Thomas Urquhart

Up for Grabs

Timber Pirates, Lumber Barons, and the Battles Over Maine's Public Lands

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Produktbeschreibung

The story of how over half a million acres of Maine's most beautiful and revered land came to belong to everyone.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group Inc
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 150mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9781608936861
• ISBN-10: 1608936864
• Artikelnr.: 57631675

Autorenporträt

Former Maine Audubon director Thomas Urquhart is the author of For the Beauty of the Earth (Shoemaker & Hoard, 2004). He has written extensively on Maine's natural resources for such publications as Down East Magazine, Audubon, Habitat, and Port City Life. He lives in Portland, ME.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue. This land is our land (May X, 1982) Chapter I. "A tale of giveaways and neglect" (March, 1972) Chapter II. "Exhaustless Merchandize" (1783
1795) Chapter III. Wanted: "Some Astute Horse
traders" (April
June 1972) Chapter IV. Sagamores, Speculators & Statehood (1795
1820) Chapter V. "An honest report by a competent, conscientious young lawyer" (June
December 1972) Chapter VI. Timber Pirates and Border Wars (1820
1842) Chapter VII. Public Lots Report: Likely Ammunition in the Spring (January
July, 1973) Chapter VIII. Folly of Exaggeration vs. Want of Just Appreciation (1842
1891) Chapter IX. Grand Plantations & Grand Negotiations (September 1973
December 1974) Chapter X. Trouble brewing: "A tremendous issue regarded from any point of view" (1891
1931)