| The Moosehead Lake Region: 1900-1950 Contributor(s): Parker, Everett L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738535702 ISBN-13: 9780738535708 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2004 Annotation: The Moosehead Lake region has long been a place where travelers go to escape. In the first half of the twentieth century, the region became a mecca for hunters and fishermen, as well as for travelers looking for rest and relaxation at popular resorts such as the Mount Kineo House. The Moosehead Lake Region: 19001950 uses vintage photographs to tell the story of this Maine retreat. The images depict visitors and residents of Greenville, Shirley, Rockwood, Beaver Cove, and Kokadjo; the lumbering era in the North Woods; and the locomotives whose whistles pierced the wilderness. |
| 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: 974.12 |
| LCCN: 2004101333 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.37" H x 6.46" W x 9.24" (0.66 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - New England - Geographic Orientation - Maine |
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| Publisher Description: The Moosehead Lake region has long been a place where travelers go to escape. In the first half of the twentieth century, the region became a mecca for hunters and fishermen, as well as for travelers looking for rest and relaxation at popular resorts such as the Mount Kineo House. The Moosehead Lake Region: 1900-1950 uses vintage photographs to tell the story of this Maine retreat. The images depict visitors and residents of Greenville, Shirley, Rockwood, Beaver Cove, and Kokadjo; the lumbering era in the North Woods; and the locomotives whose whistles pierced the wilderness. |
Contributor Bio(s): Parker, Everett L.: - Author Everett L. Parker has written several books about the Moosehead Lake region, but The Moosehead Lake Region: 1900-1950 is his first on the region's history interpreted through a camera lens. The images have been selected from the thousands found in the archives of the Moosehead Historical Museum, where Parker has been executive director for nine years. |