. Through their passions for art, exploration, literature, politics, music, and nature, these women made contributions to society that still resonate today.
Meet Marguerite “Tante Blanche” Thibodeau Cyr, “The Mother of Madawaska,” whose bravery and kindness during one brutal winter saved her frontier settlement; botanist-artist Kate Furbish, who explored Maine’s wilderness, collecting, classifying, and painting all of is flowering plants; and Florence Nicolar Shay, a Native-American basketmaker who demanded and succeeded in gaining rights for her tribe, the Penobscots.
Each of these women demonstrated courage, compassion, and an independence of spirit that is as inspiring now as it was then. Read about their extraordinary lives in this collection of absorbing biographies.
$10.95 soft cover
Brunswick, Maine
by Christopher B. Gutscher
This booklet tells the story of Brunswick's Merrymeeting Park through contemporary advertisements, park literature, post cards, and photographs. While the author's captions and commentary are descriptive and informative, he allows the photos and advertisements to hold center stage and speak for themselves.
$1.00 soft cover
To the History of Brunswick, Topsham, and Harpswell, Maine
by George Augustus Wheeler and Henry Warren Wheeler
Handy for the genealogical researcher whose work takes him or her to the Pejepscot region, this surname index refers the reader to the appropriate pages for various names mentioned in G.A. and H.W. Wheeler’s History of Brunswick, Topsham, and Harpswell, Maine, originally published in 1878. The earliest date in the History is 1615, and the latest is 1878, so a tremendous amount of information can be uncovered using that particular volume – if you know where to find it. This index will save hours of research.
$1.00 soft cover
Brunswick, Maine
by Jill Snyder Wallace
This booklet offers a self-guided tour of downtown Brunswick in two loops, taking the reader through parts of the Bowdoin campus, Maine street, Pleasant Street, Federal street and other neighborhoods, while cataloging some of the notable women who have lived and worked in Brunswick throughout the last two centuries. Chamberlain, Stowe, Skolfield, Walker, Peary, MacMillan, Stone, and Furbish are just a few of the names that crop up on the tour. A great value for an afternoon of history and fresh air!
$1.00 soft cover
A Brief History and Guide
by Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr.
and Frank A. Beard
"The State House is the single most public structure in Maine. It serves two distinct but inter-related functions. First, the building is the center of state government. Within its walls the day to day business of government is carried out. Secondly, the State House stands as a tangible symbol of the achievements of the past, the vitality of the present, and the aspirations of the future. ... The State House has been a 'living museum' whose function might be termed 'the fashioning of history'." Discover the past, present, and future of the State House with this guide, organized chronologically in the first section, and including illustrations, floor plans, and a self-guided tour in the second.
$1.00 soft cover
Evangeline & Selected Tales and Poems
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Including “The Village Blacksmith”, “The Song of Hiawatha”, “Paul Revere’s Ride”, and “The Courtship of Miles Standish”.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was the first American poet to successfully express the subjects and sentiments of the New World in classic old-world form and style. His narrative poems have long been a part of our national heritage, and his sonnets, with their superb melodies and harmonies, are among the finest poems in the Romantic tradition.
The distinguished modern poet Horace Gregory selected more than three dozen of Longfellow’s most enduring poems for this edition, which offers perceptive insight into the many facets of Longfellow’s genius.
With a New Preface by Edward M. Cifelli, Ph.D.,
and an Introduction by Horace Gregory.
$5.95 soft cover
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Paul Revere's Ride
illustrated by Ted Rand
Longfellow's well-known poem never appeared to better advantage: Rand has created a rich rendition of the Revolutionary landscape. And Revere himself is the perfect patriot, rugged and intense as he saddles up, "Ready to ride and spread the alarm - through every Middlesex village and farm." As Revere rides, the urgency of the pictures inspires the reader to flip the pages at an increasing pace until the dramatic confrontation of the Redcoats and the farmers. If there is any complaint here, it is with Longfellow himself, for rearranging the facts to exclude mention of Revere's fellow riders, Dawes and Prescott. Nevertheless, this is a gem of a lesson about one glorious morning in America's history.
Recommended for ages 5-9
$6.99 soft cover
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Hiawatha
pictures by Susan Jeffers
By the shores of Gitche Gumee…
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's classic The Song of Hiawatha weaves together the beautiful oral traditions of the American Indian into a grand epic poem. In this excerpt of some of its most lyrical verses, artist Susan Jeffers illuminates Longfellow's hypnotic account of Hiawatha's boyhood. Rich in imagery and detail, the exquisitely rendered paintings introduce readers to one of America's favorite poems.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) was a beloved American Poet whose verse conveyed sensitivity toward universal human emotions. Published in 1855, The Song of Hiawatha was an immediate success both in America and Europe.
Susan Jeffers is the acclaimed illustrator of Brother Eagle, Sister Sky: A message from Chief Seattle (Dial). Ms. Jeffers has illustrated many books for children and is a recipient of the Caldecott Honor award.
$7.99 soft cover
Something Abides:
The Story of Joshua L. Chamberlain
by John J. Pullen
The last published work written by legendary Chamberlain scholar John J. Pullen. Something Abides presents the story of Chamberlain's life for young readers. With many helpful pictures and a glossary of terms, children will easily learn of Chamberlain's contributions to the Civil War, as well as to Bowdoin College and the State of Maine.
Recommended for ages 8 and up
$8.95 soft cover
by John J. Pullen
MORE THAN A COOKBOOK - A COMIC DELIGHT! When this book was published by J.B. Lippincott Co. in 1972, it elicited some perplexity on the part of book sellers. Should they put it on the "COOKBOOK" shelf or on the one labeled "HUMOR?" The sagacious and discerning put it on both, for if you follow its instructions you will have a delicious dinner - UNLESS you are overcome by irrepressible mirth and, while thus incapacitated, commit the dreaded TURNIP ERROR, miss the precise moment for CABBAGE INSERTION or make some other misstep.
You will find there is a lot to it. For example, different vegetables cook at different speeds. Therefore, they must be inserted into the simmering water at different times. This calls for a schedule beside which that for launching a space vehicle into orbit is child’s play. The utmost in concentration, composure and freedom from distraction is called for. The condition of the atmosphere must be right. Boyle’s Law is involved and other sciences. Theology enters into it, particularly with regard to the Original Sin attached to the Onion. Preparation is a test of character. Jonathan Edwards would have been an ideal boiler (pardon, simmerer) as well as Marianne Moore. Benjamin Franklin would have never made it, nor would have Harriet Beecher Stowe and others mentioned.
You may not succeed, either. But at least you will have great fun reading about it, and if you do make the grade, what a glorious reward will be yours!
$2.50 hardcover
by Philip McFarland
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s groundbreaking novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, made her the most famous woman in America and forced an ambivalent North to confront the atrocities of slavery, yet it was just one of Stowe’s many remarkable accomplishments, as Philip McFarland details in Loves of Harriet Beecher Stowe. McFarland follows the Beecher clan on its migration across the changing face of mid-nineteenth century America, introducing readers to Harriet’s various loves: her father, Lyman, her husband, Calvin, and her brother, Henry Ward Beecher, the most famous preacher of his time, whose trial for adultery riveted the nation. As he leads us through Harriet’s shifting world, McFarland traces the arc of her literary career from her hard-scrabble beginnings writing breadwinning stories to her ascendancy as the most renowned author of her day. More than the story of a defining American family and their most famous member, Loves of Harriet Beecher Stowe is an unforgettable national portrait of a time when the social and physical landscapes of America were being radically redrawn.
$17.00 soft cover
by Jean Fritz
What could a housewife with six children do about slavery? Harriet Beecher Stowe grew up in a family in which her seven brothers were expected to be successful preachers and the four girls were never to speak in public. But slavery made Harriet so angry she couldn't keep quiet. Although she used a pen rather then her voice to convince people of the evils of slavery, she became more famous than any of her brothers. She firmly believed that words can make change, and by writing Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe hastened the Civil War and changed the course of American history.
$5.99 soft cover
by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Venture back in time to December 1620, as a group of pilgrims from England celebrate their first American Christmas – aboard the Mayflower. Having arrived barely a month earlier with no time to build adequate shelter on land, they were forced to weather the harsh winds and rains of New England winters onboard ship. Harriet Beecher Stowe captures their struggle for survival and their celebration of spirit unde4r the harshest conditions with the same attention to cultural detail as in her renowned 1852 bestseller, Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
Lush descriptions of the fall colors among fir, pine, oak, and juniper paint a vivid picture of the wild abundance of the Atlantic Coast in this unique Christmas story that will enchant readers of all ages. Delight in a shipboard lullaby for Peregrine, the first American-born baby. Experience the spiritual leadership of Elder Brewster, whose sermons on hard work, suffering and sacrifice inspired the Puritans to build a new life in a new land. True to the period, Stowe includes many folk songs, often interspersing their lyrics into daily conversations between newcomers who, after all, were born in the age of Shakespeare and Bacon.
