Winslow Homer, 1836 - 1910

• Known For: American artist, painter
• Maine Connection: Settled in Prout?s Neck, Maine in 1883

Resources

Selected Books

• Winslow Homer: an American Vision by Randall C. Griffin, 2006.
• Winslow Homer and the Sea by Carl Little, c1995.
• A Weekend with Winslow Homer by Ann Keay Beneduce, 1993.
• Winslow Homer Watercolors by Nicolai Cikovsky, 1991.
• Winslow Homer by Nicolai Cikovsky, 1990.
• The World of Winslow Homer, 1836-1910 by James Thomas Flexner, 1966.
• Winslow Homer, a Portrait by Jean Gould, 1962.

Selected Websites

• Winslow Homer in the National Gallery of Art

Rockwell Kent, 1882 - 1971

• Known For: Artist, illustrator and author
• Maine Connection: Lived on Monhegan Island, Maine from 1905 to 1914

Resources

Selected Books by Rockwell Kent

• It’s Me O Lord: the Autobiography of Rockwell Kent, 1955.

Selected Books about Rockwell Kent

• Rockwell Kent: the Mythic and the Modern by Jake Wien, 2005.
• Distant Shores: the Odyssey of Rockwell Kent by Constance Martin, 2000.
• A Northern Christmas, c1998.
• An American Saga: the Life and Times of Rockwell Kent by David Traxel, c1980.
• The Prints of Rockwell Kent: a Catalogue Raisonne by Dan Burne Jones, 1975.

Selected Websites

• The Rockwell Kent Gallery and Collection of the Plattsburgh State Art Museum
• Distant Shores: The Odyssey of Rockwell Kent: The Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge

Andrew Wyeth, 1917 - 2009

• Known For: Artist
• Maine Connection: Summered in Maine since about 1927, later residing in Cushing, Maine and painting the land and people nearby. (Famous Christina's World painting)

Resources

Selected Books

• Andrew Wyeth: a Secret Life by Richard Merriman, c1996.
• Andrew Wyeth, Autobiography: Introduction by Thomas Hoving; with commentaries by Andrew Wyeth as told to Thomas Hoving, c1995.
• Wyeth People: a Portrait of Andrew Wyeth as Seen by His Friends and Neighbors by Gene Logsdon, c1988.
• The Art of Andrew Wyeth by Wanda M. Corn, 1973.

Selected Books for Young Adults and Children

• Andrew Wyeth by Richard Meryman, 1991.

Selected Websites

• New York Times Story - Andrew Wyeth dead at 91
• Andrew Wyeth
• Wyeth Center at the Farnsworth

Jamie Wyeth, 1946 -

• Known For: Artist
• Maine Connection: Summered in Maine all his life: Cushing, Monhegan Island ( many paintings of this island and its people) and since 1990's on Southern Island, Tenants Harbor, Maine.

Resources

Selected Books by Jaime Wyeth

• Monhegan, by Jamie Wyeth, c2000.
• Jamie Wyeth: Islands, by Jamie Wyeth, c1993.
• Jamie Wyeth, by Jamie Wyeth, 1980.

Selected Books about Jaime Wyeth

• Capturing Nureyev: James Wyeth Paints the Dancer, edited by Pamela J. Belanger, c2002.
• A Closer Look: Howard Pyle, N.C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, and Jamie Wyeth by Joyce Hill Stoner, c1998.

Selected Websites

• Wyeth Center at the Farnsworth Museum
• Jamie Wyeth Editions
• Artnet: Jamie Wyeth

Joan Benoit Samuelson, 1957 -

• Known For: Marathon runner, Olympic Gold Medal winner
• Maine Connection: Born in Cape Elizabeth, Maine; graduated from Bowdoin College (Brunswick, Maine); resides in Freeport, Maine.

Resources

Selected Books by Joan Benoit Samuelson

• Joan Samuelson’s Running for Women by Joan Benoit Samuelson and Gloria Averbuch, c1995.

Selected books about Joan Benoit Samuelson

• Running with the Legends by Michael Sandrock, c1996.
• Champions: Stories of Ten Remarkable Athletes by Bill Littlefield, c1993.
• Great Women Athletes of the 20th Century by Robert J.Condon, c1991.
• Running Tide by Joan Benoit with Sally Baker, 1987.

