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Maine, a guide 'down east,' written by workers of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the state of Maine, sponsored by the Maine development Commission ...

Title
Maine, a guide 'down east,' written by workers of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the state of Maine, sponsored by the Maine development Commission ...
Author
Federal Writers' Project (Maine)
Publication
Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company 1937.

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Additional Authors
  • Houghton Mifflin Company publisher.
  • Riverside Press (Cambridge, Mass.), printer.
  • Maine. Works Progress Administration, sponsor.
  • Maine. Development Commission, copyright holder.
  • United States. Works Progress Administration.
Description
xxvi, 476 p. : ill., maps, 64 plates,; 21 cm.
Series Statement
American guide series
Uniform Title
American guide series.
Alternative Title
  • Maine
  • Guide "down east"
Subject
  • Automobile travel > Maine > Guidebooks
  • Maine > Guidebooks
  • Maine
Genre/Form
Guidebooks
Note
  • Map on lining papers.
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • "Selected reading list": p. [454]-458.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Foreword / by Harry L. Hopkins, Federal Administrator, Works Progress Administration -- Preface / by Doris A. Westall, State Director, Federal Writer's Project -- On using the guide -- General information -- Calendar of events -- I. Maine : the general background: The nation's northeast corner (state name, geography and topography, climate, geology, soil, water resources, mineral resources, flora, fauna) ; Earliest inhabitants : the Red Paint People ; The Abnaki Indians ; History ; The state government ; Pine, paper, and power ; The Maine farm ; From waterways to airways ; Racial elements ; Folklore and folkways ; Education and religion ; Architecture ; The arts ; Handicrafts -- II. Seaports and river towns (city and town descriptions and city tours): Augusta ; Bangor ; Brunswick ; Houlton ; Lewiston-Auburn ; Portland ; Waterville -- III. High roads and low roads (tours) -- IV. Sports and recreation: Introduction ; Fishing in inland waters ; Salt-water fishing ; Hunting ; Canoeing ; Hiking and mountain climbing ; Riding ; Yachting ; Winter sports -- Chronology -- Selected reading list.
LCCN
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OCLC
  • 255008
  • SCSB-10887361
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Harvard Library