Originally published in 1876 in a collection of Stowe’s short stories, First Christmas is now finally available on its own for the very first time in this fine edition with illustrations by noted artist Joseph Crawhall.
$12.95 hardcover
by William C. Spengemann
The Portable Hawthorne includes writings from each major stage in the career of Nathaniel Hawthorne: a number of his most intriguing early tales, the complete The Scarlet Letter, excerpts from his three subsequently published romances - The House of Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance, and The Marble Faun – as well as passages from his European journals and a sampling of his last, unfinished works. The editor’s Introduction and head notes trace the evolution of Hawthorne’s writing over the course of his long career: from the tales to their apotheosis in The Scarlet Letter through his popular romances, to his private journals and frustrated attempts at another romance. Readers looking for a critical vantage point from which to see Hawthorne whole – his artistic rise, triumph, and sad decline – can find it in this collection.
$18.00 soft cover
Feathertop
Based on the Tale by Nathaniel Hawthorn
by Robert D. San Souci
This tale by Nathaniel Hawthorne was first published in The International Magazine in 1852 under the title "Feathertop: A Moralized Legend." In adapting the tale, the author has sought to retain as much of the original style and spirit of the story as possible. The somewhat changed ending was inspired by a quotation (used here as the epigraph) from Hawthorne's own notebooks. The illustrations offer details of costume and setting that reflect the life and look of colonial New England in the 1750s.
$10.95 soft cover
Brunswick’s First Architect
by John V. Goff
An interesting look at the Town of Brunswick’s physical development through the work of one notable man. Buildings are listed by name and address, and their current status is given (extant, altered, demolished). Historical photographs from the late 19th century provide fascinating views – some easily recognized and others less so – of Brunswick’s downtown. As they peruse the descriptions of each building’s conception, readers will be impressed by just how much this one man has influenced the appearance of Brunswick, even today.
$1.00 soft cover
Explorer, Cartographer, Statesman
by Barrett Parker
In this monograph, based upon a Varney lecture delivered by the author to members and guests of the Pejepscot Historical Society in August of 1981, Barrett Parker commemorates the life and work of Samuel de Champlain. Parker's writing is at once reverent and succinct, making it easy for the reader to appreciate Samuel de Champlain's achievements and legacy in one afternoon of high-interest reading.
$1.00 soft cover
and the Medical School of Maine
A Biographical Record of Alumni and Officers, 1900-75
Biographical listings (including birthdates, employment & some family information, as well as degrees earned and fraternity memberships) of alumni, officers, and presidents of Bowdoin College from 1900 through 1975. Also includes Earned Master’s Degree recipients, Honorary Degree recipients, Advanced Degrees (Pro Merito) and Maine Medical School alumni.
$5.00 hardcover
written and illustrated by Claude B. Bonang
This book is a collection of poetry and sketches by former high school biology teacher, Claude Bonang, about growing up in Brunswick, Maine. In the fall of 1992, Mr. Bonang started a pen and ink sketch of his family’s home on Bowker Street in Brunswick which was where he, his six sisters, (except for Melba, who was born at 96 Union Street) and two brothers were born and where they all grew up. As he worked on the sketch, fond memories of his childhood years in that house surfaced in his mind; and upon finishing the sketch he was moved to write two stanzas of poetry about it. This served as the stimulus for the writing of additional verses covering various aspects of growing up. He soon became intrigued with the idea of writing an entire book of verse and illustrating it with pen and ink sketches as well as prints. His brothers and sisters contributed by jotting down anecdotes that they remembered of their growing years involving fames, house chores, humorous incidents, Christmas, and other events. This second edition contains twenty-eight new anecdotal stories in verse (with sketches and pictures) having to do with events and changes that the town of Brunswick has experienced over the years, and six stories in prose dealing primarily with some of the author's life experiences.
$20.00 soft cover
Harpswell
by Joyce K. Bibber
Harpswell’s uniquely scattered geography has shaped its destiny. With a long peninsula known as the Neck and more than 30 islands of varying sizes, the town has from the start been a fishing and farming community. This fascinating visual history brings to life the changes in Harpswell since the 1870s including images of the early, harsh life on the coast and later postcard views of a family resort area.
Joyce Bibber, a Harpswell native, gathered much of this unique collection from the cherished albums and archives of local families. A professor of history at the University of Southern Maine, she is also active with Greater Portland Landmarks and has been a member of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission.
The Images of America series celebrates the history of neighborhoods, towns, and cities across the country. Using archival photographs, each title presents the distinctive stories form the past that shape the character of the community today. Arcadia is proud to play a part in the preservations of local heritage, making history available to all.
$19.99 soft cover
by Nancy Orr Johnson Jensen
The title of this book tells you everything you need to know about what you'll find between its covers. The book is nearly 200 pages full of photos and snippets about life on Bailey Island. Part family history, part local lore, and a large part photo history; it is a book that will keep you busy for hours thumbing through its pages.
$19.95 soft cover
Based on the 1890 Letters between
Helen Keller and Ethel Orr
By Nancy Orr Johnson Jensen
Illustrated by Dawn Peterson
The author grew up in the house illustrated on the jacket of this book. Her grandmother was Ethel Orr who, at ten, corresponded with the famous Helen Keller.
The artifacts used in this book are real. Two of the letters from Helen Keller have never before been published (the other was published in the author’s book: Bailey Island, Memories, Pictures and Lore). The quilt is real, too, as were Ethel, her mother, and all the townspeople who lived on Bailey Island, Maine in the winter and spring of 1890. Even the parrot was real!
$23.95 hardcover
Postcard History Series
by Elizabeth Huntoon Coursen
Brunswick, Maine – Bowdoin is the quintessential New England college, and Brunswick is the quintessential New England town. Bowdoin has its stately buildings and trees, while Brunswick is blessed with a charming downtown featuring a pedestrian-friendly Main Street of dramatic proportions. Chartered in the late 1700s, Bowdoin has been inextricably linked to the town of Brunswick for more than 200 years. Brunswick and Bowdoin College features vintage postcard views dating from the early 1900s through the late 1940s, providing an extraordinary visual reference for a time of enormous technological and social change, when Main Street was transformed from a rutted dirt road to a paved thoroughfare, stables were supplanted by garages, buildings were constructed and razed, and merchants came and went.
Elizabeth Huntoon Coursen, an avid postcard collector, grew up in Brunswick in the 1960s. The first acquisition in her extensive Brunswick and Bowdoin postcard collection, a printed view of early – 1900s Main Street, was purchased nearly 30 years ago and is included in Brunswick and Bowdoin College.
$21.99 soft cover
by Jack Larkin
The years between the patrician leadership of George Washington and the campaign that elected William Henry Harrison marked a period of startling changes in American life. However, most Americans were enmeshed in the myriad of ordinary concerns of their lives, and although deeply affected by the great events of the time, their concern with them were intermittent. Jack Larkin describes the often gritty texture of life as these Americans experienced it, weaving the disparate threads of everyday life into the rich, complicated tapestry of American history during this transitional period.
$14.95 soft cover
From Home and Workshop,
to Mill and Factory
by Paul E. Rivard
From homespun textiles of wool and flax and custom-made pine and mahogany cabinetry to furnace-fired iron works and redware pottery, author Paul E. Rivard has set out to communicate the great significance of the industrial epoch in forming Maine as we know it today.
Rivard, director of the Maine State Museum for fourteen years and of the American Textile History Museum for eight years, has a reverence for history that is evident throughout his work. Made in Maine offers readers a glimpse into the state’s essential past – the ingenious ways by which products came to fruition as the nature of industry changed.
$21.99 soft cover
Maine Lodges and Sporting
Camps
by Donald A. Wilson
Beginning tin the mid-1800s and lasting for more than a century, Maine boasted a large number of lodges and sporting camps that catered to the pursuit of outdoor activities. While the primary interests of guests were fishing and hunting, many of the larger, more expensive resorts offered a variety of opportunities, including golf, horseback riding, tennis, boating, archery, and hiking, and some boasted gourmet dining and elegant parties. While some of these establishments survive, many have been demolished, existing only in memory and in photographs. Maine Lodges and Sporting Camps tells the story of the most prominent destinations, featuring nearly two hundred historic images that depict the life that existed when Maine was a sportsman’s paradise, abounding in trophy game and fish.
