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Pines and Pioneers
by Smith, Wynifred Staples, and Norton, Abbie F (Foreword by)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine in fine dust jacket.
- ISBN 10
- 0964205572
- ISBN 13
- 9780964205574
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About This Item
Weld ME.: Keim Publications., 1999. Reprint. Author copyright 1965.. Hard cover. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Cabral, G (Jacket art by), Pen&Ink drawing opposite Foreword by Lambert, P.. 1 233 p. Forest green faux leather over boards; silver stamped titles front and spine. Green cover art, jacket w/ black jacket titles. 22 cm. Frontispiece B&W photo: author. During the 18th century, Maine shipbuilders were crafting the best merchant ships. The need became more urgent to build stronger, taller-masted ships. As the century turned, two men went exploring upriver into the unsettled Maine frontier. Finding much taller pines for masts, they moved their families, built a fort, and began driving those logs downriver 14 miles along the Webb River to the Androscoggin with dangerous rocks and waterfalls, then safely to the seacoast shipbuilding center of Bath. Hence, America's "Secret weapon of 1814" were the "Tallest Masts-than-the-World had-ever Seen". The harassed shipping fleets of the young nation could "out-sail, out-cargo, and out-maneuver everything on the Seven Seas", from jacket end flap. Author is lineal descendant of shipbuilding pioneers, accessing unpublished source material. 20 chapters, each built around an historic human interest story.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Alibris.ME0590011084
- Title
- Pines and Pioneers
- Author
- Smith, Wynifred Staples, and Norton, Abbie F (Foreword by)
- Illustrator
- Cabral, G (Jacket art by), Pen&Ink drawing opposite Foreword by Lambert, P.
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in fine dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint. Author copyright 1965.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0964205572
- ISBN 13
- 9780964205574
- Publisher
- Keim Publications.
- Place of Publication
- Weld ME.
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- Cabral, G, artist|Lambert, P.|artist|Tallest Masts, 1814|Webb River to the Androscoggin|Seacoast shipbuilding center, Bath, Maine|Historic Maine|Author is lineal descendant of shipbuilding pioneers
- Bookseller catalogs
- Maine;
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About Hedgehog's Whimsey Books
Hedgehog's Whimsey Books was born in a random moment when I decided to become a used books seller. Beginning in 2001, I apprenticed myself with a longtime pro in the next town, hoping to learn her secrets. She encouraged my free help but was wary of sharing all those secrets. Nonetheless, she turned me loose when she felt I would not embarrass her; she was impressed, finding I actually knew something about books and authors and styles. I am still learning, and I am having a good time with the random avalanches of books to be recycled into good homes, one by one. Inventory has mounted: my mother downsized her 7,000-plus library, and we (my Geezer and I) went to library book sales, yard emporiums on weekends, estate dispersals, and added the books my kids left behind, wanting to stock their own shelves anew. Some folks simply tooled down our dirt road and left boxes on our porch. Myself? Well, I am also a photographer, journalist, curious stuff collector, avid reader, writer, editor, small-time publisher, and online pontificator. At Hedgehog Enterprises, I do "Words & Pictures by & for Folks with Prickly Backs, Soft Bellies, & Small Brains", established in 1991. Since I have the smallest brain (by unpopular vote), I am the Head Hedgehog. Do I specialize in particular genres? I thought I did, but my barn has lots of Geezer-built shelves, and we have many interests, so topics vary, as do book conditions and editions. I try to describe such, and sometimes have too much fun as I poke along. There is no charge for the therapy of browsing, folks, so find my sites and stay awhile. If a purchase results, know that the tax collector in Newport, New Hampshire, may get a pleasant surprise. Or, I may buy a few more apple cider donuts or sweet potatoes. No pressure. Hedgehogs do have yearnings. If you should visit by chance or by appointment, enjoy our old New Hampshire farmhouse location alongside the Sugar River and its companion recreation Rail Trail, nearby two historic railroad covered bridges just off Chandlers Mill Road. Feel welcome. -- Lucy G Wells, proprietor.
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