Maine Books

The Twentieth Maine - A Volunteer Regiment in the Civil War $12.00
John J. Pullen
Dayton, Ohio: Morningstar Press, 1983 (1957)
Story of the 20th from 1862 through the end of the war.
338 pages, softbound, minor wear >ME >MIL

Big Dreams and Little Wheels (Wiscasset and Quebec Railroad, Maine)$18.50
Ruby Crosby Wiggin
Clinton, ME: Down East Reprints 1976 3rd. Printing
An engaging history of the Wiscasset and Quebec Railroad from its incorporation in 1854 to the last turn of its little wheels in 1933. Full of stories and anecdotes which have been handed down by actual workmen on the railroad, or members of their families, the book deals with all the important events in the life of the railway, and examines the role it played in the small Maine communities through which it passed.
Table of contents:
The Wiscasset and Quebec
The Wiscasset and Waterville
The Franklin, Somerset and Kennebec
The Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railroad
The Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway
The Narrow-Gauge in Review
Stories, Told and Retold
The Boothbay Railway Museum
Finis
94 pages, Photographs (Black & White) 8vo., paperback, good condition

Marine Atlases in the Dartmouth College Library $23.00 (available elsewhere for $40.00-$77.95)
Hanover, NH: 1950
A descriptive list and finding aid of marine atlases in the Dartmouth College Library.
29 pages, 9x6 hardbound, good condition.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Maine for the Period of the World War 1917-1919 Vol. II $24.95
Published under the Direction of JAMES W. HANSON The Adjutant General By Authority of The State Legislature, 1929 Augusta, Maine
Table of contents
THE SELECTIVE SERVICE
Personnel of State Headquarters
District Boards
Summary of Registrations
Local Boards
Legal Advisory Boards Medical Advisory Boards
Selective Service
Organization of the System
The First Registration
Organization of Local and District Boards
Exemption Regulations
The Drawing
Apportionment of Quotas
The First Regulations
Dependency
Government and State Allotments
Delinquents
Slackers
The First Mobilization
The First Calls
The New Regulations
The Questionnaire
The Classes
Classification on Account of Agriculture or Industry
The Second Year
June and August Registrations
The Third Registration
Result of the Third Registration
Change in Method of Determining Quotas
Maine Quotas
Deferred Classification Dependency
Rectification of Classification Agricultural and Industrial Deferments
Industrial and Agricultural Furloughs
Emergency Fleet Exemptions
Work or Fight Regulations
Physical Qualifications
Rejections
Physical Examinations Discontinued
Slackers, Delinquents and Deserters
The State Constabulary
Alienage
The British and Canadian Conventions
Induction
Calls
Process of Mobilization Army Training Schools
Infantry- Officers Training School
Personnel and Duties of the Selective Service Organization
Civic Organizations    .
The Press
Completion of Selection Card Index of Registrants Closing of State Headquarters
OFFICERS ROSTER
Army Navy
Coast Guard
Marine Corps
CASUALTIES
Deaths
Deaths in Canadian Service  
Prisoners of War
DECORATIONS
Foreign
Distinguished Service Cross  
Distinguished Service Medal
CITATIONS
Army Navy
Marine Corps
LIST OF PERSONS CREDITED TO MAINE, ARRANGED BY CITIES AND TOWNS CREDITS BY COUNTIES
CREDITS, NATIONAL GUARD
CREDITS, TOTAL
ADDENDUM
Field and Staff, Non-Commissioned Staff and Band, 2nd Maine Inf.
295 pages, 6x9 hardbound, covers faded, corners worn, edge wear, fair condition, pages are in good condition and intact.