Donald A. Wilson grew up in the Maine sporting life, becoming the fourth generation to operate a lodge. He has maintained an interest in the sporting and resort history of Maine. A land surveyor, guide, and historian, Wilson is widely published. His previous works include Maine’s Hunting Past and Logging and Lumbering in Maine.
The Images of America series celebrates the history of neighborhoods, towns, and cities across the country. Using archival photographs, each title presents the distinctive stories from the past that shape the character of the community today. Arcadia is proud to play a part in the preservation of local heritage, making history available to all.
$19.99 soft cover
Maine’s Hunting Past
by Donald A. Wilson
Maine has long been a well-known and frequently visited hunting region. Long ago, moose and caribou were abundant and as time passed, trappers have been able to earn a decent living pursuing choice and prized fur-bearing animals. Small game and waterfowl populations remained fairly stable over the years and have continued to increase in popularity. However, as large areas of habitat were cleared for timber, larger animals began to disappear and populations dwindled. Trapping has since become a less favorable mode of producing income because of the low prices offered for native and raw fur.
Maine’s Hunting Past captures the pursuit of wild animals through a century of documentation. Since about 1850, animals have been taken for sport, for food, and for their hides. Hunting has long been not only a sport but also an industry, resulting in the increase and growth of sporting camps and an expanding number of guides. Maine’s Hunting Past highlights favorite regions, featuring famous sporting camps and well-known guides. Big game, small game, upland birds, waterfowl, furbearers, and numerous photographs of trophy animals and large bag limits are all included.
$19.99 soft cover
by Eric Sloane
The multi-talented and prolific author and artist Eric Sloane (1905 – 1985) fell head over heels in love with the forgotten tools, methods, lore, and architecture of early America – a love that comes through strongly and clearly in this warmly written and richly illustrated paean to the past.
Though barns and covered bridges form the heart of this book, Sloane presents a captivating discourse on many related subjects as well: different types of wood and their uses, lumber preparation and sawing, and the things Americans made from wood – fences of all sorts, well-made containers, weathervanes, dippers, latches, and more. He also describes and illustrates a plethora of early woodworking tools, including dozens of axes, adzes, augers, braces, planes, and saws.
The author’s beautiful line drawings depict a variety of structures, including Maine barns attached to houses, sturdy Pennsylvania barns made of fieldstone, broad-shouldered western barns, open-sided tobacco barns from Virginia and North Carolina – even an unusual circular barn. A wide range of covered bridges are also illustrated, from fancy to simple, from tiny to almost half a mile long. There are railroad bridges, bridges built to resemble boats or trolley cars, and saltbox-style bridges with covered sidewalks. For many of the structures, Sloane provides fascinating histories and structural details.
$8.95 soft cover
By Eric Sloane
A compilation of engrossing facts and anecdotes vitalized by author Eric Sloane’s own pen, this book captures the living legacy of America as seen in “the things that were.” According to Sloane, American Yesterday explores “our national attic of vanishing ways and obsolete occupations.” Impressed by the artistry and sturdy realism of pioneer builders, he takes genuine delight in exploring the unique careers of barber-surgeons, dowsers, tithingmen, sawyers, nailers, plumbum-men, and a great variety of artisans, illustrating the activities, customs, and things created by the people who made their living in “antique ways.”
Credited with “doing gallant service, preserving records of the ways and the means of the forefathers who got along well with the resources now long forgotten” (Springfield Republican), Eric Sloane has written an immensely enjoyable book that will enchant anyone who takes pleasure in reading about the past and views its artifacts as part of a rich national heritage.
$8.95 soft cover
A Treasury of Early American Folk Wisdom
by Eric Sloane
Eric Sloane’s vintage, homespun advice recalls “the joy of doing things not just the old-fashioned way, but plainly the right way.”
- Do hammer a squared peg into a round hole when you wish a wood joint to stay. A hardwood stick, if partly squared, will soon “weld” itself in a round-holed softwood piece and stay tight throughout the years
- Do make a simple soap by using potatoes three-fourths boiled and then mashed. This not only cleans hands but also prevents winter chap
- Do roll newspapers into rolls by wrapping them with string. A stack of these “logs” will do almost as well in your fireplace as real wood
- Don’t contradict. Difference of opinion is no cause of offense, but downright contradiction is a violation of the canons of good society
- Don’t lean or rest you elbows upon the dinner table
- Don’t be in haste to introduce. Be sure that it is mutually desired before presenting any one person to another.
Noah Blake 1805
By Eric Sloane
For his fifteenth birthday in 1805, young Noah Blake’s parents gave him a little leather bound diary in which he recorded the various activities on his father’s farm. This reprint of the actual early nineteenth-century book provides today’s readers with a charming rarity – a view of bygone days through the eyes of a young boy. Eric Sloane has taken the notebook with its brief comments and expanded the daily entries with explanatory narrative and 72 of his own delightful drawings.
Verbal sketches and drawings detail the construction of an entire back woods farm, as well as such common tasks as making nails, building a bridge, splitting shingles, spring plowing, and maple-sugaring. The result is a remarkable window onto the customs and preoccupations of rural New England two centuries ago.
$9.95 soft cover
By Eric Sloane
This fascinating, extremely important, and profusely illustrated book was largely responsible for the first great surge of interest in collecting old tools, and the research it inspired continues today. The classic text describes in detail scores of early American tools, and the wooden and metal artifacts made with them. Informally and charmingly written, the book covers building tools and methods; farm and kitchen implements; the tools of curries, wheelwrights, coopers, blacksmiths, coach-makers, loggers, tanners, and many other craftsmen of the pre-industrial age.
Over 180 pen-and-ink sketches by the author accurately depict “special tools for every job,” among them a hollowing gouge, twibil (double-bladed axe), hay fork, cornering chisel, apple butter paddle, chisel bit, boring auger, mortising chisel, a holding dog, printing mallet, rope twister, hauling sledge, winnowing tray, reaping hooks, splitting wedge, felling axe, propping saw horse, and other traditional implements.
Prized by cultural historians and craftspeople who work with wood, metal and other materials, this volume will also delight collectors and Americana enthusiasts.
$8.95 soft cover
The way America was
By Eric Sloane
Writer and artist Eric Sloane had an abiding love for America and worked throughout a long and productive life to capture the American spirit in word and picture.
The America Sloane loved was rooted in the simple virtues of our native soil: love of freedom, respect for the individual, sensible frugality, and determined self-reliance – all of which went to make up what Sloane perceived as our true American heritage.
Nowhere is this heritage more amply portrayed than in the work and ways of the early Americans of our pioneer days. In this book you will listen to Sloane’s talk of home and hearth, farm and field, and see all manner of tools, utensils, buildings and rural scenes rendered in his own finely detailed and lively drawings.
A visit to the America of “once-upon-a-time” brings us home to a land whose pioneer spirit endures, even amid the rapid and radical changes of our times.
$6.95 soft cover
by Margaret Huntington Hooker
This amazing piece of folk history was originally published in 1896 amidst a colonial revival frenzy that swept America’s eastern seaboard in the 1890s. Determined to preserve American colonial cooking, Margaret Hooker collected quaint and curious recipes and remedies that appear to have come from “old and reliable” sources ranging from the mid 1700s to the mid 1800s. Her 226 original illustrations of cooking utensils give us a glimpse of colonial America as seen through the eyes of a young artist and teacher of 1896. This fun book includes recipes, beauty secrets, etiquette, candle making, and household hints, written in 18th century long S style print.5 ½ x 8 ½ , 227 pages.
$10.95 soft cover
Pioneer Recipes & Food Lore
by Barbara Swell
Peppered with authentic 19th century photographs, this popular cookbook is smothered with old-time recipes, kitchen proverbs, even a pinch of proper pioneer etiquette! Make-do recipes include Leather Britches, Ash Cake and Portable Soup, using the ingredients available to settlers 150 years ago! Other goodies: hand-dipped candle making, soup warnings, molasses taffy, faux foods, zucchini clarinet and ginger beer! 5 ½ x 8 ½, 64 pages.
