Story of Maine in 112 Objects

Story of Maine in 112 Objects by Fishman, Bernard P. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780884483779.

It is a story covering 395 million years, a story told with a walrus skull and fossils, tourmaline and spear points, mammoth tusks and bone fishhooks, Norse coins and caulking irons, militia flags and survey stakes, treaty documents and wooden tankards, a temperance banner and a locomotive, Joshua Chamberlains pistol and a cod tub trawl, a Lombard log hauler and a womans WWII welding outfit, L. L. Bean boots and German POW snowshoes, and many more objects from the museums collections. Short narratives written by museum curators are woven around each item—including photos of related objects—and the ensemble has been honed, polished, and introduced by museum director Bernard Fishman. This is a book that historians and Maine residents and visitors will delve into again and again, unearthing new treasures with each reading.