Maine Towns

Augusta, Maine $16.99
Frank H. Sleeper
Arcadia publishing, 1995
On Feb. 24th 1827, the legislative act making Augusta Maine's state capital was signed. Since that time, politics and government have played a central role in the development of Augusta. In this fascinating pictorial history Frank H. sleeper uses Augusta's political heritage as a springboard in the exploration of the many faces of this dynamic city.
Augusta contains a wealth of images, from the businesses on water Street during its heyday, to the Augusta millionaires semi--pro baseball team, to daily life as it has been lived over the past century. It introduces us to the doers and shakers in Augusta's history, and follows the development of the city's Franco American community. As the 21st century approaches, this concise and compelling history takes us on voyage of discovery into the past. It is a journey some will find nostalgic, others informative, but one that will be enjoyed by all.
127 pp., new, soft bound

Bangor, (Maine) $18.99
Richard R. Shaw
Dover, NH: Arcadia Publishing, 2001, 1994
Images of America Series.
(from the back cover) Bangor is a city which has grown in many ways since Jacob Buswell and his family, the first white settlers, built their log cabin by the Penobscot River in 1769. Over the course of the 19^th century Bangor developed into a cosmopolitan center of Maine, but to this day it retains some of the proud characteristics of a town that was once the lumbering capital of the world.
Collected in this fascination visual are over 200 photographs which together reflect this rich and diverse history…
Richard R. Shaw is an editor and writer for the Bangor Daily News, and is considered its resident historian.
127 pages, 6½ x 9½ softbound, new.

Buxton, Hollis & Limington, Maine (Images of America) $9.50
Frank H. Sleeper
Arcadia Publishing 1997
table of contents:
River Giveth
the River Taketh Away
The Town's
Farms
Oxen
Leisure Time and Recreation
the Celebrity
Bradburys
Doers and Shakers
128 pages,  6x9 softbound, good condition, remnants of sticker on front cover

Coming of Age on Damariscove Island, Maine $ 9.60
Written by Carl R. Griffin II and Alaric Faulkner and including the reminiscences of Alberta Poole Rowe
Old Town, Maine: The North East Folklore Society 1981
Short history and Alberta Poole's reminiscences of island life 1910-1922.
Table of contents:
I: INTRODUCTION
The Separate Beginnings of the Present Work by Carl R. Griffin III & Alaric Faulkner
Damariscove: History and Traditions
ALBERTA POOLE'S ISLAND
Background, The Lay of the Island, The Island's People, Dairying , Sheep Raising, Other Livestock, Farming, Fishing, Gunning, Supplies, Wild Birds, Storms, Health, School, Religion, The Life Saving/Coast Guard Station, Summer People, Children's Play, Mischief and Other Diversions, Social Gatherings, The Outside World, Winters Off Damariscove, End of an Era, THE AUTHORS.. Carl R. Griffin III Alaric Faulkner, Map 1,  Map 2, Map 3.
116 pages, softbound issue of North East Folklore XXI: 1980 covers are worn.

Twice Told Tales of Eliot, Maine $7.50
Compiled By Members of the Eliot Historical Society Eliot, Maine
Frontispiece and photo of Dr. Willis Foreword
Name-of Eliot
Thumb-Nail Sketches of Eliot's Illustrious Men - Dr. Willis Rev. Caldwell
William Fogg
Brickyards of Eliot
Shipbuilding in Eliot Churches of Eliot
Major Charles Frost, Man of Service Eliot, Massachusetts! Refugee story
Epilogue
Cider Elms
Ephraim's letter
Horses Lament
The Remarkable Farmer Family Moses G. Farmer Rosemary Cottage
Miss Farmer's Pet Project Greenacre
One of Tirzah's Indian Stories 'Gus Shapleigh
Sarah Slips 'em Again Lanier Camp
21-Gun Salute
Nathan Goodwin and the Squash Almiry Cilley's First Ride. Gladys Hasty Carroll's First Story the William Fogg Library
Cockfight That Made A Sheriff Famous Poem
Patrons
44 page pamphlet, good condition, slight discoloration on cover, small circle stain.

Farmington, Wilton, Kingfield, & Sugarloaf, ME (Images of America) $9.50
Frank H. Sleeper,
Arcadia Publishing 1997
Table of Contents:
Farmington
The Millses: Political Savvy
Wilton
The Basses: Economic Savvy
Canfield and Sugarloaf
the Winters: Business and Recreation Savvy
Doers and Shakers
128 pages,  6x9 softbound, good condition, remnants of sticker on front cover

My First 60 Years in Harrison, Maine $19.95
Ernest E. Ward
Harrison, ME: Author, 1967, second printing.
"This book is not intended to be a history of Harrison but rather a recollection of events that have occurred during my 61 years as resident. I've enjoyed every one of them an old annexed 60 will be as pleasant."
Table of contents: Early Transportation Problems, the Canal, the Railroad, Some of Harrison’s Fires, the Harrison fire Department, Harrison Drummond bugle corps, Harrison Business Establishments, Miscellaneous Records: Listed Town Officials since 1906, Representatives to the State Legislature from Harrison from 1909 to 1965, State Senator from Harrison, Harrison Business Directory, Harrison Civic Directory, Harrison's New Municipal Office.
85 pages, 6x9 softbound, staple bound, good condition.

Portrait of Paris Hill - A Landmark Maine Village $40.00
Martin Dibner
Paris Hill Maine: Paris Hill Press, 1990
Table of contents: Preface, Introduction, The Beginnings, The Growing Years, Occupations, The Press, Religion, Education, The Diaries of Persis Sibley Andrews, The Dark Side of the Hill, Misfortune - A Blessing In Disguise, The Twentieth Century, The Paris Hill Historic District, Coming of Age, Epilogue, Index
213 pages, 9x12 hardbound, very fine condition.

Saco Maine Then and Now: A Diverse Heritage $9.00
Peter N. Scontras, Editor
1994. Scontras Publishing Company, Saco, Maine
(from the back cover) Peter Scontras, born and raised in Saco, is a noted photographer, avid local historian, and teacher at Saco Middle School. His wife Bridget and he reside in their hometown where they brought up their two children Carol-Anastasia and Nicholas Peter II. Because of his 1990 Winter Brick poster and innovative research project involving his Middle School English students, he was a co-recipient of the first Roy P. and Maryllyn Fairfield Award for his contribution to Saco history. In 1987 he was recognized as Saco Citizen of the Year for organizing and chairing a committee of citizens that planned and funded the Veterans' Monument in Laurel Hill Cemetery.
     Saco, Then and Now is truly a book of substance, a skillful blend of photographs and a fascinating, revealing collection of oral history that is the first in a series of presentations by Peter Scontras that captures the rhythms that were and are Saco, Maine.
     Dr. Roy P. Fairfield, the most published, respected Saco historian of his time, states of Saco, Then and Now, "Local historians, both professional and amateur, will enjoy the visual walks along Main Street...The people's stories speak, one generation to another...few will miss the kind of lives our ancestors lived...both in triumph and tragedy, through enthusiasms and disappointments. Saco, Then and Now is a major contribution to Saco's rich historical record, one providing a living legacy...In short, we experience an intelligent choice of themes, and it is exciting to anticipate what images his next volumes will include." Enjoy this drama about one of Maine's first thriving settlements...a unique historical community...Saco.”
225 pages. 6x9 softbound, Bibliography and index, 17 pages Condition: Very good.

Margaret Chase Smith's Skowhegan (Maine) $16.99
Frank H. Sleeper
Dover, NH: Arcadia Publishing, 1996
Images of America Series.
(from the back cover) Called "...the most influential woman in the history of American politics," Senator Margaret Chase Smith always carried with her a strong connection to her roots in Skowhegan, Maine. How did her years and experiences in this community influence her strength of character and lifetime commitment to public service? Author Frank H. Sleeper has searched local archives to bring us rare photographs and new Connections between Skowhegan and its famous senator.
In this illuminating pictorial history, readers enjoy unique views of Skowhegan, with its historic buildings and riverfront, where Senator Smith spent her first forty years. Her strong convictions and tolerance for dissent, especially apparent in her famous "Declaration of Conscience" speech against Senator Joe McCarthy, may well have come from her background in Skowhegan.
With each turn of the page, we see this strikingly vibrant woman amidst her community in school and at work, and through her lifetime commitment to public service as one of the first women in the U.S. Senate. The over 200 images presented here, most from the Margaret Chase Smith Library and the Maine Historic Preservation Commission, are sure to evoke fond memories for the old and provide inspiration for the young.
128 pages, 6½ x 9½ softbound, new