Hidden History of Maine

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Author: Gratwick, Harry

Brand: The History Press

Edition: First Edition

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  • Used Book in Good Condition

Binding: paperback

Number Of Pages: 128

Release Date: 10-04-2010

Details: Discover four hundred years of Maine's history through the tales of its unique residents. Maine history would be bare but for the contributions of hardy and impassioned individuals whose lives make up the story of Maine's hidden history. Author Harry Gratwick creates intimate and detailed portraits of these Mainers, from the controversial missionary Sebastien Rale to Woolwich native William Phips, whose seafaring attacks against French Canada earned him the first governorship of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Gratwick also profiles inventors such as Robert Benjamin Lewis, an African American from Gardiner who patented a hair growth product in the 1830s, and Margaret Knight, a York native who defied nineteenth-century sexism to earn the nickname the female Edison. From soprano Lillian Nordica, who left Farmington to become the most glamorous American opera singer of her day, to slugger George Piano Legs Gore, the only Mainer to have ever won a Major League batting championship.

EAN: 9781596298156

Package Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inches

Languages: English

Hidden History of Maine

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Description

Author: Gratwick, Harry

Brand: The History Press

Edition: First Edition

Features:

  • Used Book in Good Condition

Binding: paperback

Number Of Pages: 128

Release Date: 10-04-2010

Details: Discover four hundred years of Maine's history through the tales of its unique residents. Maine history would be bare but for the contributions of hardy and impassioned individuals whose lives make up the story of Maine's hidden history. Author Harry Gratwick creates intimate and detailed portraits of these Mainers, from the controversial missionary Sebastien Rale to Woolwich native William Phips, whose seafaring attacks against French Canada earned him the first governorship of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Gratwick also profiles inventors such as Robert Benjamin Lewis, an African American from Gardiner who patented a hair growth product in the 1830s, and Margaret Knight, a York native who defied nineteenth-century sexism to earn the nickname the female Edison. From soprano Lillian Nordica, who left Farmington to become the most glamorous American opera singer of her day, to slugger George Piano Legs Gore, the only Mainer to have ever won a Major League batting championship.

EAN: 9781596298156

Package Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inches

Languages: English

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