Publisher's Synopsis
Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-Canoe and camera, a two hundred mile tour through the Maine forests by Thomas Sedgwick Steele.The purpose of realizing this historical context is to approach the understanding of a historical epoch from the elements provided by the text. Hence the importance of placing the document in context. It is necessary to unravel what its author or authors have said, how it has been said, when, why and where, always relating it to its historical moment.Thomas Sedgwick SteeleIllustratorDate of birth: June 11, 1845, Hartford, Connecticut, United StatesDied: September 10, 1903, Swampscott, Massachusetts, United StatesCanoe and camera, a two hundred mile tour through the Maine forests by Thomas Sedgwick SteeleHulling Machine Falls.East Branch of the Penobscot River.Passing the mouth of the Seboois rivers large and small, we set up our tent on the left bank of the river near a place known as Hunt's Farm.The lonely log house and barn on Hunt's farm were erected some forty-three years ago, and are located on high ground on a scenic bend in the Penobscot River.