$5.95 soft cover
RECIPES INCLUDE:
Wheat: Attire for Bread Baking, Biscuits, Buttermilk Biscuits, Odorless Salt Rising Bread, Sally Lunn, Salt Risin’ Bread, Scones, Sour Dough Bread, Corn: Ash Cake, Cornbread, Cornmeal Mush, Cornpone, Cornsticks, Hoe Cake, Hunter's Cake, Johnny Cake, Johnny Cake Rhyme, Polenta, Roasted Corn, Spoon bread, Soups: Corn Chowder, Oyster Soup, Portable Soup, Potato Soup, Sweet Potato Soup, Meat/Wild Game: Apples and Buttons, Brunswick Stew, Baked Prairie Chicken, Chicken and Dumplings, Chicken Pie, Chicken Shortcake, Cornish Pasties, Dried Sweet Apple Schnitz, Meat Hash, Pigs in a Puddle, Shepherd's Pie, Schnitz and Knepp, Vegetables: Apple/Carrot Salad, Baked Beans, Cheese Biscuits in Tomato Sauce, Dandelion Salad, Leather Britches, Pickled Beets, Red Pickled Eggs, Root Vegetable Pasties, Sauerkraut, Vegetable Cutlets, Zucchini Clarinet, Fruit: Apple Butter, Apple Dumplings, Apple Pie, Apple Stack Cake, Blackberry Pie, Fruit Cobbler, Fruit Crisp, Fruit Roly-Poly, Miracle Cobbler, Snails House Cobbler, Desserts: Doughnuts in Rhyme, Fairy Cookies, Gingerbread Cookies, Gingerbread, Lemon Sauce, Pastry Crust, Poor Man's Pudding, Pumpkin Pie, Sand Tarts/Jelly Tarts, Togus Bread, Faux Foods: Mock Angelfood, Cake, Mock Clam Chowder, Mock Mince Pie, Mock Olives, Mock Oysters, Mock Pecan Pie, Mock Whipped Cream, Home-Made.Butter, Beverages: Blackberry Wine, Cherry Bounce, Coffee, Ginger Beer, Honey and Molasses Dipped Candles, Molasses Taffey
19th Century Cooking, Manners & Games
by Barbara Swell
Eat your way back in time and enter the world of American children as they lived 150 years ago. Sample foods, folklore and games found in the parlors of the wealthy, the boarding houses of the working class, and the cabins on the western frontier. Includes over 60 vintage photos plus historic recipes like cathead biscuits, sugar plums and hobo mulligan stew. Learn to make snow candles and snow taffy, tell Appalachian ghost stories and play Roley Hole and Jack Straws. 5 ½ x 8 ½, 72 pages.
$5.95 soft cover
RECIPES INCLUDE:
Beverages: Strawberry Water, Pineapple-Ade, Lemonade, Milk Punch, Make-Do Hot Cocoa, Hot Mulled Cider, Soups & Stews: Hobo Mulligan Stew, Tomato Bisque, Peanut Soup, Creamy Corn Soup, Chicken Noodle Soup, Bread: Hard Tack, Corn Egg Bread, Cat Head Biscuits, Cheese Crescents, Corn Dodgers, Ash Cake, Hoe Cake, Soft Pretzels, Peasant, Bread: Sausage and Apples, Kabobs, Meat Hash, Parmesan Chicken, Chicken & Dumplings, Weird Foods: Pickled Glazed Tongue, Eels with Anchovies, Chocolate Sandwiches, New Sandwiches, Vegetables: Squash with Apples, Sweet Potato Cobbler, Ash Potatoes, Succotash, Corn Oysters, Hopping John, Potato Snow, Fruit: Berry Fruit Leather, Talking Fruit Basket, Fruit Salad, Pineapple Ice, Dessert: Nutty Snowball Cookies, Tea Cakes, Sugar Cookies, Face Cookies, Thumbprint Cookies, Apple Upside Down Cake, Gingerbread Apple Cake, Persimmon Pudding, Berry Pie, Pie Pastry, Moist & Chewy Mud Pies, Apple Turnover, Fudge Snow Taffy, Sugar Plums, Popcorn Balls.
Voyages: A Maine Franco-American and Aradian Reader
Nelson Madore & Barry Rodrigue, Editors
Dozens of voices celebrate - in essays, stories, plays, poetry, songs and art - the Franco-American experience in Maine. They explore subjects as diverse as Quebec-Maine-Acadia frontier history, immigrant drama, work, genealogy, women, discrimination, community affairs, religion, archeology, politics, literature, language, and humor. The voices, themselves, are equally diverse, including Normand Beaupré, Pat LaMarche, Michael Michaud, Ross and Judy Paradis, Susann Pelletier, John Martin, Béatrice Craig, Michael Parent, Linda Pervier, Yvon Labbé, Céleste DeRoche, Alaric Faulkner, Paul Paré, Ray Levasseur, Yves Frenette, Stewart Doty, The Reverend Clément Thibodeau, Rhea Côté Robbins, Greg Chabot, Bob Chénard, Denis Ledoux, Jean-Paul Poulain, Josée Vachon, and many others. This is a rich resource and an engaging read, one that will resonate with many.
$30.00 soft cover
Volume 1: The Means Massacre Background & Location
by John T. Mann
John T. Mann is a professional land surveyor with thirty years experience retracing the location of property boundaries in Southern Maine. Most of that work has been within the area formerly known as the Casco Bay or "Kennebec Settlement", one of three primary destinations in New England for "Scotch-Irish" or “Ulster-Scots” emigrants in the 60 years prior to the American Revolutionary War.
Mr. Mann set out to write a report on the background and location of the so-called Means Massacre to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the 1756 event at Flying Point on Casco Bay. The result is an in depth story of interconnected families, forced by religious, political and economic circumstances to abandon not just one, but two homelands.
The introduction of Ulster-Scots immigrants to the Kennebec Settlement intentionally put them at the center of conflict for the domination of North America. These families were forced to confront both the French and Indian alliance and then the British Empire in order to establish a place of their own on the Coast of Maine, America's eastern frontier. The struggle of the Means', and their extended family, to create a homeland with religious and economic freedoms and with rights to property ownership is detailed here in family records and historical research.
This is, to a large degree, the story of the birth of America itself. The spirit of Maine's people, and their unique place in New England's history, will be better understood and appreciated by those that consider the times and the voices brought back to us once more in this report.
$15.00 soft cover
The Irish in Maine
edited by Michael Connolly
With a preface by Senator George J. Mitchell, this collection of 11 essays chronicles the lives of the Irish in Maine since the early 18th century. Dr. Michael C. Connolly provides a substantive overview of Irish labor, politics, and culture that puts the subsequent essays (covering three centuries of Irish struggles in various regions of Maine) in context. Essay topics include Irish service in the American Civil War, the stories of two single Irish women, Irish contributions to both the union and temperance movements, and Irish conflicts with the Ku Klux Klan.
$24.95 soft cover
by H. H. Price and Gerald E. Talbot
There are rich deposits of black history throughout Maine, starting with the Cape Verde fishermen who chased cod along our shores before colonization. Blacks accompanied the European explorers and settlers, and some were settlers themselves; and many came enslaved. The African migration to Maine had begun, and it continues today. The authors have spent seven years collecting this history through photographs, interviews with black elders, and scholarly research to produce a book for students, libraries, schools and post-secondary institutions, and the general public. It is intended to be interesting reading, a resource book, and educational in the broadest sense.
$24.95 soft cover
A Tribal Representative in Maine
by Donna M. Loring
Maine is the only state in the nation to have tribal representatives seated in its legislative body, a practice that began in the 1820s. Although the representatives from the Penobscot Nation and the Passamaquoddy Tribe don’t have voting power on the house floor, they serve on committees and may chair study committees. Donna Loring’s first session as representative of the Penobscot Nation was a difficult one – a personal struggle to have a “voice”, but also because of the issues: changing offensive names, teaching Native American history in Maine schools, casinos and racinos, and the interpretation of sovereign rights for tribes. Some of the struggles and issues remain as she continues to serve, and the perspective she offers – as a Native American and as a legislator – is both valuable and fascinating.
$20.00 soft cover
The Essential Handbook of Victorian Entertaining
by Autumn Stephens
You are cordially invited to buy this book and invite your friends to an authentic Victorian party.
The Essential Handbook of Victorian Entertaining is a must for every lady and gentleman who wishes to entertain or be entertained in the fashion of the Victorian Era. In this highly-organized and copiously illustrated handbook, you will find the proper rules for dressing, speaking, eating, and all other manner of interacting at a variety of Victorian social occasions.
Let’s go back to the time when tea parties were important social activities and appropriate behavior was always expected from the hostess and host, as well as their guests.
