Maine Icons; 50 Classic Symbols of the Pine Tree State

by Jennifer Smith-Mayo and Matthew P. Mayo

• ISBN13: 9780762759989
• ISBN10: 0762759984
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2011-05-03
• Publisher: Globe Pequot

Summary

Lobsters? Check. Blueberries? Yep. Lighthouses? Ayuh. These are the things that most readily come to mind when one mentions “Maine.” But Maine is so much more, and this book will also introduce readers to dozens of equally noteworthy but underappreciated historic, natural, cultural, and social aspects of the grand state of Maine.

Author Biography

Photographer Jennifer Smith-Mayo, and her husband, writer Matthew P. Mayo, have lived in Maine for two decades—and counting! Jennifer specializes in photography of fine dining, rural living, and farming in the US, England, Ireland, Italy, and Scotland. Her photographs have appeared in Down East, National Geographic, the New York Times, and others. Matthew is author of a number of novels and non-fiction books, including Bootleggers, Lobstermen & Lumberjacks: Fifty of the Grittiest Moments in the History of Hardscrabble New England. His short stories have appeared in a variety of anthologies, and he has worked as an editor on a number of magazines.

Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction; Mainers; Lighthouses; Moody’s Diner; The Beach; Stephen King; Blackflies; Logging; Moose; DeLorme’s Maine Atlas & Gazetteer; Black-Capped Chickadee; Lobster; The Wyeth Family; Balsam; Beanhole Beans; Acadia National Park; Native Tribes; The Maine Guide; Puffins; Baxter State Park; Lupines; Islands; Chester Greenwood; Blueberries; Joshua Chamberlain; Summercators; Fog; Windjammers; Paul Bunyan; Lobstermen; Reny’s; Kenduskeag Canoe Race; Big Chicken Barn; Penobscot Narrows Bridge & Observatory; Fort Knox; Down East Magazine; Raye’s Mustard ; Snowmobiling; Libby Camps; Chowder; Women of the Senate; Fryeburg Fair; Red’s Eats; L.L. Bean; Moxie; Potatoes; Whoopie Pies; Portland; Poland Spring Water; Bath Iron Works; Lubec; Photo Credits; About the Authors