Selected Websites

• National Distance Running Hall of Fame: Joan Benoit Samuelson
• Maine Women's Hall of Fame: Joan Benoit Samuelson
• Maine Memory Network: Joan Benoit, Danny Bolduc in Augusta, 1980

Ricky Craven, 1966 -

• Known For: NASCAR driver
• Maine Connection: Born and raised in Newburgh, Maine

Resources

Selected Websites

• Official Site of Ricky Craven

Ian Crocker, 1982 -

• Known For: Swimmer, Olympic Gold Medalist
• Maine Connection: Born and raised in Portland, Maine

Resources

Selected Websites

• Yahoo Athletes

Louis Francis Sockalexis, 1871 - 1913

• Known For: Professional baseball player, Penobscot Indian
• Maine Connection: Born and raised on Indian Island, Old Town, Maine

Resources

Selected Books

• Baseball’s First Indian: Louis Sockalexis: Penobscot Legend, Cleveland Indian by Ed Rice, 2003.
• Indian Summer: the Forgotten Story of Louis Sockalexis, the First Native American in Major League Baseball by Brian McDonald, c2003.
• Louis Francis Sockalexis: the Life-Story of a Penobscot Indian by Trina Wellman, 1975.

Selected Websites

• Baseball Reliquary
• Maine Memory Network: Remembering Sockalexis, 1980

Martha Ballard, 1734/35 ? 1812

• Known For: Midwife, diarist
• Maine Connection: Resided in Hallowell, Maine from 1785 (started her diary) until her death in 1812.

Resources

Selected Books

• The Diary of Martha Ballard 1785-1812, c1992.
• A Midwife's Tale: the Life of Martha Ballard, based on her Diary, 1785-1812 by Laurel Ulrich, 1990.

Selected Websites

• DoHistory: Martha Ballard's Diary Online
• PBS: Amercian Experience, A Midwife's Tale
• Walking tour of Martha Ballard's Hallowell (PDF File)

Rachel Carson, 1907 - 1964

• Known For: Biologist, author, ecologist
• Maine Connection: From 1952, Rachel Carson spent her summers at Southport Island, Maine, where she studied the coast. A Fish and Wildlife Service National Wildlife Refuge (Wells, Maine) was renamed the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge in 1969.

Resources

Selected Books by Rachel Carson

• The Sense of Wonder, 1965.
• Silent Spring, 1962.
• The Edge of the Sea, 1955.
• The Sea Around Us, 1951.

Selected Books about Rachel Carson

• The Gentle Subversive: Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, and the Rise of the Environmental Movement by Mark Lytle, 2007.
• Rachel Carson: a twentieth-century life by Ellen Levine, 2007.
• Rachel Carson: a biography by Arlene Rodda Quaratiello, 2004.

Selected Books for Young Adults and Children

• Rachel Carson: a Twentieth-Century Live by Ellen Levine, 2007.
• Rachel Carson: Ecologist and Activist by Mary Gow, c2005.
• Rachel Carson: Writer and Biologist by Melissa Stewart, c2001.

Selected Websites

• Maine Writers Entry
• The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson
• Women in History: Rachel Carson
• Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge

Tess Gerritsen, 1953 -

• Known For: Author, screenwriter
• Maine Connection: Resides in Camden, Maine

Resources

Selected Books by Tess Gerritsen

• In Their Footsteps, 2010.
• Ice Cold, 2010.
• The Bone Garden, 2007.
• The Mephisto club: a Novel, 2006.
• Body Double: a Novel, 2004.
• The Sinner, 2003.
• The Apprentice: a Novel, 2002.
• The Surgeon, 2001.
• Gravity, 1999.
• Bloodstream, 1998.
• Life Support, 1997.
• Harvest, 1996.

Selected Websites

• Official Tess Gerritsen site on the web
• Maine Writers Entry

Linda Greenlaw, 1960 -

• Known For: Commercial fisherman, lobster fisherman, author
• Maine Connection: Raised in Maine; graduated from Colby College, Waterville, Maine; resides on Isle au Haut, Maine

Resources

Selected Books

• Seaworthy:A Swordfish Captain Returns to the Seas, (2010).
• Fisherman's Bend, c2008.
• Slipknot: A Mystery, c2007.
• Recipes from a Very Small Island, c2005.
• All Fishermen are Liars: True Tales from the Dry Dock Bar, c2004.
• The Lobster Chronicles: Life on a Very Small Island, c2002.
• The Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain’s Journey, 1999.

Selected Websites

• Linda Geeenlaw - Official Website
• Maine Writers Entry

Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1804 ? 1864

• Known For: Author
• Maine Connection: Raised in Maine some of his life; graduated from Bowdoin College (Maine) in 1825

Resources

Selected Books by Nathaniel Hawthorne

• The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1851.
• The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1850.

Selected Books about Nathaniel Hawthorne

• Critical Companion to Nathaniel Hawthorne: a Literary Reference to his Life and Work by Sarah Bird Wright, c2007.
• Bloom's Modern Critical Views: Nathaniel Hawthorne, edited by Harold Bloom, c2007.
• Hawthorne: a Life by Brenda Wineapple, 2003.

Selected Websites

• Maine Writers Entry
• Bowdoin College: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives: Nathaniel Hawthorne Collection
• Nathaniel Hawthorne

Sarah Orne Jewett, 1849 ? 1909

• Known For: Author
• Maine Connection: Born and raised in South Berwick, Maine. She used Maine settings in her writings.

Resources

Selected Books by Sarah Orne Jewett

• The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett, 1896.
• A White Heron: and Other Stories by Sarah Orne Jewett, 1886
• A Country Doctor by Sarah Orne Jewett, 1884.

Selected Books about Sarah Orne Jewett

• Sarah Orne Jewett: her World and her Work by Paula Blanchard, c1994.
• Sarah Orne Jewett: a Writer’s Life by Elizabeth Silverthorne, 1993.

Selected Websites

• Sarah Orne Jewett

• Maine Writers Entry

Benedict Arnold, 1741 - 1801

• Known For: Revolutionary War general, infamous traitor to the Revolutionary cause
• Maine Connection: Arnold?s March to Quebec via the Kennebec and Dead Rivers, 1775

Resources

Selected Books

• Through a Howling Wilderness: Benedict Arnold’s March to Quebec, 1775 by Thomas A. Desjardin, 2006.
• Benedict Arnold’s Navy: the Ragtag Fleet that Lost the Battle of Lake Champlain but Won the American Revolution by James L. Nelson, c2006.
• Benedict Arnold, Revolutionary hero:an American Warrior Reconsidered by James Kirby Martin, c1997.
• Benedict Arnold: Patriot and Traitor by Willard Sterne Randall, c1990.
• March to Quebec: Journals of the Members of Arnold’s Expedition by Kenneth Roberts, 1953.

Selected Books for Young Adults and Children

• Benedict Arnold: Patriot of Traitor? by Ann Graham Gaines, c2001.

Selected Websites

• Valley Forge: Who Served Here? Benedict Arnold
• Liberty! Benedict Arnold's Leg
• Maine Memory Network: Benedict Arnold letter, June 24, 1776

Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, 1828 ? 1914

• Known For: General, Union Army ? Hero of Little Round Top, Gettysburg; Governor of Maine
• Maine Connection: Bowdoin College professor; Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel, 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry; Governor of Maine, 1866-1870; President, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine 1871-1883

Resources

Selected Books by Chamberlain

• “Bayonet! Forward”: My Civil War Reminiscences [by] Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, 1994.

Selected Books about Chamberlain

• Joshua Chamberlain: the Soldier and the Man by Edward G. Longacre, 1999.
• Fanny and Joshua: the Enigmatic Lives of Frances Caroline Adams and Joshua by Diane Monroe Smith, 1999
• Lawrence Chamberlain by Diane Monroe Smith, 1999.
• Joshua Chamberlain: a Hero’s Life and Legacy by John J. Pullen, c1999.

Selected Websites

• Pejepscot Historical Society
• Maine Memory Network: Joshua Chamberlain
• Maine Writers Entry

Chester Greenwood, 1858 - 1937

• Known For: Inventor ? earmuffs, steel-toothed rake, whistling teakettle, automobile shock absorbers, etc.; Named by the Smithsonian Institution as one of America?s top 15 inventors
• Maine Connection: Born in Farmington, Maine, now the "Earmuff Capital of the World" because of Greenwood's invention

Resources

Selected Books

• Chester, More than Earmuffs: a Brief History of Chester Greenwood by Nancy Porter, 2007.
• Brainstorm!: the Stories of Twenty American Kid Inventors by Tom Tucker, 1995.
• Chester Greenwood and the Invention of the Earmuff (collection of photocopies of news articles) by the Maine State Library.

Selected Websites

• About.com: Inventors - Chester Greenwood - Earmuffs
• Chester Greenwood Day Proclamation [PDF, 7.30 KB] This file requires the free Adobe Reader.
• The Great Idea Finder: Earmuffs

Christiane Northrup, 1949 -

• Known For: Women?s Health Specialist; Author
• Maine Connection: Resides in Yarmouth, Maine

Resources

Selected Books by Christiane Northrup

• The secret pleasures of menopause, (c2008).
• The secret pleasures of menopause playbook : a guide to creating vibrant health through pleasure, (c2009).
• The Wisdom of Menopause Journal: Your Guide to Creating Vibrant Health and Happiness in the Second Half of Your Life, 2007.
• Mother-Daughter Wisdom: Creating a Legacy of Physical and Emotional Health, c2005.
• The Wisdom of Menopause: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing During the Change, 2001.
• Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing, c1998.

Selected Websites

• Christiane Northrup, M.D
• Maine Writers Entry

Cornelia Crosby, 1854 ? 1946

• Known For: Sportswoman, Maine?s First Licensed Guide, Newswriter
• Maine Connection: Born in Phillips, Maine; Maine?s First Licensed Guide

Resources

Selected Books

• Fly Rod Crosby: the Woman Who Marketed Maine by Julia A. Hunter and Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr, 2000.

Selected Websites

• Maine Memory Network: Cornelia Crosby

Dorothea Dix, 1802 ? 1887

• Known For: Advocate for the mentally ill; Civil War nurse
• Maine Connection: Born in Hampden, Maine and spent early years there

Resources

Selected Books

• Dorothea Dix: Advocate for Mental Health Care by Margaret Muckenhoupt, c2003.
• Dorothea Dix: New England Reformer, by Thomas J. Brown, 1998.
• Voice for the Mad: the Life of Dorothea Dix by David Gollaher, c1995.
• Life of Dorothea Lynde Dix by Francis Tiffany, 1992.
• The Lady and the President: the Letters of Dorothea Dix & Millard Fillmore by Charles M. Snyder, c1975.

Selected Books for Young Adults and Children

• Dorothea Dix: Advocate for Mental Health Care by Margaret Muckenhoupt, c2003. -Dorothea Dix: Crusader for the Mentally Ill by Amy Paulson Herstek, c2001.

Selected Websites

• Maine Memory Network: Dorothea L. Dix, ca. 1870
• Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography: Dorothea Dix
• The National Women's Hall of Fame: Dorothea Dix

E.B. White, 1899 - 1985

• Known For: Author
• Maine Connection: From 1939 White lived on a farm in North Brooklin, Maine

Resources

Selected Books by E.B. White

• The Trumpet of the Swan, c1970.
• The Elements of Style, c1959.
• Charlotte’s Web, c1952.
• Stuart Little, c1945 .

Selected Books about E.B. White

• E. B. White by Aimee LaBrie, 2004.
• E.B. White: beyond Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little by Laura Baskes Litwin, c2003.
• Critical Essays on E. B. White, Robert L. Root, Jr. ed., 1994.
• E. B. White: a Biography by Scott Elledge, c1984.

Selected Books for Young Adults and Children

• E. B. White: Beyond Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little by Laura Baskes Litwin, c2003.
• E. B. White: Some Writer! by Beverly Gherman, 1992.

Selected Websites

• Today in Literature
• TeacherVision.com: Letter from E.B. White
• Maine Writers Entry

Edmund S. Muskie, 1914 - 1996

• Known For: Governor, Senator, Vice-President candidate
• Maine Connection: Governor of Maine (1955-59), Maine's U.S. Senator (1959-1980), born in Rumford, ME

Resources

Selected Books by Edmund Muskie

• The U.S. in Space: Issues and Policy Choices for a New Era by Edmund S. Muskie, editor, 1988.
• What Price Defense? by Edmund S. Muskie and Bill Brock, 1974.
• Journeys, 1972.

Selected Books about Edmund Muskie

• The Senate Nobody Knows by Bernard Asbell, c1978
• Muskie of Maine by David Nevin, c1972.
• Muskie by Theo Lippman, c1971.

Selected Websites

• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections
• Edmund S. Muskie Foundation

Edna St Vincent Millay, 1892 ? 1950

• Known For: Poet, playwright, first women to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
• Maine Connection: Born in Rockland then raised in Camden, Maine. Graduated from Camden High School.

Resources

Selected Books by Edna St. Vincent Millay

• Collected Poems, 1975.
• Collected Sonnets of Edna St. Vincent Millay, 1941.
• Renascence, and other Poems, c1917.

Selected Books about Edna St. Vincent Millay

• What Lips My Lips Have Kissed: the Loves and Love Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay by Daniel Mark Epstein, 2001.
• Savage Beauty: the Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay by Nancy Mitford, c2001.
• Edna St. Vincent Millay: Selected Poems: the Centenary Edition, edited by Colin Falck, c1991.

Selected Books for Young Adults and Children

• Edna St. Vincent Millay, by Carolyn Daffron, c1989.

Selected Websites

• Poets.org: The Academy of American Poets: Edna St. Vincent Millay
• Modern American Poetry: Edna St. Vincent Millay
• Maine Writers Entry

Edwin Arlington Robinson, 1869 ? 1935

• Known For: Poet, Pulitzer Prize Winner
• Maine Connection: Born in Head Tide, Maine; grew up in Gardiner, Maine

Resources

Selected Books by Edwin Arlington Robinson

• Amaranth, 1934.
• The Glory of the Nightingales, 1930.
• Cavender’s House, 1929.
• Tristram, 1927. (1928 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry)
• The Man Who Died Twice, 1924. (1925 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry)
• Collected Poems, 1921. (1922 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry)
• The Children of the Night: A Book of Poems, c1897.

Selected Books about Edwin Arlington Robinson

• Edwin Arlington Robinson: a poet's life by Scott Donaldson, 2007.
• Edwin Arlington Robinson; the life of poetry by Louis Coxe, 1969.

Selected Websites

• Edwin Arlington Robinson; An American Poet, 1869-1935, A Virtual Tour of Robinson's Gardiner, Maine
• Modern American Poetry: Edwin Arlington Robinson
• Poets.org: The Academy of American Poets: Edwin Arlington Robinson
• Maine Writers Entry

Elisabeth Ogilvie, 1917 ? 2006

• Known For: Author, children?s author
• Maine Connection: Summered as a child on the island of Criehaven in Maine. Later lived in a farmhouse on 33 acres on Gay Island, a part of Cushing, ME.

Resources

Selected Books by Elisabeth Ogilvie

• The Road to Nowhere, 1983.
• The Silent Ones, 1981.
• The Devil in Tartan, 1980.
• An Answer in the Tide, 1978.
• The Dreaming Swimmer, 1976.
• Where the Lost Aprils Are, 1975.
• Strawberries in the Sea, 1973.
• The Dawning of the Day, 1973.
• Weep & Know Why, 1972.
• The Face of Innocence, 1970.
• Waters on a Starry Night, 1968.
• There may be Heaven, 1964.
• Call Home the Heart, 1962.
• My World is an Island, 1950.
• High Tide at Noon, 1944.

Selected Books about Elisabeth Ogilvie

• A Mug-Up with Elisabeth: a Companion for Readers of Elisabeth Ogilvie by Melissa Hayes and Marilyn Westervelt, 2001

Selected Links

• Maine Writers Entry

George Herbert Walker Bush, 1924 -

• Known For: 41st President of the United States (1989 ? 1993)
• Maine Connection: Summers in Kennebunkport, Maine

Resources

Selected Books by George H. W. Bush

• Heartbeat: George Bush in His Own Words by George H. W. Bush, 2001.
• All the Best, George Bush: My Life in Letters and Other Writings by George H. W. Bush, c1999.

Selected Books about George H. W. Bush

• My Father, My President: a Personal Account of the Life of George H. W. by Doro Bush Koch, 2006.

Selected Books for Young Adults and Children

• George Bush: a Lifetime of Service by Ken Anderson, c2002.

Selected Websites

• The White House
• George Bush Presidential Library and Museum
• Maine Writers Entry

George J. Mitchell, 1933 -

• Known For: Senator, Presidental Medal of Freedom winner, 1999
• Maine Connection: Born and raised in Waterville, Maine; graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine; served as Maine's U.S. Senator from May 19, 1980 to January 3, 1995

Resources

Selected Books by George Mitchell

• Making Peace by George J. Mitchell, c1999.
• Not for America Alone: the Triumph of Democracy and the Fall of Communism by George J. Mitchell, 1997.
• World on Fire: Saving an Endangered Earth by George J. Mitchell, c1991.

Selected Books about George Mitchell

• George Mitchell: In Search of Peace by Alberta Gould, c1996.

Selected Websites

• Time Magazine article: Mitchell Obama's Mideast Envoy
• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• George J. Mitchell Papers at Bowdoin College
• Mitchell Institute: Senator George J. Mitchell Scholarship Research Institute
• George J. Mitchell Oral History Project
• Maine Writers Entry

Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1811 ? 1896

• Known For: Author, abolitionist
• Maine Connection: Lived in Brunswick, Maine from 1850 until 1853

Resources

Selected Books by Harriet Beecher Stowe

• The Pearl of Orr’s Island: a Story of the Coast of Maine by Harriet Beecher Stowe, c1896.
• Uncle Tom’s Cabin, or, Life Among the Lowly by Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1852.

Selected Books about Harriet Beecher Stowe

• The Beecher Sisters by Barbara Anne White, c2003.
• Harriet Beecher Stowe: a Life by Joan D. Hedrick, 1994.
• Life and Letters of Harriet Beecher Stowe (Annie Fields, ed.), 1992.
• Harriet Beecher Stowe by John R. Adams, c1989.

Selected Books for Young Adults and Children

• Harriet Beecher Stowe by Robert E. Jakoubek, c1989.

Selected Websites

• Harriet Beecher Stowe Center: The Harriet Beecher Stowe House and Library
• A Celebration of Women Writers; Harriet Beecher Stowe: 1811-1896
• Uncle Tom's Cabin & American Culture
• National Women's Hall of Fame: Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Project Gutenberg: Uncle Tom's Cabin
• Maine Writers Entry

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1807 ? 1882

• Known For: Poet
• Maine Connection: Born in Portland, Maine; graduated from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine; taught at Bowdoin College

Resources

Selected Books by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

• Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie, c1847.
• The Courtship of Miles Standish and other Poems, 1858.
• Tales of a Wayside Inn, 1863.
• The Song of Hiawatha, 1855.
• Paul Revere’s Ride, 1860.

Selected Books about Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

• American Genius: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Libby Hughes, 2006.
• Longfellow Redux by Christoph Irmscher, 2006.
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and his Portland Home, by Joyce Butler, c2004.

Selected Books for Young Adults and Children

• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: America's Beloved Poet by Bonnie L. Lukes, 2003.
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: His Life by Catherine Owens Peare, c1953.

Selected Websites

• A Maine Historical Society Web Site: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• Maine Memory Network: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Isle of Wight, 1868
• Maine Writers Entry

James G. Blaine, 1830 ? 1893

• Known For: Governor of Maine, U. S. Secretary of State, U. S. Senator, Speaker of the U.S. House
• Maine Connection: Governor of Maine, Maine's U.S. Senator and Representative

Resources

Selected Books by James G. Blaine

• The Words of James G. Blaine on the Issues of the Day: Embracing Selections from his Speeches, Letters, and Public Writings: Also an Account of his Nomination to the Presidency, His Letter of Acceptance, a List of the Delegates to the National Republican Convention of 1884, etc., with a Biographical Sketch: Together with the Life and Public Service of John A. Logan, 1884.

Selected Books about James G. Blaine

• Continental Liar From the State of Maine: James G. Blaine by Neil Rolde, 2006.
• James G. Blaine and Latin America by David Healy, c2001
• James G. Blaine: Architect of Empire by Edward P. Crapol, 2000.
• James Gillespie Blaine by Edward Stanwood, 1972.

Selected Websites

• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

John Ford, 1894 ? 1973

• Known For: Filmmaker, Academy Award winner
• Maine Connection: Born in Cape Elizabeth, Maine

Resources

Selected Books

• Searching for John Ford: a Life by Joseph McBride, c2001.
• John Ford: Interviews Gerald Peary, ed., c2001.
• Print the Legend: the Life and Times of John Ford by Scott Eyman, c. 1999.

Selected Films

• The Informer, 1935.
• Stagecoach, 1939.
• The Grapes of Wrath, 1940.
• How Green was my Valley, 1941.
• The Quiet Man, 1952.

Selected Websites

• American Masters: John Ford/John Wayne
• Reel Classics: John Ford

Kate Douglas Wiggin, 1856 ? 1923

• Known For: Author, educator
• Maine Connection: Lived in Hollis, Maine at one point

Resources

Selected Books by Kate Douglas Wiggin

• My Garden of Memory: an Autobiography, 1923.
• The Story of Waitstill Baxter, c1913.
• Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, 1903.
• The Diary of a Goose Girl, 1902.
• Kindergarten Principles and Practice, c1896.

Selected Websites

• Bowdoin College Library: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections and Archives: Kate Douglas Wiggin Collection
• Project Gutenberg: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
• Maine Writers Entry

Kenneth Roberts, 1885 ? 1957

• Known For: Author, reporter
• Maine Connection: Born in Kennebunkport, Maine; resident of Maine for most of his life

Resources

Selected Books by Kenneth Roberts

• The Battle of Cowpens: the Great Morale-Builder, c1957.
• Boon Island, c1955.
• Rabble in Arms, c1947.
• March to Quebec: Journals of the Members of Arnold’s Expedition, 1938.
• Northwest Passage, c1937.
• Arundel, c1933.

Selected Books about Kenneth Roberts

• Kenneth Roberts by Jack Bales, 1993.

Selected Websites

• 'At the nadir of 'discouragement': The Story Of Dartmouth's Kenneth Roberts Collection
• Milne Special Collections and Archives: University of New Hampshire: Kenneth Roberts
• Maine Writers Entry

Leon Leonwood Bean, 1872 ? 1967

• Known For: Entrepreneur, retailer, businessman
• Maine Connection: Founded the L.L. Bean Company in 1912; headquarters in Freeport, Maine

Resources

Selected Books by Leon Leonwood Bean

• My Story: the Autobiography of a Down-East Merchant by Leon Leonwood Bean, c1962.
• Hunting, Fishing and Camping by Leon Leonwood Bean, c1942.

Selected Books about Leon Leonwood Bean

• Spillin' the Beans: Behind the Scenes at L. L. Bean by Carlene Griffin, c1992.
• In Search of L. L. Bean by M. R. Montgomery, 1984.

Selected Websites

• L.L.Bean: Company Background
• Maine Writers Entry

Margaret Chase Smith, 1897 ? 1995

• Known For: U.S. Senator 1949 ? 1973; Medal of Freedom Winner, 1989; U.S. Air Force American Spirit Award Winner
• Maine Connection: Maine Representative and Senator; born in Skowhegan, Maine

Resources

Selected Books by Margaret Chase Smith

• Declaration of Conscience by Margaret Chase Smith, 1972.

Selected Books about Margaret Chase Smith

• No Place for a Woman: a Life of Senator Margaret Chase Smith by Janann Sherman, c2000.
• Margaret Chase Smith: Model Public Servant by Marlene Boyd Vallin, 1998.
• Margaret Chase Smith: Beyond Convention by Patricia Schmidt, 1996.

Selected Books for Young Adults & Children

• First Lady of the Senate: a Life of Margaret Chase Smith by Alberta Gould, 1990.

Selected Websites

• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Margaret Chase Smith Library
• Maine Women's Hall of Fame: Margaret Chase Smith
• Parker Beverly's entry to the 2017 National History Day Contest "Taking a Stand in History"

May Sarton, 1912 ? 1995

• Known For: Poet, author
• Maine Connection: Resided in York; Maine later in life

Resources

Selected Books by May Sarton

• The House by the Sea: a Journal, c1977.
• A Walk Through the Woods, c1976.
• Collected Poems (1930-1973), c1974.
• Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing: a Novel, c1965.
• I Knew a Phoenix: Sketches for an Autobiography, c1959.
• A Shower of Summer Days, c1952.

Selected Books about May Sarton

• May Sarton: a Biography by Margot Peters, 1997.
• May Sarton: A Self-Portait, [edited] by Marita Simpson and Martha Wheelock, 1986.

Selected Websites

• Unitarian Universalist Historical Society: May Sarton
• Notable American Unitarians
• PoetryMagazine.com: May Sarton
• Maine Writers Entry

Noel Paul Stookey, 1937 -

• Known For: Singer, songwriter, "Paul" of the group Peter, Paul & Mary, wrote "The Wedding Song (There Is Love)"
• Maine Connection: Lives in Blue Hill, Maine

Resources

Selected Recordings by Noel Paul Stookey

• Virtual Party, 2004.
• The Wedding Song (There is Love), 1971.
• 10 Years Together, 1970.
• Peter, Paul and Mary, 1962.

Selected Websites

• Noel Paul Stookey.com
• Peter, Paul & Mary

Oliver Otis Howard, 1830 ? 1909

• Known For: Major General, U.S. Army, Medal of Honor Winner
• Maine Connection: Born in Leeds, Maine; graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine

Resources

Selected Books by O.O. Howard

• Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, Major General, United States Army
  Fighting for Humanity, or, Camp and Quarter-Deck, c1907.
• My Life and Experiences Among Our Hostile Indians: a Record of Personal Observations, c1907.

Selected Books about O.O. Howard

• Sword and Olive Branch: Oliver Otis Howard by John A. Carpenter, 1999.
• Yankee Stepfather: General O. O. Howard and the Freedmen by William S. McFeely, c1994.

Selected Websites

• New Perspectives on the West
• All Biographies: Brigadier-General Oliver Otis Howard
• Bowdoin College, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives: Oliver Otis Howard Papers

Olympia J. Snowe, 1947 -

• Known For: U.S. Senator 1995 -
• Maine Connection: Maine's Representative (1979-1995) and U.S.Senator (1995-2012); Chair, Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (108th & 109th Congress)

Resources

Selected books By

• Fighting for common ground : how we can fix the stalemate in Congress (2013)

Selected Books About

• Nine and Counting: the Women of the Senate; Barbara Mikulski, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Dianne Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Patty Murray, Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, Mary Landrieu, and Blanche L. Lincoln, written with Catherine Whitney, c2000.

