Autore	Payson-Roopchand Kelly
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Camden, Maine : , : Down East Books, , 2015
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (251 p.)
Disciplina	630.9741/57
Soggetto topico	Farm life - Maine - Somerville - History Family farms - Maine - Somerville - History
ISBN	1-60893-412-8
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; AUTHOR'S NOTE; ONE FARM, SIX GENERATIONS; Photospread; PART I: FALL; THE STORY; THE ROAD; 1976: ENCHANTMENT; SEPTEMBER 2009: THE END OF THE ROAD; 1808: SEBRA AND LYDIA CROOKER; OCTOBER 2009: HARVEST; OCTOBER 2009: LOVE ETERNAL; 1830: JULIA AND EPHRAIM KENNEDY; NOVEMBER 2009: THE GIFT OF GARLIC; NOVEMBER 2009: TRACTOR; NOVEMBER 2009: GENERATIONS; PART II: WINTER; 1874: FRANCIS AND CALISTA; DECEMBER 2009: FARM BOY; DECEMBER 2009: LET SLEEPING PIGS LIE; 1895: EDITH AND WILLIAM HEWETT; JANUARY 2010: HERE WE STAY; JANUARY 2010: THAW!; FEBRUARY 2010: CHANGE OF LIGHT FEBRUARY 2010: EARLY ARRIVALPART III: SPRING; 1916: LLOYD AND JANE HEWETT; MARCH 2010: BIRTH; MARCH 2010: SPRING; MARCH 2010: RIVER; 1935: SHIRLEY BROWN; APRIL 2010: FAMILY FARM; APRIL 2010: NEED!; MAY 2010: PLANTING; MAY 2010: PASSAGE; PART IV: SUMMER; JUNE 2010: RAIN; JUNE 2010: THE WILD; JULY 2010: TRACTOR; JULY 2010: MILESTONES; 1939: DON HEWETT; AUGUST 2010: BARN; 1952: DON AND SHIRLEY HEWETT; AUGUST 2010: POTATOES; AUGUST 2010: LAND; EPILOGUE; APPENDIX A: FURTHER READING; "THE RHODORA" BY RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910824791703321

Autore	Scee Trudy Irene
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Camden, Maine : , : Down East Books, , 2016
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (281 p.)
Disciplina	792.80973
Soggetto topico	Dance - United States - History Dancers - United States - History - 19th century Women dancers - Maine - History - 19th century Women dancers - United States - Social conditions Sex in dance
ISBN	1-60893-510-8
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction. Dancers for Money: America Meets the New Dancing Women of the 1800s, Recoils in Shock, and Yet Whispers "Come a Little Bit Closer"; The Hurdy Gurdy Girls, Burlesque Women, Little Egypts, and Taxi-Dancers of the 1800s-1940s; Chapter One. The Road to Perdition: The Early Barroom Dancers, the Hurdy Gurdy Girls, the Circus and Fair Come to Town, Native Americans Perform, and the Dance Hall or Whorehouse Riot of 1849 Chapter Two. Scandal on the Stage and the Search for Much More: Early Vaudeville Comes to Maine, the Midways Beckon, the "Wiggle Dance" Shocks, and Other Vice Concerns of the Early 1900sChapter Three. Oh, for the Satin Slippers and the Gold and the Silver Purses: Scandal in the Dance Halls, Taxi-Dancers, Lucy Nicolar Retires as Molly Spotted Elk Dances Out, and the Early Dance Contests of the 1920s; Chapter Four. And the Victrola Played On: The Early Marathons in Maine and the Start of the Large Dance Endurance Contests, 1923-1933 Chapter Five. Dancing in Paradise, Burning in Hell: The Paradise Dance Pavilion Fire of 1933 and the End of the Endurance Dance EraChapter Six. The Dance Didn't Go On, and They Really Weren't Strippers: The Shipyard Workers' Riot of 1943, Another Dance Hall Fire, and the New Vaudeville, Burlesque, and Movie Dancers in Maine; Chapter Seven. Bring Back the Hootchie-Cootchie: America and Maine Greet the New Eastern Dancers of the 1950s and 1960s, Exotic and Erotic Dancers Spread through the State, and a Little "Supper Club" Showcases Female Dancers in the North Chapter Eight. "Little Egypt" Grows Up and Becomes the Queen of the Coast: The Emergence of Modern Ethnic and Belly Dancing in Maine in the 1960s and BeyondChapter Nine. Conclusion: The Same Old Moves with New Respectability, at Least in the Eyes of Many: Maine's Transformed Belly Dancers, Taxi-Dancers, and Burlesque Performers of the Late 1900s and Early 2000s; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910798143303321

