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Catalogue—Maine Titles

The History Press publishes high-quality history and heritage titles with a strong regional base. Our books help to revive and preserve the past in various regions throughout the United States, and we strive to make these histories accessible and available to a wide audience.

 

Haunted Portland: From Pirates to Ghost Brides
Roxie J. Zwicker

 After several devastating fires, the city of Portland adopted the motto “I shall rise again.” Yet, as author Roxie J. Zwicker demonstrates in Haunted Portland, this declaration could just as easily apply to the city’s numerous spooks and specters! Follow Zwicker as she expertly navigates this storied Yankee seaport’s collection of creepy graveyards, tragic shipwrecks, eerie lighthouses and more.

978-1-59629-282-6
96 pp.
$17.99
Over 15 Black and White Photographs

Publication Date:
September 2007|
Made in Maine: From Home and Workshop to Mill and Factory
Paul E. Rivard

 The variety and scope of Maine’s products have played an undeniably important role in its history. This book celebrates the simple beauty of handmade objects and the arduous endeavors of Maine’s great artisans and manufacturing workers during the industrial age in the Pine Tree State.

978-1-59629-218-5
160 pp.
$21.99
Over 70 Black and White Photographs

Publication Date:
March 2007|
Rembering Camden: Stories from an Old Maine Harbor
Barbara F. Dyer

 Tracing the town's history from its early days as a thriving shipbuilding center to its present status as a well-loved tourist destination, author and lifelong Camden resident Barbara F. Dyer offers a series of poignant and entertaining recollections of bygone days in old Camden and nearby Rockport.

978-1-59629-321-2
160 pp.
$19.99
Over 70 Black & White Photographs

Publication Date:
January 2008|
True Stories of Maine Fly Fishermen
J.H. Hall

 J.H. Hall uses his fishing trips as the platform to introduce the reader to the people and the rivers that color his life and Maine, bringing all of us engaging life lessons and new experiences.

978-1-59629-460-8
128 pp.
$19.99
Over 35 Black & White Photographs

Publication Date:
April 2008|