Publisher's Synopsis
"The New All-too-True-Blue History of Maine" is a creative history of Maine (or an "alternative" history, if you will). Events that are covered include, but are not limited to: TIME IMMEMORIAL -- Red Paint People and Ice Age Hunters 1597 - Lobsters Confused as Rubies 1604 - First European Settlement in Maine 1607 - British Colony in Popham 1620 -- Samoset Meets Pilgrims 1642 -- First Incorporated City 1652 -- Maine Annexed by Massachusetts 1674 - Dutch Conquer Acadia and Rebrand It 1775 -- First Naval Battle of Revolutionary War 1816 and 1817 - "Ohio Fever" 1820 -- Statehood 1839 - Aroostook War 1845 -- "The Arrow and the Song" 1863 - Chamberlain at Little Round Top 1864 -- Thoreau's "The Maine Woods" 1921 -- "Mr. Flood's Party" 1929 -- Acadia National Park 1964 - "King of the Road" 1985 -- "Cider House Rules" Book 1996 -- "The Spitfire Grill" 1999 -- "The Iron Giant" 2001, 2002, 2005 -- "Empire Falls" Most of the events have explanatory images to help you visualize the history lessons.
