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The popular Rookie Books expand their horizons - to all corners of the globe! With this series all about geography, emergent readers will take off on adventures to cities, nations, waterways, and habitats around the world…and right in their own backyards. ... Read more

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This reproduction was printed from a digital file created at the Library of Congress as part of an extensive scanning effort started with a generous donation from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.The Library is pleased to offer much of its public domain holdings free of charge online and at a modest price in this printed format.Seeing these older volumes from our collections rediscovered by new generations of readers renews our own passion for books and scholarship. ... Read more

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Good Source for Wrecks in Maine
This is a good book for the collector of ship books. It covers some of the major wrecks in Maine and is very readable. You can pick a wreck and skip around from chapter to chapter. ... Read more

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Publisher: [n. p.]Publication date: 1916Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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The design of the series of volumes, which it is intended to issue under the general title of MARCO PAUL'S ADVENTURES IN THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE, is not merely to entertain the reader with a narrative of juvenile adventures, but also to communicate, in connexion with them, as extensive and varied information as possible, in respect to the geography, the scenery, the customs and the institutions of this country, as they present themselves to the observation of the little traveller, ... Read more

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Chapters: Piscataqua River Border Dispute, Hundred-Mile Wilderness, Catherine's Hill, Maine, Maine Lake Country, High Peaks, List of Places in Maine, Ring Hill, Maine. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Piscataqua River border dispute was a dispute between the US states of Maine and New Hampshire over ownership of Seaveys Island in the Piscataqua River, which forms the border between Maine and New Hampshire. The dispute was settled in 2002 by the US Supreme Court. Seaveys Island lies in the northern side of the Piscataqua River, between the town of Kittery, Maine and the city of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The island was originally five separate islands which were conjoined between 1800 and 1866 in order to build a naval shipyard. The State of Maine asserts that the boundary between the states runs along the middle of the river to the south of Seaveys Island, which places the island within Maine. The State of New Hampshire asserts a historical claim to ownership of the river up to the shoreline on the Maine side, which would place the island within New Hampshire. The United States government owns the island, which is the site of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. For many years the US Navy regarded the shipyard as belonging to New Hampshire (whence the name Portsmouth Naval Shipyard after the city of Portsmouth, New Hampshire). Later the Navy adopted a neutral position in the dispute. The political importance of the dispute is based on an income tax imposed on workers at the shipyard, many of whom live in New Hampshire and commute to work in the shipyard in Maine. New Hampshire contends that since the workers live in New Hampshire, paying taxes to Maine amounts to taxation without representation. Maine receives an estimated $46 million per year i...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=15071261 ... Read more

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Chapters: Maine North Woods, Tumbledown Mountain, Piscataqua River, Sears Island, Mount Redington, Sandy River, Graham Lake, Sheepscot River, Black Nubble (Redington Township, Maine), Mount Abraham, Saddleback Mountain (Rangeley, Maine), Great Pond, Estcourt Station, Maine, Mount Blue, Umbagog Lake, Forest City, Maine, Sugarloaf Mountain (Franklin County, Maine), Old Speck Mountain, Flagstaff Lake, Presumpscot River, Mooselookmeguntic Lake, Port Clyde, Maine, Baldpate Mountain, Kennebec Highlands, Traveler Mountain, St. Francis River, Puzzle Mountain, Boundary Peak, Maine Highlands, Ocean Park, Maine, Baker Branch Saint John River, Prouts Neck, Maine, Saddleback Mountain (Piscataquis County, Maine), Goose Eye Mountain, Cape Jellison, Appledore Island, Trickey Pond, Franklin Island National Wildlife Refuge, Hundred-Mile Wilderness, Crocker Mountain, White Cap Mountain (Franklin County, Maine), Rangeley Lake, Snow Mountain (Oxford County, Maine), Dead River, Piscataquis River, Smuttynose Island, Saddleback Horn, Great East Lake, South Crocker Mountain, Caribou Mountain (Franklin County, Maine), Great North Woods, Fore River, Long Lake, North Brother, Province Lake, North Rock, White Cap Mountain (Piscataquis County, Maine), Wytopitlock, Maine, Orr's Island, Southwest Branch Saint John River, Sandy Bay Mountain, South Brother, Kennebago Divide, Borestone Mountain, Saddleback Junior, East Kennebago Mountain, Fort Mountain, Snow Mountain (Franklin County, Maine), North Branch Meduxnekeag River, Big Moose Mountain, Mount Blue State Park, Old Port, Moose Island, Maine, Cape Porpoise, Maine, West Kennebago Mountain, Mount Coe, Fort St. George, Magalloway River, Mackworth Island, River de Chute, Howland Forest, Eastern Cemetery, Angel Falls, North Anson, Maine, West Branch Little Black River, Hamlin Peak, Nonesuch River, Royal River, Lemon Stream, Sunday River Whitecap, Noyes Mountain, Moxie Mountain, Catherine's Hill, Maine, Moose ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3847507 ... Read more

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Filled with vital information and charts of more than 530harbours, anchorages and gunkholes on Maine's ragged coast. This is the Maine sailor's bible.In addition, more than 30 sidebars delve into the history of the coast. ... Read more

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This is the Bible for Maine sailing
CGTTMC is only slightly less essential for succesful Maine crusing than charts and tide tables (and beer, of course).In addition to being incredibly comprehensive, it's also beautifully written... so one can still vicariously experience Maine's spectacular coastline when the boat is in the hard.

