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Loading... A Story of Maine in 112 Objects: From Prehistory to Modern Times (edition 2018)by Bernard P. Fishman (Editor)
Work InformationA Story of Maine in 112 Objects: From Prehistory to Modern Times by Bernard P. Fishman
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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. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)974.1History and Geography North America Northeastern U.S. MaineLC ClassificationRatingAverage: No ratings.Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |