No comments about Maine Families in 1790 Volume 3.

No comments about Calais, Maine, Families: They Came and They Went.

5 comments about Revolution Downeast: The War for American Independence in Maine.

1. I had to read a Historical Non-Fiction book for my History class. I chose this one because it only had 223 pages. Everyone else had to read like a 600 page book. But, I payed my price. I think that this book sucks.(and that's being nice). I have never read anything so boring in my life. It is like reading 300 pages out of your history book. I know some people are actually in to this stuff,(if you have no life). So learn from my mistakes and please never ever read this lousy book. THE END.



2. The Revolution in Maine has been by and large ignored by professional historians but Leamon effectively reveals the dimensions of revolutionary events in Maine. One need not be a professional, however, in order to enjoy this book. Leamon's prose makes the book's content both accessible and enjoyable. :) I highly recommend this book.



3. Professor Leamon's wealth of knowledge and pithy style make this book a delight. I'm not a fan of positivistic approaches to history, but Leamon's insights, analysis, and strong literary voice endow Revolution Downeast with special character. It is obvious that Mr. Leamon devoted years of his professional career to ensuring the durability and integrity of his work.



4. _Revoltion Downeast_ is a fascinating look at the role Maine played in the American Revolution. While not quite the density of Prof. Baiylin's work, the book can be slow going. Being a Maine native myself, I found this book to be particularly interesting. Reading about the American Fleet at Penobscot Bay, I didn't know whether I should laugh or cry. This is definately a must read for anyone from around here.



5. This is a fine book - James Leamon gives the reader very interesting insights into this field of history. I have a post-modern view of academics and enjoy finding information that is ignored by others for one reason or another. Any serious student (especially of this period) will find this book a valued addition to his of her own library. I rate it 5 stars and a thanks to the author.

2 comments about Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire 5 parts in 1.

1. This dictionary is a thorough introduction to the complete genealogies of the ME./N.H. regions because of the detailed lists provided and totally researched. This will save you a lot of time and give you an excellent working knowledge of the area. The topo is historically accurate. This book is well researched and easy to understand. Colonial Families are well represented and many family names, links, and historical synopsis are provided. It's brief and to the point as any good dictionary should be!



2. This indispensable and comprehensive reference work is offered in a convenient one-volume form. It contains extensive biographical and genealogical data on every family established in Maine and New Hampshire before 1699. Listed are the births, marriages, and deaths of the settlers through the third generation, and sometimes into the fourth. Also included are data on places of origin, residences, wills and deeds, court cases, and highlights of lives and careers.

No comments about Grandpa's scrapbook: His genealogical columns as published in The Deering (Maine) News from 1894-1904.

No comments about Drisko-Crocker-Foster: Some of the "Coasters" of Maine and New Hampshire.

1 comments about Up River: The Story of a Maine Fishing Community (Library of New England).

1. Olive Pierce and Carolyn Chute have teamed up to tell it like it is on the coast of Maine, in this home-spun fishing family community.

   Olive with her keen eye for catching glimpses of light in phenomenal settings with her camera, and her obviously very relentless effort to live with these folks and document their spirits, has got to stand out as an American best-work The black and white photography is moving to the heart. She qualifies her perspective in the forward to the book, sharing a moment to lead the reader to look and listen to only one's unbiased emotions.

   Carolyn Chute is, as always, bold and cutting to the point. She is poetically harmonizing with words and the photography, bringing an explanation to a perspective from deep within the soul--that place sometimes ignored by the demands of our fast-paced material world.

   And the people in the book, there just some of the best folks you'd ever want to know. Why? I've not only read the book, I know them. They're real; and UP RIVER proves that low-income people are to be respected for their place in the spectrum of human experience.

1 comments about The Same Great Struggle: The History of the Vickery Family of Unity, Maine, 1634-1997.

1. Andrea Constantine Hawkes has done a wonderful job of describing New England social history through the lens of a family, the Vickerys. The Vickery history starts with fishermen in Massachusetts Bay who later settle in a farming community in mid state Maine, Unity. It is the most reader friendly geneology I've read as Ms. Hawkes weaves the events of the day into the story of 10 generations. I particularly enjoyed the "detour" to Montana, where one branch of the Vickerys ( and Unity, Maine) settled.
   I recommend the book for non professional readers of New England history who want a glimpse into the life of our ancestors.

4 comments about Liberty Men and Great Proprietors: The Revolutionary Settlement on the Maine Frontier, 1760-1820.

1. I will not go into detail about the book, but will let you know that it is awesome. I earned a BA in History at UC Davis and Dr. Taylor was my instructor. The book he has written will shed new light on your understanding of life in colonial America, and the struggles the settlers went through.



2. This is not only a fascinating book on a well-kept historical secret (even from those of us who hail from mid-Maine), it is well written and lively.



3. Although I read this for Prof. Taylor's class at UCD (in other words I had to read it), it was FANTASTIC and I couldn't put it down. The same is true for his second effort - William Cooper's Town...



4. This book is well written and moves along well for a history book.I read this as part of a family genealogy research project. I live in Maine and am familiar with the areas covered in the book.
   It is interesting to me that things in general have not changed much in the corruption of government area. They had great proprietors,men of wealth and influence,we have lobbying and corporate agenda. It appears this country has never benefited the average citizen to any great extent.I read Alan Taylors book about William Cooper,a town founder and real estate speculator in upstate New YOrk. The same crooked dealings happened there.

1 comments about George Magoon and the Down East Game War: History, Folklore, and the Law (Folklore and Society).

1. George Magoon may not be particularly well known outside of specific regions in Maine, but readers will recognize him as an embodiment of distinctive character types: folk hero, trickster, local character, and wisecracker. This highly readable book shows why Magoon and a number of similiar characters from backwoods Maine deserve greater consideration within the wider scope of American history. Ives first documents Magoon's life history through the actual stories told by relatives of Magoon and through conventional historical resources, and he also situates the biography within the context of Maine's social history, particularly as it pertains to the legislation and enforcement of wildlife protection policies over 100 years ago. Ives then presents his readers with vivid and often highly entertaining stories about Magoon, many of which still remain vibrant within the oral traditions of Down Easters. The book then discusses similiar stories about Wilbur Day and Calvin Graves, two other woodsmen who also ran afoul of the law as it was enforced by game wardens one hundred years ago. Ives completes the book with an insightful and well-argued conclusion that brings together the disparate stories and historical figures by showing how the narratives can be read in relation to wider patterns of social tension and cultural change that ensued after the passage of laws that restricted hunting and trapping. The various participants in the "game war" and the specific stories are interesting in and of themselves, but Ives masterfully demonstrates how the particular examples can be read to reveal a wider understanding of the social history of wildlife management in America.