A Story of Maine in 112 Objects: From Prehistory to Modern Times

Author: Fishman, Bernard P

Brand: Tilbury House Publishers

Number Of Pages: 448

Details: It is a story covering 395 million years, a story told with a walrus skull and fossils, tourmaline and spear points, mammoth tusks and bone fishhooks, Norse coins and caulking irons, militia flags and survey stakes, treaty documents and wooden tankards, a temperance banner and a locomotive, Joshua Chamberlain's pistol and a cod tub trawl, a Lombard log hauler and a woman's WWII welding outfit, L. L. Bean boots and German POW snowshoes, and many more objects from the museum's collections. Short narratives written by museum curators are woven around each item―including photos of related objects―and the ensemble has been honed, polished, and introduced by museum director Bernard Fishman. This is a book that historians and Maine residents and visitors will delve into again and again, unearthing new treasures with each reading.

EAN: 9780884483779

Release Date: 10-07-2018

Languages: English

Item Note: *Book is in good condition! There is minimal wear from use. We've placed a white sticker to cover a gifting message on the 1st page.

Item Condition: UsedGood

Binding: hardcover