In this book, you’ll learn all of the strange rules of Victorian entertaining, as well as the curious faux pas to be avoided when hosting or attending social calls, overnight visits, tea parties, luncheons, dinner parties, and more!
So, while keeping in mind the proper decorum, let the good times roll.
$9.95 soft cover
by Professor Thomas E. Hill
- Learn how to properly criticize your spouse.
- Learn how to refuse soup at a formal dinner.
- Learn how to avoid appearing ridiculous while traveling.
- Learn how to reply to a love letter from a young man who uses tobacco.
- Learn what to do with your cane, parasol, bonnet and dog when calling.
- Learn who not to marry.
Great for parties! Hours of fun!
$8.95 soft cover
19th Century Cooking, Manners & Games
by Barbara Swell
Eat your way back in time and enter the world of American children as they lived 150 years ago. Sample foods, folklore and games found in the parlors of the wealthy, the boarding houses of the working class, and the cabins on the western frontier. Includes over 60 vintage photos plus historic recipes like cathead biscuits, sugar plums and hobo mulligan stew. Learn to make snow candles and snow taffy, tell Appalachian ghost stories and play Roley Hole and Jack Straws. 5 ½ x 8 ½, 72 pages.
$5.95 soft cover
RECIPES INCLUDE:
Beverages: Strawberry Water, Pineapple-Ade, Lemonade, Milk Punch, Make-Do Hot Cocoa, Hot Mulled Cider, Soups & Stews: Hobo Mulligan Stew, Tomato Bisque, Peanut Soup, Creamy Corn Soup, Chicken Noodle Soup, Bread: Hard Tack, Corn Egg Bread, Cat Head Biscuits, Cheese Crescents, Corn Dodgers, Ash Cake, Hoe Cake, Soft Pretzels, Peasant, Bread: Sausage and Apples, Kabobs, Meat Hash, Parmesan Chicken, Chicken & Dumplings, Weird Foods: Pickled Glazed Tongue, Eels with Anchovies, Chocolate Sandwiches, New Sandwiches, Vegetables: Squash with Apples, Sweet Potato Cobbler, Ash Potatoes, Succotash, Corn Oysters, Hopping John, Potato Snow, Fruit: Berry Fruit Leather, Talking Fruit Basket, Fruit Salad, Pineapple Ice, Dessert: Nutty Snowball Cookies, Tea Cakes, Sugar Cookies, Face Cookies, Thumbprint Cookies, Apple Upside Down Cake, Gingerbread Apple Cake, Persimmon Pudding, Berry Pie, Pie Pastry, Moist & Chewy Mud Pies, Apple Turnover, Fudge Snow Taffy, Sugar Plums, Popcorn Balls.
by Wayne Erbsen
Manners & Morals of Victorian America is your gateway to the fashionable world of Victorian America. It draws from the wealth of late 19th and early twentieth century etiquette books. With almost 500 historic engravings and illustrations, the book details virtually every aspect of Victorian life, including the proper conduct for courtship and wooing, duties of husbands and wives, how to deal with a rejected suitor and even carriage and motoring manners. 7"x 10", 180 pages.
$17.95 soft cover
Railroadin' Songs,
Jokes & Stories
edited by Wayne Erbsen
Finally! A low-cost (but snazzy) book packed with songs and lore of the railroads! Includes the melody and lyrics to 28 classic sing-alongs plus: Railroad Superstitions and Tall Tales of Train Wrecks, Robberies, Ghosts, Hobos, Train Insults, Railroad Slang, Street-Car Poetry, vintage drawings and photos. 5 ½ x 8 ½, 68 pages. The perfect companion to the CD “Singing Rails".
$5.95 soft cover
Includes: Cannonball Blues, Casey Jones, Death of Edward Lewis, East Bound Train, Freight Train Boogie, In the Pines, John Henry, Life's Railway to Heaven, The Lightning Express, Lonesome Pine Special, Midnight Special, New River Train, Nine Hundred Miles, Nine Pound Hammer, On the Dummy Line, Railroad Bill, The Railroad Corral, Railroadin' & Gamblin', Railroading on the Great Divide, Reuben's Train, Rock Island Line, Swannanoa Tunnel, This Train, Train on the Island, Train That Carried My Girl From Town, Wabash Cannonball, When the Train Comes Along, Wreck of the Old 97.
14 Railroadin'
Songs
by Wayne Erbsen
SONGS: Cannonball Blues, Railroading on the Great Divide, On the Dummy Line, Nine Hundred Miles, John Henry, The Death of Edward Lewis, and many more. Performed on banjo, fiddle, mandolin, dobro, harmonica, guitar, washboard, and jug. There are 12 vocals and 2 instrumentals about 40 minutes. The perfect companion to the book "Singing Rails".
$14.95 CD
Stories, Songs & Sayings
by Wayne Erbsen
Step inside the door of Log Cabin Pioneers as Wayne Erbsen tales you on a personal journey of finding and restoring an historic log cabin. By the magic of a crackling fire, he'll introduce you to authentic pioneers who will sing you ancient songs, spin yarns about Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone and Thomas Jefferson, and tell spell-binding tales of bear hunting with moonshine or give you advice on how to buy a mule. Join other settlers in a house raising, hew logs for a cabin, shop in an old-time general store, eat ash cake and dance your socks off at an old-fashioned barn dance. Includes remedies, superstitions, romantic advice, 143 vintage photos, words & music to 19 songs. 6" x 9", 184 pages, perfect bound, glossy full color cover. The perfect companion to the CD "Log Cabin Songs".
$14.95 soft cover
by Wayne Erbsen & Laura Boosinger
Roll up the rug, clear the floor and grab your partner! Kick up your heels with spunky old-time dance tunes, historic songs and ancient ballads of America's log cabin pioneers. Little Log Cabin in the Lane, Darling Cory, Puncheon Floor, Sugar in the Gourd, Cricket on the Hearth, My Old Cottage Home, The Blackest Crow, Goodbye to My Stepstone, Mary of the Wild Moor, East Virginia, Red Rocking Chair, Fracas on York Ridge, and Lost Jug in the Cornpile. 10 Vocals, 6 instrumentals played on banjo, fiddle, mandolin, guitar, and bass. 48 minutes. The perfect companion to the book "Log Cabin Pioneers".
$14.95 CD
Many adults will remember playing button games at birthday parties when they were young or making a button box for their mother. This book includes projects, crafts, games, history, and information on collecting buttons
$4.95 soft cover
Marion's Buttons have returned. At her Brunswick shop Marion's, Marie Ann Desmarais sold second-hand clothing from the late 1930s to the early 60s. Damaged clothing was sold to the "rag man" for recycling, but not before the buttons were removed and strung together. A wide variety of buttons are available for sale from glass and wooden to beautiful mother-of-pearl buttons. Prices vary.
Research and Education
by Jim Henderson
Browse more than 1,500 articles alphabetically, or use the search engine to find articles with words or phrases you supply. Over 2,000 photos, maps, and charts.
Thousands of internal links:
- Selected primary sources
- Brief History of Maine
- All Maine towns (location map, population, historic sites, selected photos, name origins, historical notes)
- Biographical sketches: all members of congress and governors since statehood selected Maine authors.
- “Reference Desk” for frequently asked questions
- Timeline: pre-history to present
- High school sports champs
- “Today in Maine History” calendar
- Census summary – all counties
- Selected Maine political party platforms beginning 1912
- How Maine ranks among states – income, health, taxes, etc.
- Maine’s “Learning results”
- MORE!
Edition 5.1: $19.95 CD
Edition 5.2: $24.95 CD
Screen Saver – 100 Images of Maine
by Jim Henderson
These are samples of the screen saver’s 100 images selected from over 400 original photographs illustrating articles in Maine: An Encyclopedia, the interactive CD-ROM for PC’s and MAC’s, including Books. These images may be viewed on both; the screen saver display program is for PC’s only.
$9.95 CD
The Brown Case
by Daniel Dorman, Rebecca Roche, and Barbara Banner, M.D.
It’s summer of 1906. A young, unmarried couple spends a weekend at a secluded guest house near the resort town of Poland Spring, Maine. The holiday ends tragically: the woman drowns. The police come to suspect it was not an accident, and her companion is charged with murder.
The Brown Case is a historical simulation game which asks participants to prepare for and then assume a variety of roles in an early twentieth century murder trial. Drawing from archival and other related sources, its creators give players the requisite tools, i.e. a list of suggested readings, a case record, an evidentiary file, and a trial outline, for taking on these tasks.
