Thomas Urquhart

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

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Produktbeschreibung

Each year thousands of men and women and families recreate on Maine's Public Reserved Lands. Most of these visitors know only that the large green areas on the map promise them access to some of the state's most magnificent places. Very few have any idea how Maine acquired them. Or that, as a conservation success, their acquisition (600,000 acres) rivals the celebrated purchase and gift to Maine people of Baxter State Park (210,000 acres) by Governor Percival Baxter. Maine's two hundredth anniversary is an appropriate moment to celebrate the largest land conservation triumph in its history. The story of the state's Public Reserved Lands and how we got them speak to the very essence of Maine's identity. With dramatic moments and colorful characters, the book weaves its way from 1820 to the present, providing an engaging and informative overview of conservation and preservation in Maine.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Down East Books
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781608936878
• Artikelnr.: 61325851

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)