Title & Author:

Maine : a guide "down east" / written by workers of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of Maine.

Publication:

Boston, [Mass.] : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1937.
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Riverside Press, 1937.
©1937.

Description:

xxvi, 476 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm

Series:

American guide series

Notes:
"Copyright, 1937, by Everett F. Greaton, executive secretary, Maine Development Commission"--Verso of title page.
Map, "Key to Maine tours" on front lining-paper.
2 maps on 1 folded sheet in pocket at end.
The plates are arranged in eight groups, each preceded by half-title not included in paging bearing a thematic caption.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 454-458) and index.
Foreword / by Harry L. Hopkins, Federal Administrator, Works Progress Administration -- Preface / by Doris A. Westall, State Director, Federal Writer's Project -- On using the guide -- General information -- Calendar of events -- I. Maine : the general background: The nation's northeast corner (state name, geography and topography, climate, geology, soil, water resources, mineral resources, flora, fauna) ; Earliest inhabitants : the Red Paint People ; The Abnaki Indians ; History ; The state government ; Pine, paper, and power ; The Maine farm ; From waterways to airways ; Racial elements ; Folklore and folkways ; Education and religion ; Architecture ; The arts ; Handicrafts -- II. Seaports and river towns (city and town descriptions and city tours): Augusta ; Bangor ; Brunswick ; Houlton ; Lewiston-Auburn ; Portland ; Waterville -- III. High roads and low roads (tours) -- IV. Sports and recreation: Introduction ; Fishing in inland waters ; Salt-water fishing ; Hunting ; Canoeing ; Hiking and mountain climbing ; Riding ; Yachting ; Winter sports -- Chronology -- Selected reading list.

Subject:

Automobile travel Maine Guidebooks.
Voyages en automobile Maine Guides.
Travel
Automobile travel
Maine Guidebooks.
Maine Description and travel.
Maine Maps.
Maine Tours.
Maine Guides.
Maine Descriptions et voyages.
Maine

Form/genre:

travel guidebooks.
Tours
Maps
Guidebooks
Guides touristiques.

Added entries:

Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of Maine, author.
Houghton Mifflin Company, publisher.
Riverside Press (Cambridge, Mass.), printer.
Maine. Works Progress Administration, sponsor.
Maine. Development Commission, copyright holder.
United States. Works Progress Administration.
American guide series.

Maine
Guide "down east"

Holdings:

Location: Library main 318030
Call No.: 318030
Copy: 1
Status: Available