Hidden History of Maine

by Gratwick, Harry

• ISBN13: 9781596298156
• ISBN10: 1596298154
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-04-19
• Publisher: History Pr

Summary

The history of the Pine Tree State would be bare but for the contributions of hardy and impassioned individualsgenerals, governors, settlers and activists whose lives of leadership 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 R[le 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 who "challenged the assumptions of [their] time and place," 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." Discover four hundred years of Maine's history through the tales of its unique residents, from soprano Lillian Nordica, who left Farmington to become the most glamorous Ameri

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 9
Acknowledgements	p. 11
Introduction	p. 13
Colonial Maine
The Popham Colony: An Unfortunate Beginning	p. 17
The Missionary: Father Sebastien Rale	p. 21
The Fortune Hunter: William Phips	p. 26
The Citizen Soldier: William Pepperrell	p. 30
Maine During the American Revolution
The First Sea Victory: Jeremiah O'Brien and the Battle of Machias	p. 36
The Guide: Reuben Colburn and the Benedict Arnold Expedition	p. 41
The Disaster: The Penobscot Expedition	p. 47
The Commander: Edward Preble and USS Constitution	p. 52
Antebellum Maine
The Settler: Abraham Somes Moves to Mount Desert Island	p. 59
The Governor: William King and the Fight for Statehood	p. 64
The Canal Builders: Charles Barrett, Henry Knox and the Georges River Canal	p. 70
The Activists: African Americans Robert Benjamin Lewis, Reuben Ruby and John Brown Russwurm	p. 74
The Lumber Baron: Samuel Veazie	p. 79
The "Deacon": George Thomas Builds the Clipper Red Facket	p. 85
The Civil War and Beyond
The Admiral: James Alden and the Battle of Mobile Bay	p. 91
The General: Thomas Hyde and the Bath Ironworks	p. 95
The Inventors: Margaret Knight and Hiram Maxim	p. 101
The Ballplayer: George "Piano Legs" Gore	p. 107
The Diva: Lillian Nordica	p. 110
The Author: Kenneth Roberts Revisited	p. 116
Bibliography	p. 123
About the Author	p. 127
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