Living And Writing On The Coast Of Maine

Author : Lea Wait
Publisher : Sheepscot River Press
ISBN 13 : 9780996408424
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Living and Writing on the Coast of Maine written by Lea Wait and published by Sheepscot River Press. This book was released on 2015-06-22 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's it like to live your dream? To live the life of an author? To (finally) be married to the man you love and live in the place you've always imagined? With wry humor and insight, Lea Wait, acclaimed author of 14 books in two genres, shares the good, the bad, and the challenging about living in a Maine house built in 1774, meeting publishing deadlines, and loving life. (Most of the time!) Lea always wanted to be an author, a mother, a wife ... and to live on the coast of Maine. She adopted her four daughters as a single parent. In 1998, after they were grown, she moved to Maine and began writing full-time. In 2003 she married Bob Thomas, a man she'd only known 12,994 days. Her story is a treasure for everyone who knows and love Maine, or writing ... or who dreams.

Author : Joseph T. Kelley
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822308645
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Living with the Coast of Maine written by Joseph T. Kelley and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maine is known for its rockbound coast and pristine shoreline. Yet there is more to this shore than rocky cliffs. This book describes the origin of the more common "soft coast" of eroding bluffs, sand beaches, and salt marshes. A central theme is the formation of the present shoreline during the current ongoing rise in sea level and the ways in which coastal residents can best cope with the changes to come. Although it is not widely known, Maine is experiencing a rapid, uneven drowning of its shore at the same time that coastal development is at an all-time high. The authors explain how the shoreline is changing and provide a series of highly detailed maps that show the relative safety of particular locations on the coast. Specific guidelines for recognizing various safe and unsafe coastal settings are presented, as are recommendations for sound construction techniques in hazardous coastal areas. Photographs and drawings illustrate the danger of living too near the shoreline, and an up-to-date review of Maine's regulations governing coastal construction is simply and readably described. A bibliography of important coastal literature is also included, as well as a guide to federal, state, and local sources of information.

Author : Robert Coffin
Publisher : Down East Books
ISBN 13 : 1608934276
Total Pages : 103 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Coast Calendar written by Robert Coffin and published by Down East Books. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Coast Calendar," says its Pulitzer Prize-winning author, "is the story of the work and play, the human nature and the weather, the fauna and flora, the ups and downs in a sample, all-around Main family that mixes farming of the sea with farming of the land." It is Robert P. Tristram Coffin's delightful chronicle of a year on the Maine coast. It is the world of coastal Maine, but it is a wider world, too. Perhaps the deep frost and special swing of the stars and the sweep of the sea belong to Maine, but the fine day-to-day detail of living in tune with the seasons and nature will stir memories for many of a way of life that is rapidly passing. Rebert P. Tristram Coffin was a descendant of the original English settlers of Maine and an acclaimed historian of his time. He was also a poet and essayist and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1935. He attended Bowdoin College in Maine and later taught there while writing many of his thirty-seven books.

Author : Ann Hood
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393068740
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine: A Novel written by Ann Hood and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2008-05-17 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Brilliant....[The Vietnam era] is vividly captured by Ann Hood."—New York Times Book Review In 1969, as Peter, Paul and Mary croon on the radio and poster paints splash the latest antiwar slogans, three young friends find love. Suzanne, a poet, lives in a Maine beach house awaiting the birth of a child she will call Sparrow. Claudia, who weds a farmer during college, plans to raise three strong sons. Elizabeth and her husband marry, organize protests, and try to rear two children with their hippie values. By 1985, things have changed: Suzanne, now with an MBA, calls Sparrow "Susan." Claudia spirals backward into her sixties world—and madness. And Elizabeth, fatally ill, watches despairingly as her children yearn for a split-level house and a gleaming station wagon. Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine is Ann Hood's stunning debut novel about the choices we make when we are young, and the changes brought about by the passing of time.

Author : Wesley McNair
Publisher : Down East Books
ISBN 13 : 1461741432
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Place Called Maine written by Wesley McNair and published by Down East Books. This book was released on 2008-06-02 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is it like to live and write in Maine? Wesley McNair, Maine's premier anthologist, asked authors who are new to Maine as well as natives to answer this question. They wax lyrical on everything from encounters with neighbors and wildlife to embracing Maine's rich natural landscape, and they take a philosophical look at the state of being in Maine. Among the authors included are Carolyn Chute, Richard Ford, Bill Roorbach, Richard Russo, and Monica Wood.

Author : Joseph A. Conforti
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781608937288
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hidden Places written by Joseph A. Conforti and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From the late nineteenth century to the present, Maine writers have explored the experiences of living in a variety of far-flung settings. Taken together, their body of work composes a remarkable literary map of a diverse and changing Maine. "Hidden Places" explores the identity of Maine through its writers and the people and places they wrote of"--

Author : Charles Pratt
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780060134099
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Here on the Island written by Charles Pratt and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1974 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ruth Moore
Publisher : Islandport Press
ISBN 13 : 9781944762940
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Weir written by Ruth Moore and published by Islandport Press. This book was released on 2020-09 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Weir, written in 1943, takes place on a small island fishing village in the years before World War II, set against a backdrop of handwork and struggle. Ruth Moore, one of the great regional novelists of the twentieth century, brilliantly and authentically captures not only the specific characteristics of coastal Maine, but chronicles universal human drama as the two primary families feud, gossip, and struggle all while being battered by the relentless tides of change sweeping over their community and their entire way of life. This reissue of Ruth Moore's debut novel includes a new introduction.

Author : Charlie Wing
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1684750822
Total Pages : 471 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Salt in Their Veins written by Charlie Wing and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-06-01 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to acclaimed writer Isak Dinesen, "the cure for anything is salt water," and most coastal Mainers would likely agree. The distinct sense of place one gets in Maine is instilled at early age and living along Maine's rugged coast requires a combination of industriousness, flexibility, and self-sufficiency, all coupled with a profound sense of community. Like barnacles on a tidal ledge, these close-knit communities cling to the edge of the sea. They have salt in their veins, and the Maine coast is their ecosystem. In this book about people, Charlie Wing talks with some of the hardy folk who call this place home. Here are stories of lobstermen, boatbuilders, artists, writers, and teachers who opened up to Charlie and share their feelings on world events, government, the weather, and people from away.

Author : Inc. Fodor's Travel Publications
Publisher : Fodor's
ISBN 13 : 1400014662
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Maine Coast written by Inc. Fodor's Travel Publications and published by Fodor's. This book was released on 2005-05-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From funky antique shops and country inns in sea captains' homes to out-of-the-way lobster pounds on breezy tidal inlets, Fodor's shows the way in this informative first edition.