Kennebunk History
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Our Lives in Our Hands: Micmac Indian Basketmakers
$10.95Add to cartOur Lives in Our Hands: Micmac Indian Basketmakers by Bunny McBride, photos by Donald Sanipass The multi-generational story of the Micmac Indians changing relationship to the craft of basketmaking. […]
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Remembering the Kennebunks
$21.99Add to cartBy Kathleen Ostrander The Kennebunks–the phrase evokes peace, ocean breezes and small-town pride. In this captivating collection of vignettes, Kennebunk town historian Kathleen Ostrander reveals another side of the area’s […]
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Residential Ruins of Maine
$24.99Add to cartStories of Abandonment in Rural Maine – by Arend T. Thibodeau
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Shoutin’ into the Fog: Growing up on Maine’s Ragged Edge by Thomas Hanna
$18.95Add to cartRecollections of native Mainer families transitioning through the hard times after the booming fisheries and coastal trade was over and before lobster, tourism and WWII rejuvenated the Maine economy.
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The Franco-Americans of Lewiston-Auburn
$21.99Add to cartby Mary Rice-DeFosse & James Myall Franco-Americans brought their proud cultural legacy to Lewiston-Auburn beginning in the mid-nineteenth century. As their population grew, religious leaders became community leaders, building […]
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The Kennebunks in Season
$24.99Add to cartBy S. Burr Early 20th Century vacationing in the Kennebunks, as documented through vintage postcards from local historian Steven Burr's extensive collection.
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The Kennebunks in Vintage Postcards Book
$21.99Add to cartThe town of Kennebunk split from the neighboring town of Wells on June 24, 1820, just three months after Maine became a state. Kennebunk's proximity to three large bodies of […]
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Trunks, Textiles, & Transits: Manufacturing on the Mousam River
$25.00Add to cartBy Rosalind Magnussen Step back in time and uncover the fascinating world of manufacturing on the Mousam River with Rosalind Magnussen’s captivating book, Trunks, Textiles, & Transits. Immerse yourself in […]
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Wildfire Loose: The Week Maine Burned by Joyce Butler
$17.95Add to cartFall 1947 brought the worst fire disaster in Maine’s history. Wildfire Loose describes how the fires started and spread so quickly through rural villages, down Millionaire’s Row in Bar Harbor, and […]
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William E. Barry’s Sketch of an Old River
$10.00Add to cartWith an illustrated essay Shipbuilding on the Kennebunk, written by Kennebunk historian and naturalist William Barry in the 1910s, based on information he heard first hand from those who worked in […]