This activity, inspired by the Pejepscot Historical Society’s exhibit CSI Brunswick: the Forensic Work of Dr. Frank Whittier, is applicable to subjects such as nineteenth and twentieth century social/cultural history, forensics, and criminal law. It is relevant, as well, to studies of gender and class in American Society. Its academic range extends from graduate-undergraduate College to upper level high school courses. It may also be played by groups of adults who share an interest in history and a willingness to engage in novel experiences.
Authors: Daniel Dorman, Rebecca Roche, and Barbara Banner, M.D.
Copyright: Daniel Dorman, Barbara Banner, Rebecca Roche
Available in CD or print from the Pejepscot Historical Society, 159 Park Row, Brunswick, ME 04011 (Tel. 207-729-6606)
$18.00 soft cover, $12.00 CD
by Daniel M. Dorman, exhibit curator
This engrossing booklet serves as a guide to one of the current exhibits featured at the Pejepscot Historical Society, entitled CSI Brunswick: The Forensic Work of Dr. Frank Whittier. Dr. Whittier, who lived in the Society’s Skolfield-Whittier House, was a pioneering bacteriologist who made tremendous strides in advancing forensic science, both nationally and globally. Dorman uses his gift with words to meticulously flesh out Dr. Whittier’s life, career, and most interestingly, his forensic cases. Complete with detailed illustrations, this booklet is impossible to put down and is sure to whet the reader’s appetite for more!
$3.00 soft cover
A Forensic Mystery Where You Crack the Case
“We were in the den…You know…talking about Judd and the man stalking him. I was over by the door, sort of behind it, when it opened. Everyone stopped. It was him…” From a transcript of an interview with Amanda, a suspect.
A phone call, footsteps, a shout – and suddenly a thud as a body hits the ground. Panicked, a group of terrified teenagers flees the scene.
Early the next morning, a police officer discovers the corpse, and the investigation swings into action. There is no time to lose – become a crime-scene detective and catch the killer while the forensic trail is still hot. Gather the evidence, piece together the clues, and discover the truth. Only YOU can track down the murderer!
$15.95 hardcover
by John Green
The human body is an infinitely complex marvel of fine design, superbly adapted to its functions. A host of specialized organs, bones, muscles, nerve fibers, blood vessels and other anatomical features work together in harmony to maintain the network of interrelated body systems necessary to maintain life. Now the component parts of this intricate flesh-and-blood machine are clearly revealed in this treasury of detailed anatomical illustrations.
Noted illustrator John Green has rendered 25 exceptionally clear and precise full-color plates of the body’s organs and systems: the skeleton, muscles and skin, as well as the respiratory, digestive, circulatory, reproductive and other systems. Illustrations also focus on such important organs as the eye, ear and brain. Each carefully labeled plate has been reviewed for accuracy and is accompanied by an extensive caption written by Dr. John W. Harcup, clearly explaining the nature and purpose of the body part or system represented.
Its precision and clarity make this book an ideal supplement to school courses in biology, health and other subjects, but it will also appeal to general readers, who will enjoy its wealth of superb illustrations illuminating the incredibly complex and highly specialized workings of the human body.
$7.95 soft cover
by A.G. Smith
Create your own three-dimensional paper model of the human skeleton with this exciting and educational activity book. Easy to assemble, the finished model stands 16-1/2” tall and offers an accurate representation of the complete skeletal structure, with flexible joints that allow it to be posed in hundreds of lifelike attitudes.
No complicated tools or expensive materials are required. With an X-acto knife, glue, needle and thread, preteen and teenage youngsters can cut out clearly labeled individual pieces and assemble them with little or no adult help. Easy-to-follow diagrams and step-by-step instructions show young model builders how to cut, fold, glue and sew each component.
Ideal for use in school or home, this fascinating project will familiarize children with the underlying structure of the human body, the interrelationship of its parts and the terminology used to describe them. Parents and teachers will find it an excellent means of encouraging the study and understanding of the body’s internal framework.
$6.95 soft cover
Coloring Book
by Margaret Mat
From a biological point of view, the human body is an infinitely complex marvel of fine design, superbly adapted to its functions by eons of evolutionary development. Hundreds of specialized organs, bones, muscles, nerve fibers, blood vessels and other anatomical features comprise an interdependent network of bodily systems that enables the human organism to survive. Now the component parts of this intricate flesh-and-blood machine can be absorbed and understood by means of an ingenious format: the coloring book.
Human Anatomy Coloring Book contains careful, scientifically accurate line renderings of the body’s organs and major systems: skeletal, muscular, nervous, digestive, reproductive, etc. A total of 43 plates (often with several illustrations to a page) offers numerous views, cross-sections, diagrams and detailed close-ups, labeled and numbered to correspond with suggestions for coloring. These suggestions are specially designed to emphasize the structural relationships in the body. By working through each system, the reader will gain not only an intimate knowledge of the location, appearance and role of the body parts, but will be laying the groundwork for more sophisticated studies of anatomy.
The drawings in Human Anatomy Coloring Book are remarkable clear and detailed, and each is accompanied by a concise, informative text that outlines the role of the part illustrated in the general context of the body’s operations. Both text and illustrations have been reviewed by a specialist to insure rigorous scientific accuracy.
For colorists, medical students, artists – anyone concerned with the structure and function of the human body - Human Anatomy Coloring Book represents a highly accurate and useful introduction to the topic, and an enjoyable coloring experience as well.
$3.95 soft cover
Lizzy Bright and the Buckminster Boy
by Gary D. Schmidt
Turner Buckminster can't find anything good to say about his first six hours in Phippsburg, Maine, where even baseball is a different game. He’s about ready to light our for the Territories, where every shirt he wears won’t have to be starched white and no one will know him as the new minister's son. But after meeting Lizzie Bright Griffin, a smart and sassy girl who lives on nearby Malaga Island, a poor community founded by former slaves, he doesn’t feel quite so miserable. Lizzie shows Turner how to hit a Maine baseball, dig for clams along the shore, and row a boat next to a whale – opening up a whole new world to him, one filled with the mystery and wonder of Maine’s rocky coast.
But the two soon discover that the town elders, along with Turner’s father, want to force the people of Lizzie's island to leave so that a lucrative tourist trade can be started there. Although Turner is forbidden to step foot on the island, he and Lizzie try to save its people – and get caught up in the spiral of disasters that alter their lives forever.
Gary D. Schmidt has crafted a unique coming-of-age novel based on the true event of an island’s destruction in 1912.
$15.00 hardcover
by Barbara Schestopol Craig
An old possible haunted house on a hill, two teenagers alone, and a stormy night with a creepy hunched over intruder knocking at the door sets the scene for intrigue and trepidation. After leaving their mother, friends, and Boston for the summer, Rachel and Scott are somewhat reluctant to help run a country inn with their dad and stepmother in quiet, quaint, Maine. As the plot moves along the two teenagers are confronted with strange happenings at the inn. Antiques are suddenly missing, the family boat is untied, strange guests are checking in and the entire atmosphere begins to feel spooky. Could it be because back in the 1860’s, Civil War days, the house was part of an Underground Railroad System for run-away slaves? Was someone murdered? Or could it all be a hoax? But why does the mystery keep growing as new characters register for a stay at the house on the hill? Pieces to the puzzle begin to fit as Rachel’s sleuthing pays off and her feelings toward her stepmother and Maine drastically change.
“The impact of family separation upon the young – hits home!”
$12.95 soft cover
by Jean Fritz
What could a housewife with six children do about slavery? Harriet Beecher Stowe grew up in a family in which her seven brothers were expected to be successful preachers and the four girls were never to speak in public. But slavery made Harriet so angry she couldn't keep quiet. Although she used a pen rather then her voice to convince people of the evils of slavery, she became more famous than any of her brothers. She firmly believed that words can make change, and by writing Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe hastened the Civil War and changed the course of American history.
$5.99 soft cover
Feathertop
Based on the Tale by Nathaniel Hawthorn
by Robert D. San Souci
This tale by Nathaniel Hawthorne was first published in The International Magazine in 1852 under the title "Feathertop: A Moralized Legend." In adapting the tale, the author has sought to retain as much of the original style and spirit of the story as possible. The somewhat changed ending was inspired by a quotation (used here as the epigraph) from Hawthorne's own notebooks. The illustrations offer details of costume and setting that reflect the life and look of colonial New England in the 1750s.
