Pemaquid Peninsula: A Midcoast Maine History

Offshore fishermen and skillful shipbuilders transformed the quiet shores of the Pemaquid Peninsula beginning in 1815. The maritime economy drove local commerce until enterprising locals turned to ice harvesting, granite quarrying, brick making, lobster canning and pogy oil processing before summer tourism grew and thrived. The descendants of revolutionaries became the faces of a more prosperous generation--men like Albert Thorpe, who ran a popular summer hotel on the grounds where his grandfather had salted and dried his catch decades earlier. Today, summer rusticators discover the enduring natural beauty at the heart of the Pemaquid Peninsula. Journey to the past with Pemaquid native and historian Josh Hanna as he discovers these timeless shores.

Author: Josh Hanna

Publisher: History Press Library Editions

Publication Date: Jul 13, 2015

Number of Pages: 242 pages

Binding: Hardback or Cased Book

ISBN-10: 154020247X

ISBN-13: 9781540202475