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Whether dotting the coastline, guarding the banks of the
Kennebec or defending the Canadian border, Maine's many forts have
sheltered its towns and people since the seventeenth century. Both
Fort Kent and Fort Fairfield were built after the War of 1812
during the Aroostook War, when hostilities raged between Mainers
and British Canadians over the region's rich timber stands.
Portland Harbor's Fort Preble became embroiled in the Civil War
when a Confederate raider tried--and failed--to steal a ship from
its waters. In the twentieth century, Maine's preservationists
protected many of these citadels, including Fort Knox in Penobscot
Bay, the largest and most elaborate of all Maine's forts. Join
local author Harry Gratwick as he uncovers stories of adventure and
bravery from the forts of Maine.
Too far north, the great state of Maine did not witness any Civil
War battles. However, Mainers contributed to the war in many
important ways. From the mainland to the islands, soldiers bravely
fought to preserve the United States in all major battles. Men like
General Joshua Chamberlain, a hero of Little Round Top, proudly
returned home to serve as governor. Maine native Hannibal Hamlin
served as Abraham Lincoln's first vice president. And Maine's
strong women sacrificed and struggled to maintain their communities
and support the men who had left to fight. Author Harry Gratwick
diligently documents the stories of these Mainers, who preserved
"The Way Life Should Be" for Maine and the entire United States.
The history of the Pine Tree State would be bare but for the
contributions of hardy and impassioned individuals--generals,
governors, settlers and activists whose lives of leadership make up
the story of Maine's "hidden history." Author Harry Gratwick
creates intimate and detailed portraits of these Mainers, from the
controversial missionary Sebastien Rale to Woolwich native William
Phips, whose seafaring attacks against French Canada earned him the
first governorship of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Gratwick also
profiles inventors who "challenged the assumptions of their] time
and place," such as Robert Benjamin Lewis, an African American from
Gardiner who patented a hair growth product in the 1830s, and
Margaret Knight, a York native who defied nineteenth-century sexism
to earn the nickname "the female Edison." Discover four hundred
years of Maine's history through the tales of its unique residents,
from soprano Lillian Nordica, who left Farmington to become the
most glamorous American opera singer of her day, to slugger George
"Piano Legs" Gore, the only Mainer to have ever won a Major League
batting championship.
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