$10.95 soft cover
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Hiawatha
pictures by Susan Jeffers
By the shores of Gitche Gumee…
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's classic The Song of Hiawatha weaves together the beautiful oral traditions of the American Indian into a grand epic poem. In this excerpt of some of its most lyrical verses, artist Susan Jeffers illuminates Longfellow's hypnotic account of Hiawatha's boyhood. Rich in imagery and detail, the exquisitely rendered paintings introduce readers to one of America's favorite poems.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) was a beloved American Poet whose verse conveyed a sensitivity toward universal human emotions. Published in 1855, The Song of Hiawatha was an immediate success both in America and Europe.
Susan Jeffers is the acclaimed illustrator of Brother Eagle, Sister Sky: A message from Chief Seattle (Dial). Ms. Jeffers has illustrated many books for children and is a recipient of the Caldecott Honor award.
$7.99 soft cover
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Paul Revere's Ride
illustrated by Ted Rand
Longfellow's well-known poem never appeared to better advantage: Rand has created a rich rendition of the Revolutionary landscape. And Revere himself is the perfect patriot, rugged and intense as he saddles up, "Ready to ride and spread the alarm - through every Middlesex village and farm." As Revere rides, the urgency of the pictures inspires the reader to flip the pages at an increasing pace until the dramatic confrontation of the Redcoats and the farmers. If there is any complaint here, it is with Longfellow himself, for rearranging the facts to exclude mention of Revere's fellow riders, Dawes and Prescott. Nevertheless, this is a gem of a lesson about one glorious morning in America's history.
Recommended for ages 5-9
$6.99 soft cover
Coloring Book
by Peter F. Copeland
The magnificent age of sail lives again in this distinctive collection of ready-to-color American sailing ships. In a pictorial display spanning over 200 years of maritime history, artist and avid sailor Peter Copeland meticulously depicts vessels ranging from small, shallow-draft topsail schooners of Colonial times and early sail-and-steam powered ships to modern reconstructions of classic 17th-century vessels.
Complementing well-researched and accurately rendered drawings are informative captions which describe each ship – dates, types of vessel, construction, historical background, distinguishing characteristics, brief anecdotes, and more.
Educational and entertaining, this impressive, fact-filled volume will delight colorists of all ages, students, teachers, as well as anyone captivated by the romance and adventure of the high seas.
$3.95 soft cover
Coloring Book
by the Tre Tryckare Company
The age of Sail spread over most of man’s history; with its passing passed some of the most beautiful engineering and aesthetic creations ever seen. See them sail the ocean once again, and color them as vividly brilliant as ever in this survey of historic sailing ships coloring book. Thirty-four large illustrations (including nine double-page spreads) show how men once went down to the sea in ships: in a Phoenician war galley (7th century B.C.), Greek trireme (three banks of oars, 480 B.C.), Roman merchantman, Viking longboat, European carracks, Columbus’ Santa Maria, Vasco da Gama’s Sait Gabriel, Drake’s Golden Hind, and American whaler, the clipper Cutty Sark and even a Chinese junk. The accurate black-and-white line drawings executed by the Swedish art firm Tre Tryckare show such detail as cross sections, cannon, rigging, sailors at their tasks and more. Old sea dogs and young will love the chance to recapture and embellish the great days of sail.
$3.95 soft cover
Sticker Paper Dolls
by Sue Shanahan
These charming little ladies of the Victorian era will delight paper doll fans of all ages. Susannah, Emma, Caroline, and Molly, ranging in age from five to fifteen, come with attire for every season and all hours of the day.
Youngsters can dress the four dolls in authentic period costumes by applying 48 full-color sticker illustrations of cloaks, shawls and coats for wintry days, perky pinafores and smartly starched outfits for school, ruffled and lace-trimmed dresses for special occasions and many more.
High-topped shoes, hair ribbons, fans, hats and other accessories help complete these authentic wardrobes. Best of all, the reusable stickers let paper doll players create many different ensembles for each doll.
$5.95 soft cover
Sticker Picture
by Darcy May
This entertaining activity book invites you to furnish your very own model of a charming Victorian dollhouse. A background scene with five empty rooms reveals a cozy attic chamber with arched windows, two second-floor bedrooms accented with lace curtains, a first-floor entry hall, and a living room with a fireplace. To fill these rooms with people, furniture, and domestic accessories, simply:
- Remove staples and sticker pages to use the 18 ½” x 12 ¼” laminated backdrop shown on the inside front and back covers.
- Select from 77 full-color stickers depicting velvet draperies, dressers, kerosene lamps, pictures, a pedestal dining table with chairs, sideboard, lamps, vases, as well as figures of a proper Victorian family (Mother, Father, Sister, Brothers, and Baby.)
$5.95 soft cover
A Basic Guide to Tracing Your Family’s Genealogy
by Ralph J. Crandall
Dr. Ralph J. Crandall, executive director of the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS), explains how to organize, trace, and showcase a family history with the most up-to-date information on how and where to do the research.
The second edition of this highly successful book has been extensively revised and now features two new chapters: one on Internet research, the other on court records.
Shaking Your Family Tree, 2nd edition, contains valuable information for amateur and professional genealogists on:
- Internet resources
- Library resources
- Birth, death, and marriage records
- Church records
- Cemetery records
- Probate records
- Court records
- Land records
- Census records
- Military records
- Researching immigrants
- How to organize and publish your family genealogy
$19.95 soft cover
Efficient & Effective Ways to Gather and Protect Your Genealogical Research
by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack
In this friendly and practical guide, professional genealogist Sharon Carmack show you how to reduce the ever-mounting piles of papers, books and other materials, so you can spend more time researching and less time hunting for information lost somewhere on your desk or computer.
Following Carmack’s advice, you’ll save time, money and space as you learn to organize everything from filing cabinets to research trips. Whether you have a whole room dedicated to your family history search or just a few storage boxes, you’ll find a system that puts information right at your fingertips. Easy-to-copy charts, forms, and checklists take you through every step:
- Create filing systems that not only keep your research straight, but also grow with your needs
- Get a handle on correspondence, so you can eliminate duplicate requests and locate your findings quickly and easily
- Plan productive research trips using special journals that help you record essential information while you’re on site
- Define your research goals and establish projects around those goals
- Develop a storage system for CD-ROM’s, disks, books, conference materials, microfilms, and other miscellaneous research necessities
- Prepare a “bag of essentials” for special trips to gravesites, interviews, repositories, and more
- Protect delicate family artifacts, including documents, photos, diaries and other materials
- Organize and preserve your research for future generations by publishing your genealogy, making provisions in your will or donating your work to an archive.
Whether genealogy is your part-time hobby or full-time obsession, you can get organized and stay that way! This one-of-a-kind guide will have your family history research neat and accessible in no time. Get started today and see what a difference it can make.
$17.99 soft cover
Brass Ship Bells
These cast brass heavyweight bells, a perfect addition to any home, are polished and feature a beautifully knotted rope lanyard. Each bell has a swan-necked mounting bracket for fastening to the desired surface.
These gorgeous bells are approximately 6” tall and 5.5” wide (at its widest point).
$69.99 each
This highly polished solid brass compass with a hinged lid is excellent for camping and outdoor use, and makes a perfect compass for a Cub Scout or a Boy Scout. The compass is the size of a standard pocket watch, measuring slightly over 1 3/4 inches in diameter, 5/8 inch thick, and weighs 1.68 ounces. The case is stamped from thick solid brass. The compass needle is accurate, quick and responsive.
$7.95 each
The Boatswain's Pipe (pronounced "bosun's") is one of the oldest and most distinctive pieces of nautical equipment. The boatswain's pipe, whistle, or flute, was used in Greece and Rome to keep the stroke of galley slaves. During the Crusades it was utilized to call English cross bowmen to the deck for attack. Because its shrill tune could be heard above most of the activity on board, it later was used to signal various happenings such as knock-off and the boarding of officials. This signaling device was so essential to the well-being of the ship that it became a badge of office and honor in the British and American Navy.
This beautifully detailed solid brass and copper Navy Boatswain's Pipe comes with a quality 39 inch solid brass chain lanyard. The pipe has a traditional anchor design inlaid in copper on both sides. The boatswain's pipe measures 5 inches long, and the pipe and chain weigh 1.6 ounces. The boatswain's pipe comes with a beautiful solid hardwood storage and display case. A solid brass Navy anchor design is inlaid into the lid of the case.
$14.95 each
This detailed 1846 map of Brunswick by C.J. Noyes carefully notes the downtown area. Noyes painstakingly marks each house & business with the name of the owner, and the top of the map features a drawing of both the Congregational Church and Bowdoin’s King Chapel. Map measures 18” x 22” and makes the perfect addition to the home of any local history buff.
