| Isles of Shoals Contributor(s): Cann, Donald (Author), Galluzzo, John (Author), Kadlik, Gayle (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738554537 ISBN-13: 9780738554532 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2007 Annotation: It is hard to believe that just three little words, Isles of Shoals, can evoke as much romanticism as they do. Yet when those words are spoken, remembrances of years long pastof one of New Englands earliest and most prosperous fishing communities; of Celia Thaxter and her life well spent surrounded by beautiful flowers, fine art, and high-society friends; of Uncle Oscar Laighton and his ancient but unfailing smile; and of the Victorian grandeur of the expansive Oceanic and Appledore Hotelsbring one back to the glory days of the Isles of Shoals. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - New England (ct, Ma, Me, Nh, Ri, Vt) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) |
| Dewey: 974.26 |
| LCCN: 2007923781 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.37" H x 6.63" W x 9.19" (0.69 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - New England - Geographic Orientation - Maine - Geographic Orientation - New Hampshire |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It is hard to believe that just three little words, Isles of Shoals, can evoke as much romanticism as they do. Yet when those words are spoken, remembrances of years long past of one of New England s earliest and most prosperous fishing communities; of Celia Thaxter and her life well spent surrounded by beautiful flowers, fine art, and high-society friends; of Uncle Oscar Laighton and his ancient but unfailing smile; and of the Victorian grandeur of the expansive Oceanic and Appledore Hotels bring one back to the glory days of the Isles of Shoals." |
Contributor Bio(s): Cann, Donald: - Donald Cann is a member of Star Island Corporation and a park ranger for the National Park Service working in the Boston Harbor Islands National Park Area. John Galluzzo leads public programming for Mass Audubon and has authored more than 20 books on coastal American history. Gayle Kadlik is the former curator of the Vaughn Cottage Museum on Star Island and a descendant of John Downs, author of Sprays of Salt: Reminiscences of a Native Shoaler. |