Story of Maine in 112 Objects

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Author: Fishman, Bernard P

Brand: Globe Pequot Press

Binding: hardcover

Number Of Pages: 448

Release Date: 10-07-2018

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

Package Dimensions: 10.4 x 9.4 x 1.3 inches

Languages: English

Story of Maine in 112 Objects

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    Description

    Author: Fishman, Bernard P

    Brand: Globe Pequot Press

    Binding: hardcover

    Number Of Pages: 448

    Release Date: 10-07-2018

    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

    Package Dimensions: 10.4 x 9.4 x 1.3 inches

    Languages: English

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