$4.95 each
Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Pejepscot Historical Society, this beautiful ornament features the signature cupola of the Skolfield-Whittier House. Inscribed below the image of the cupola are the words “Pejepscot Historical Society” and the years of the Society’s establishment and 100th anniversary: “1888-1988”. This ornament is 2.5” high and 2.5” wide at its widest point.
$3.50 each
Verdigris finish (shown) or polished Brass
$19.50 each
Verdigris finish.
$19.50 each
Verdigris finish or polished Brass (shown)
$19.50 each
by Leib Image Archives
“America” c1870
America’s Cup 1851
The winner of the first America’s Cup at the Great Exhibition in London.
.50 each
America’s Cup 1903
Charlie Barr at the wheel of the Reliance with a crew of 63 men.
.50 each
Boys sailing their model boats.
.50 each
Cat boats on a calm sailing day.
.50 each
America’s Cup 1899
Making a run to the Sandy Hook Lightship to finish in front of the Shamrock.
.50 each
Cape Neddick, ME c1950
The present Nubble or Cape Neddick lighthouse was completed in 1879 and stands 41-foot tall. The station included a bell tower that contained weights that powered a clockworks used to ring a fog bell.
.50 each
The Early Architecture of Bowdoin College and Brunswick, Maine
by William D. Shipman
This study was originally drafted during the summer of 1961. Since that time four of the buildings described have been lost, one by fire and three by demolition. A fifth building narrowly escaped being removed as part of an improvement scheme. The original study was revised, and the section on post-1820 buildings expanded, in 1971. The architectural story is carried up to about 1860, by which time Victorian influences had become firmly established. Much of the information comes from local citizens.
$3.00 soft cover
Brunswick, Maine
by Christopher B. Gutscher
This booklet tells the story of Brunswick's Merrymeeting Park through contemporary advertisements, park literature, post cards, and photographs. While the author's captions and commentary are descriptive and informative, he allows the photos and advertisements to hold center stage and speak for themselves.
$1.00 soft cover
To the History of Brunswick, Topsham, and Harpswell, Maine
by George Augustus Wheeler and Henry Warren Wheeler
Handy for the genealogical researcher whose work takes him or her to the Pejepscot region, this surname index refers the reader to the appropriate pages for various names mentioned in G.A. and H.W. Wheeler’s History of Brunswick, Topsham, and Harpswell, Maine, originally published in 1878. The earliest date in the History is 1615, and the latest is 1878, so a tremendous amount of information can be uncovered using that particular volume – if you know where to find it. This index will save hours of research.
$1.00 soft cover
Brunswick, Maine
by Jill Snyder Wallace
This booklet offers a self-guided tour of downtown Brunswick in two loops, taking the reader through parts of the Bowdoin campus, Maine street, Pleasant Street, Federal street and other neighborhoods, while cataloging some of the notable women who have lived and worked in Brunswick throughout the last two centuries. Chamberlain, Stowe, Skolfield, Walker, Peary, MacMillan, Stone, and Furbish are just a few of the names that crop up on the tour. A great value for an afternoon of history and fresh air!
$1.00 soft cover
by John J. Pullen
MORE THAN A COOKBOOK - A COMIC DELIGHT! When this book was published by J.B. Lippincott Co. in 1972, it elicited some perplexity on the part of book sellers. Should they put it on the "COOKBOOK" shelf or on the one labeled "HUMOR?" The sagacious and discerning put it on both, for if you follow its instructions you will have a delicious dinner - UNLESS you are overcome by irrepressible mirth and, while thus incapacitated, commit the dreaded TURNIP ERROR, miss the precise moment for CABBAGE INSERTION or make some other misstep.
You will find there is a lot to it. For example, different vegetables cook at different speeds. Therefore, they must be inserted into the simmering water at different times. This calls for a schedule beside which that for launching a space vehicle into orbit is child’s play. The utmost in concentration, composure and freedom from distraction is called for. The condition of the atmosphere must be right. Boyle’s Law is involved and other sciences. Theology enters into it, particularly with regard to the Original Sin attached to the Onion. Preparation is a test of character. Jonathan Edwards would have been an ideal boiler (pardon, simmerer) as well as Marianne Moore. Benjamin Franklin would have never made it, nor would have Harriet Beecher Stowe and others mentioned.
You may not succeed, either. But at least you will have great fun reading about it, and if you do make the grade, what a glorious reward will be yours!
$2.50 hardcover
Brunswick’s First Architect
by John V. Goff
An interesting look at the Town of Brunswick’s physical development through the work of one notable man. Buildings are listed by name and address, and their current status is given (extant, altered, demolished). Historical photographs from the late 19th century provide fascinating views – some easily recognized and others less so – of Brunswick’s downtown. As they peruse the descriptions of each building’s conception, readers will be impressed by just how much this one man has influenced the appearance of Brunswick, even today.
$1.00 soft cover
Explorer, Cartographer, Statesman
by Barrett Parker
In this monograph, based upon a Varney lecture delivered by the author to members and guests of the Pejepscot Historical Society in August of 1981, Barrett Parker commemorates the life and work of Samuel de Champlain. Parker's writing is at once reverent and succinct, making it easy for the reader to appreciate Samuel de Champlain's achievements and legacy in one afternoon of high-interest reading.
$1.00 soft cover
A Biographical Record of Alumni and Officers, 1900-75
Biographical listings (including birthdates, employment & some family information, as well as degrees earned and fraternity memberships) of alumni, officers, and presidents of Bowdoin College from 1900 through 1975. Also includes Earned Master’s Degree recipients, Honorary Degree recipients, Advanced Degrees (Pro Merito) and Maine Medical School alumni.
$5.00 hardcover
by H. H. Price and Gerald E. Talbot
There are rich deposits of black history throughout Maine, starting with the Cape Verde fishermen who chased cod along our shores before colonization. Blacks accompanied the European explorers and settlers, and some were settlers themselves; and many came enslaved. The African migration to Maine had begun, and it continues today. The authors have spent seven years collecting this history through photographs, interviews with black elders, and scholarly research to produce a book for students, libraries, schools and post-secondary institutions, and the general public. It is intended to be interesting reading, a resource book, and educational in the broadest sense.
$24.95 soft cover
Skolfield-Whittier House, Brunswick, Maine
This is a view of the parlor in the Skolfield-Whittier House. Described as a time capsule, this house-museum contains the complete possessions of three generations.
.25 each
The Chapel, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine
A Romanesque Church built during 1845 – 1855. The façade is distinguished by twin towers and spires which rise to the height of 120 feet.
.25 each
We maintain a photograph archive with many historic photos from Brunswick, Topsham and Harpswell. Some images are in-stock. Let us know what image you are looking for. An in-stock, 8x10 glossy print is $20.00 for Members and $30.00 for Non-Members. Call for prices for other sizes and special orders.
If you wish to obtain a cost reduction, consider membership in the Society. Members are entitled to a 10% discount on merchandise ordered, free admissions to our three museums, our semi-annual newsletter, The Cupola, and mailings announcing all of our special events and programs. Membership dues are affordable, beginning at only $35.00. Add your membership fee to your order and take your discount today!
Individual..........................$35.00
Family...............................$50.00
Fort George Defender........$75.00
Furbish Fellow .................$125.00
1888 Pejepscot Founder... $250.00
Pejepscot Proprietor ........ $500.00 and up
Up to $10.00 ................... add $4.50
$10.01-$20.00...................add $5.50
$20.01-$40.00...................add$6.50
$40.01-$50.00...................add $8.00
$50.01-$100.00..................add $12.75
$100.01-$200.00................add $15.50
$200.01-$ whatever.............add $22.00
To Order: We accept checks, money orders, Visa and MasterCard as payment. Prepayment for all merchandise is required. All prices subject to change without notice. You may Email your order to us with your credit card number and expiration date, or (better) you can phone your order to us at (207) 729-6606.
Or, you can send us your order with a check or money order: Pejepscot Historical Society Museum Shop / 159 Park Row / Brunswick, ME 04011
Order Fulfillment: Allow 2 to 4 weeks for all regular merchandise, excluding photo orders. Items ordered together may be shipped separately. If any item is out of stock, you will receive order confirmation and backorder information.
Return Policy: Merchandise is accepted for credit or exchange
only if returned in saleable condition within 30 days, accompanied by sales
receipt. Video and audio cassettes must remain unopened. Gift recipients
may receive a non-refundable merchandise credit.
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