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Poland Spring : a tale of the Gilded Age, 1860-1900
- Title
- Poland Spring : a tale of the Gilded Age, 1860-1900 / David L. Richards.
- Author
- Richards, David, 1962-
- Publication
- Durham, N.H. : University of New Hampshire Press ; Hanover, N.H. : Published by University Press of New England, c2005.
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- Description
- x, 313 p. : ill., map; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Revisiting New England
- Subject
- Ricker family
- Hiram Ricker & Sons
- Springs > Maine > Poland Spring > History
- Resorts > Maine > Poland Spring > History
- Businessmen > Maine > Poland Spring > Biography
- Poland Spring (Me.) > History
- Poland Spring (Me.) > Social life and customs
- Poland Spring (Me.) > Economic conditions
- Poland Spring (Me.) > Biography
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-303) and index.
- Contents
- From country farm to summer city -- 1: The people of progress -- The proprietors -- The patrons -- 2: The masquerade of antimodernity -- The Mansion House: "a noble inheritance" -- The Poland Spring House: "Mecca of the fashion, the wealth and culture of the country" -- The Spring House: "the ministry of pure water" -- 3: The search for a middle landscape: "a city of vivid contrasts" -- The farm: "lovely pastoral country" -- The grounds: "out of a country farm an Eden" -- The playing fields: a picturesque recreational landscape -- The Maine state building: toward an urban vision -- Poland spring in 1900.
- Call Number
- IQB (Poland Spring) 06-2540
- ISBN
- 1584654813 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2005009924
- 9781584654810
- OCLC
- 59280237
- Author
- Richards, David, 1962-
- Title
- Poland Spring : a tale of the Gilded Age, 1860-1900 / David L. Richards.
- Imprint
- Durham, N.H. : University of New Hampshire Press ; Hanover, N.H. : Published by University Press of New England, c2005.
- Series
- Revisiting New England
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-303) and index.
- Connect to:
- Other Standard Identifier
- 9781584654810
- Research Call Number
- IQB (Poland Spring) 06-2540