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Islands of the
Mid-Maine Coast Series

Charles B. McLane and Carol McLane

MAINE BOOKS:

America’s Kitchens —New

A Coastal Companion: A Gulf of Maine Almanac, from Canada to Cape Cod —New

In the Shadow of the Eagle: A Tribal Representative in Maine —New

North by Northeast: Wabanaki, Akwesasne Mohawk, and Tuscarora Traditional Arts —New

Partners in Wilderness: Buzz Caverly and Baxter State Park —New

Patriarch of Maine Shipbuilding: The Life and Ships of Gardiner G. Deering—New

Remarkable Americans: The Washburn Family —New

Sharing the Ocean: Stories of Science, Politics, and Ownership from America's Oldest Industry —New

A1 Diner

Antiqueman's Diary

The Camera’s Coast: Historic Images of Ship and Shore in New England

Catboat Era, The

Changing Maine

Confluence: Merrymeeting Bay

Continental Liar from the State of Maine: James G. Blaine

Day's Work, A (Vol. I)

Day's Work, A (Vol. II)

Doryman's Day, A

Down on the Island, Up on the Main

Downeast: A Maritime History of Maine

Eminent Mainers

Fly Rod Crosby

Interrupted Forest, The

Islands of the Mid-Maine Coast, Vol. I

Islands of the Mid-Maine Coast, Vol. II

Islands of the Mid-Maine Coast, Vol. IV

Journalism Matters

Just One More Thing, Doc

Letters from Sea

Life Between the Tides

Little Pine to King Spruce

Maine Hamlet, A

Maine Made Guns & Their Makers

Maine's Visible Black History

Not Your Average Bear

Old Town Canoe, The

On Wilderness

One Man's Meat

Place on Water, A

Rangeley and Its Region, The

Red right Returning

Rediscovering S. P. Rolt Triscott

Same Great Struggle, The

Sea Struck

Shipyard in Maine, A

Snow Squall

That Yankee Cat

Turnaround

Unsettled Future, Unsettled Past

Upriver Passamaquoddy, An

Voyage of Archangell, The

Voyage of Detroit, The

Voyages: A Maine Franco-American Reader

While You're Here, Doc

Wood and Canvas Canoe, The

Worthy of the Sea: K. Aage Nielsen and His Legacy of Yacht Design



Volume I: Penobscot Bay
Hardcover, $55;
ISBN 0-88448-184-0
Paperback, $35;
ISBN 0-88448-185-9
click bookcovers for
larger picture


Volume II: Mount Desert
to Machias Bay

Hardcover, $45;
ISBN 0-933858-17-5


Volume IV:
Pemaquid Point to
the Kennebec River

Paperback, $35
ISBN 0-88448-146-8

  • "What unfolds might be thought of as the maritime version of the frontier saga, complete with heroes and foolishness, heartbreak and hard work...the appeal of these selections should reach far beyond those who already have ties to the Maine islands." —Island Journal
  • "While active, salty sailors will find the volume edifying, something to read aloud to their passengers and mates, armchair sailors will find it equally enjoyable for its page-turning tales and vivid local history." —Down East

The McLanes have delved into a wealth of primary sources, using old tax assessments, court records, and early maps, to spin their tales of the early settlers of Maine's islands and their descendants. Here is history as it too seldom is in textbooks: colorful, human, downright irresistible. Each volume is replete with rare vintage photos and dozens of maps and will delight all who love islands, or simply a good read.

Charles McLane is a professor emeritus of government at Dartmouth College and has written several books on Sino/Soviet relations. His late wife Carol collaborated closely with him on the Islands series, and in raising six children. The McLanes have been longtime summer residents of Brooklin, Maine.

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