Mostly Maine Short Stories and Other Writings
by Holmes, Edward M
- Used
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0891010351
- ISBN 13
- 9780891010357
- Seller
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Franklin, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Maine: University of Maine At Orono Press. Very Good+. 1977. 1st. Paperback. 0891010351 . Signed by the author on the first front endpaper. Book is in excellent condition, with only a trace of age toning on the edge of the rear cover. Moved to Maine with his wife, Jane, in 1939 and they lived for several years on Gotts Island and in various coastal towns. Since 2003 Ted lived in Prospect, Maine, with his daughter and her partner. Over the years Ted worked on a floating theater in New York, in the shipyards in Maine during World War II, organizing lobster fisherman cooperatives in coastal towns and on the islands, digging clams, trucking lobsters, and working as first mate on cruise schooners out of Camden. After Dartmouth Ted earned masters degrees from the University of Maine in Orono and Brown University, where he later earned his doctorate as well". But he is best known for his books about life on coastal Maine and its people, such are represented here. ; B&W Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 245 pages; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- The Book Shelf (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5426
- Title
- Mostly Maine Short Stories and Other Writings
- Author
- Holmes, Edward M
- Illustrator
- Arline K. Thompson
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0891010351
- ISBN 13
- 9780891010357
- Publisher
- University of Maine At Orono Press
- Place of Publication
- Maine
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- 0891010351, Maine Author, Maine Coast, Maine Stories
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