| Midcoast Maine in World War II Contributor(s): Konitzky, Margaret Shiels (Author) |
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ISBN: 1467136573 ISBN-13: 9781467136570 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2018 |
| 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) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Historical |
| Dewey: 974.104 |
| LCCN: 2017963236 |
| Series: Military |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.00 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's |
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| Publisher Description: Author Margaret Shiels Konitzky reveals the stories of local heroes and the relentless spirit of midcoast Maine. While World War II raged overseas, the people of midcoast Maine responded with remarkable achievements on the homefront. The shipyard at Bath Iron Works launched a new destroyer every seventeen days. Bowdoin College had more military than civilian students and held three commencements per year. Boothbay Harbor, Bailey Island and Damariscotta all had military bases, and anyone who owned or sailed a boat was recruited for coastal defense. Women worked at machine shops, registered their neighbors for rationing and volunteered for the Civil Defense and Red Cross. Author Margaret Shiels Konitzky reveals the stories of local heroes and the relentless spirit of midcoast Maine. |
Contributor Bio(s): Konitzky, Margaret Shiels: - Margaret Shiels Konitzky grew up in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. She graduated from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, earned an MBA from New York University's Stern School of Business and a Museum Studies Certificate from Tufts University. Peggy escaped from the business world in 2001 to pursue her true passions of history and museums. She currently manages several historic house museums for Historic New England and lives with her husband, Gus, and their mischievous cat, Raffi, in an 1830 house in Topsham, Maine. |