| John Gilley of Baker's Island Contributor(s): Eliot, Charles W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1406795763 ISBN-13: 9781406795769 Publisher: Pierides Press OUR PRICE: $22.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2006 Annotation: Considered "the most remarkable delineation of pioneer life on the coast of Maine that has ever been published," this little book has been through numerous printings. It was originally published in 1899 in The Century Magazine. It first appeared in book form in 1904. Charles W. Eliot was president of Harvard University for forty years, and he initiated the movement to create Acadia National Park. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography - History | United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775) |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.19" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.25 lbs) 80 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - New England - Geographic Orientation - Maine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A short history of one of many settlers who were neither famous nor unique, but who contributed to the history of the United States. ' This is the life of one of the forgotten millions. It contains no material for distinction, fame, or long remembrance but it does contain the material and present the scene for a normal human development through mingled joy and sorrow, labor and rest, adversity and success, and through the tender loves of childhood, maturity, and age. We cannot but believe that it is just for countless quiet, simple lives like this that God made and upholds this earth.' Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Pierides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. |