My one quibble with the book has to do with its indexing.All major (and many minor) subjects are listed, but some of the more obscure ones are not.The book contains a lot of great "color" information in sidebars and boxes; these are generally stumbled upon and, because they're not always indexed, can be hard to find later without flipping through the book.

And flipping through the book is NOT a good idea, because you'll invariably stumble upon something fascinating and start reading whole sections anew...

They don't get any better than this!
After sailing tens of thousands of miles in the Americas and Caribbean and using dozens of cruising guides I can honestly say this cruising guide is unsurpassed.It contains detailed information about anchorages, approaches and services available in an easy to use format.With numerous anecdotes and historical stories this book is a pleasure to just sit down and read.

One of the best cruising guides around
One of the best cruising guides around, definitely the best for Maine.Well written, organized and easy to use.Great sketch charts and all of the info that cruisers (not tourists) really need, as well as a good bit oflocal color.

you got the authors listed incorrectly
Please note that the authors of this book are Haft and Curtis Rindlaub

Only less essential than charts
Whether it's your first trip cruising the Maine Coast or you've sailed here for years, you'll find this your second most valuable resource ( nothing beats a good set of charts [and radar when the fog rolls in])because when you need to decide where you are going to drop the hook forthe night the charts won't be nearly as helpful as the Tafts' years ofexperience.Where to go, where not go, how to approach the anchorage, whatto see ashore are all combined with slices of history and dry wittedanecdotes.A bit of advice to the summer cruiser-- equip your boat withmosquito netting if you want a peaceful evening in one of the mostwonderful places in the world!! ... Read more

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Chapters: Peaks Island, Maine, Munjoy Hill, Cushing Island, Maine, Great Diamond Island, Cliff Island, Maine, Old Port, Mackworth Island, North Deering, Kennedy Park (Portland, Maine), Cow Island, Little Diamond Island, Maine, Exchange Street, Baxter Boulevard, Deering Center, Maine, Portland Financial District, Back Cove, Portland, Maine, Woodford's Corner. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 46. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Peaks Island is the most populous island in Casco Bay, Maine. It is part of the city of Portland and is approximately 5 km (3 mi) from downtown. The island became a popular summer destination in the late 19th century, when it was known as the Coney Island of Maine, home to hotels, cottages, theaters, and amusement parks. Hollywood film director John Ford was known as "The Mayor of Peaks Island" because of his great affinity for the island. He vacationed there from boyhood through the early 1960s, worked as an usher at the Gem Theater and was a deckhand on the Casco Bay Lines ferries in his youth. Ford's relatives still live on the island. Besides the Gem, which featured famous performers including the Barrymore family, two other summer theaters were located on the island. One, the Pavilion, opened in 1887, is said to be the first summer theater in the country. The Greenwood Garden Amusement Park sported the Greenwood Garden Playhouse. George M. Cohan tried his productions out at the island's theaters before taking them to Broadway. Circa 1908, D.W. Griffith was torn between continuing to appear in plays produced at the island's playhouses as he frequently did or heading to Hollywood. Jean Stapleton's first professional appearance in the summer of 1941 was in a production at Greenwood Garden. Martin Landau also made his professional stage debut in a 1951 produ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=561259 ... Read more

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Important part of your safety equipment
Whenever I go for a hike, whether it is a day trip or a longer outing, I never forget to take one of the AMC guidebooks with me. I find them very useful and a very important part of your safety equipment. ... Read more

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Alabama : Atlas of Historical County Boundaries
If you're interested in this sort of thing as I am this book could be of great value however the price is unreal. I have a CD that does much the same for the entire country at a third the price of one state however this book is MUCH more accurate and shows county boundaries that only occured for as little as three days. The CD is also easier to use. That said I'll likely ask for the book as one of those Christmas presents I wouldn't buy for myself. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Geographical Review, published by American Geographical Society on October 1, 1993. The length of the article is 4744 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, an American urban elite created an extensive North American pleasure periphery, with seasonal resorts that dramatically reshaped local economies and landscapes. Bar Harbor, Maine, exemplified this type of resort. Affluent New Yorkers and Bostonians developed an exclusive, picturesque resort, with a local service economy almost completely dependent on tourism. They also managed to surround the town with a national park.

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Title: The Gilded Age and the making of Bar Harbor. (development of the resort industry in Bar Harbor, Maine)
Author: Stephen J. Hornsby
Publication: The Geographical Review (Refereed)
Date: October 1, 1993
Publisher: American Geographical Society
Volume: v83Issue: n4Page: p455(14)

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