Down East: A Maritime History of Maine

Down East: A Maritime History of Maine

Lincoln Paine
$14.95
Publication Date: July 1st, 2000
Publisher:
Tilbury House Publishers
ISBN:
9780884482222
Pages:
192

Description

Lincoln Paine has laid down the framework for an understanding of Maine's maritime history by relating the population and land-scape of today to their historic foundations.

From the first explorers, to the century of ships, to our modern fisheries and diversification, Maine's maritime story is told in engaging detail.

About the Author

LINCOLN PAINE (Portland, ME) is a maritime historian, lecturer, and curator; a trustee of the Maine Maritime Museum; and author of the award-winning The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World (2013) and Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia (1997).

Praise for Down East: A Maritime History of Maine

This
engaging book, chronicling Maine’s maritime history from the first explorers to
our modern fisheries, can be read in an evening but will be referred to again
and again. Lincoln
Paine is the author of The Sea and
Civilization.
— Publishers Weekly starred review

Paine’s
economy of phrase and clarity of purpose make this book a delight.
— Walter Cronkite