Autore	Ogilvie Elisabeth <1917-2006, >
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Camden, Maine : , : Down East Books, , 2015
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (281 p.)
Disciplina	813.52
Collana	The Bennett Island Series. Tide Trilogy
Soggetto topico	Women - Maine Islands - Maine Sorensen, Joanna Bennett (Fictitious character)
ISBN	1-60893-491-8
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	The Ebbing Tide ; 1 ; 2 ; 3 ; 4 ; 5 ; 6 ; 7 ; 8 ; 9 ; 10 ; 11 ; 12 ; 13 ; 14 ; 15 ; 16 ; 17 ; 18 ; 19 ; 20 ; 21 ; 22 ; 23 ; 24 ; 25 ; 26 ; 27 ; 28 ; 29 ; 30 ; 31 ; 32 ; 33 ; 34 ; 35 ; 36 ; 37 ; 38 ; 39 ; 40 ; 41 ; About the Author
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910797420803321

Autore	Smiley Sarah
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Lanham, Maryland : , : Down East Books, , 2016
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (329 p.)
Disciplina	306.8509741
Soggetto topico	Travel - United States
ISBN	1-60893-577-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Contents; Preface; Foreword; Introduction; Welcome to Maine; A Lesson in Liquids and Solids; There Might Not Be Moose; Still Looking for Moose; He Who Hesitates Gets Stuck on the Lift; Ice Fishing; Old Man Winter; Crispy Isn't Spelled with a K; The Beast Below the Floorboards; My Basement of Solitude; Benefits of Small Living; No Room for Lazy; The GPS Won't Get You to Katahdin; When a Case of Soda Freezes, You Know It's Cold; How to Blow Snow; When I Knew Maine Was Home; The Way Life Is; Waking the Senses; Off the Beaten Path in the County; Small, Local Shops Make Memories Zucchini: Plant of HorrorsA Frozen Christmas Tree; The Unsung Heroes of Winter; Small-Town Life; Apologies to the Wildlife; The Mother Bird; One Bird in the House is Worse Than Two Outside; Raising Kids in Maine; The New (Naughty) Kid in Class; Gift Shops = Hell; Kids as Collateral at the County Fair; Frozen Waffles (Hey, I cook them first!); National Waffle Shortage; Moms Don't Have Favorites; If Otters Read Books About Us; The Brothers' Separation; Firstborn Cuts Path; Loss of Wii: Cruel and Unusual Punishment; Etchings on the Family Table; Price Gouging Gumballs Picture Frames as Time CapsulesFirst Fish, Then Dog; We Won a Shark; Meet Sparky; When a Dog Trains His Boy; To the Littlest Boy in Striped Shirts; Sam's Club; Things I'll Forget; Lindell Learning to Read; Diary of a Snow Day; Lindiddy; A Letter to My Future Daughters-in-Law; The Fairness of World-and Coin Tosses; Letting Go of the Bike; A Sad, Backward Version of The Very Hungry Caterpillar; I Ruined Halloween; Living With All Boys; Managing Children, Gardens; It Will be Quiet All too Soon; Star Wars is Tearing Us Apart; Yellow Beans; Ads Set Parenting Bar Too High; About a Boy in a Kayak To Ford as He Begins High SchoolBaseball; Baseball Season in Maine; First Day of Little League; Father-Son Moment at Third Base; Where Have All the Baseball Kids Gone?; Last Year of Little League; Marriage and Other Things; Dustin Goes to a Civilian Dentist; The Immortal Coffee Mug; Clean While No One is Watching; The Ramekins; Dustin Finds a New Way to Fly; You Can Take the Kid Out of Diapers, but Will Dustin Ever Hear?; Dustin Doesn't Let Anyone Win; Lost Wedding Band; New Wedding Band; Wedding Band Found by Mainers; If Schools Were Designed for Introverts; Fear of Flying Flying with the 101stMission Accomplished; Flying: Let's Try That Again; FAQs about Failed Flying Attempt; Online Commenters; Lessons for the Future; About the Author
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910798190403321

Autore	Chase Ron
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Camden, Maine : , : Down East Books, , 2016
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (161 p.)
Disciplina	364.15/52092
Soggetto topico	Brigands and robbers Bank robberies
ISBN	1-60893-362-8
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	cover; frontmatter; contents; prologue; chapter 1; chapter 2; chapter 3; chapter 4; chapter 5; chapter 6; chapter 7; chapter 8; chapter 9; chapter 10; chapter 11; chapter 12; chapter 13; chapter 14; chapter 15; chapter 16; chapter 17; chapter 18; chapter 19; chapter 20; chapter 21; chapter 22; chapter 23; chapter 24; epilogue; acknowledgments; sources; about names
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910798050003321