Maine, A Guide "Down East"

Maine, A Guide "Down East"

State guidebook produced by the Maine Works Progress Administration's Federal Writers' Project in the 1930s. Installment in the American Guide Series: a collection of state travel guides and coffee tables books. Includes extensive descriptions of Maine cities, towns, regions, landscapes, cultural elements, and notable sites in brief historical context with standout local historical anecdotes. Includes descriptions of various travel routes, local sport and recreation, maps, and illustrations. Introduced with general information about climate, geography, geology, natural resources. Republished various times (1970, 1972, 2008, 2012, etc.). From the preface: "Whatever the point of view, it should be remembered that the presentation of the many diverse elements embodied in a State the size of Maine in a single volume is necessarily of a general nature..."

Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of Maine

Houghton Mifflin Company

1937

en

Book

Prehistory-1937; Maine

476

Boston, Massachusetts

Houghton Mifflin Company

American Guide Series

Maine

Maine, A Guide "Down East"

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