Selected Websites

• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Olympia J. Snowe, United State Senator for Maine
• Maine Women's Hall of Fame: Senator Olympia J. Snowe

Richard Russo, 1949 -

• Known For: Author, Pulitzer Prize Winner
• Maine Connection: Lives on Coastal Maine

Resources

Selected Books by Richard Russo

• That Old Cape Magic, 2009.
• Bridge of Sighs, 2007.
• The Whore’s Child and Other Stories, 2002.
• Empire Falls, 2001. (Pulitzer Prize)
• Maine:  the Seasons, c2001.
• Straight Man, c1997.
• Nobody’s Fool, c1993.
• Mohawk, 1989.
• The Risk Pool, c1986.

Selected Websites

• NPR: Richard Russo's Small-Town America
• The Borzoi Reader Online: Richard Russo
• Pennsylvania Center for the Book: Richard Russo
• Maine Writers Entry

Robert E. Peary, 1856 ? 1920

• Known For: Explorer; Claimed to be first to reach geographic North Pole
• Maine Connection: Raised in Portland, Maine; graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine

Resources

Selected Books by Robert E. Peary

• The North Pole, Its Discovery in 1909 Under the Auspices of the Peary Arctic Club by Robert E. Peary, 1910.
• Northward Over the “Great Ice”: a Narrative of Live and Work Along the Shores and Upon the Interior Ice-Cap of Northern Greenland in the Years 1886 and 1891-1897 by Robert E. Peary, c1898.

Selected books about Robert E. Peary

• True North: Peary, Cook, and the Race to the Pole by Bruce Henderson, c2005.
• Icemen by Mick Conefrey, c1998.
• Cook & Peary: the Polar Controversy, Resolved by Robert M. Bryce, c1997.
• Robert E. Peary and the fight for the North Pole by Madelyn Klein Anderson, c1992.
• Peary: The Explorer and the Man; Based on his Personal Papers by John Edwards Weems, 1967.

Selected Books for Young Adults and Children

• The Race for the North Pole and Robert Peary in World History by Karen Clemens Warrick, c2003.
• Robert Peary and the Quest for the North Pole by Christopher Dwyer, c2000.

Selected Websites

• Peary & Henson Foundation: The North Pole expeditions of Robert E. Peary, USN

Robert McCloskey, 1914 ? 2003

• Known For: Children?s book author and Illustrator, Winner of the Caldecott Medal
• Maine Connection: Summered in Maine then, later in life, lived on Deer Isle, Maine

Resources

Selected Books by Robert McCloskey

• Burt Dow, Deep-water Man: a Tale of the Sea in the Classic Tradition, 1963.
• Time of Wonder, 1957.
• One Morning in Maine, 1952.
• Centerburg Tales, 1951.
• Blueberries for Sal, 1948.
• Homer Price, c1943.
• Make Way for Ducklings, c1941.

Selected Websites

• Maine Writers Entry
• Ohioana Authors: Robert McCloskey
• New York Times: Robert McCloskey

Rudy Vallee, 1901 ? 1986

• Known For: Recording artist, bandleader, actor
• Maine Connection: Grew up in Westbrook, Maine

Resources

Selected Recordings by Rudy Vallee

• The Stein Song, 1930.
  (University of Maine Fighting Song)
• As Time Goes By, 1932.
• Nola, 1921.
• A Dream, 1921.

Selected Books by Rudy Vallee

• Let the Chips Fall by Rudy Vallee, 1975.
• My Time is Your Time by Rudy Vallee with Gil McKean, c1962.

Selected Books about Rudy Vallee

• My Vagabond Lover: an Intimate Biography of Rudy Vallee by Eleanor Vallee, c1996.

Selected Radio

• The Fleischmann Hour (The Rudy Vallee Hour), 1928.

Selected Websites

• Rudy Vallee

Samantha Smith, 1972-1985

• Known For: Goodwill ambassador, Actress
• Maine Connection: Resided in Manchester, Maine

Resources

Selected Books

• Journey to the Soviet Union by Samantha Smith, c1985.
• Samantha Smith: Young Ambassador by Patricia Stone Martin, c1987.
• Samantha Smith: Newspaper Stories from the Kennebec Journal, 1988.

Selected Books for Young Adults and Children

• Samantha Smith: a Journey for Peace by Anne Galicich, c1987.

Selected Websites

• Samantha Smith

Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, 1840 ? 1916

• Known For: Inventor, first fully automatic machine gun
• Maine Connection: Born in Sangerville, Maine

Resources

Selected Books

• The Amazing Hiram Maxim: An Intimate Biography by Arthur Hawkey, 2001.
• Blood Brothers: Hiram and Hudson Maxim: Pioneers of Modern Warfare by Iain McCallum, 1999.
• A Genius in the Family: Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim Through a Small Son?s Eyes by Hiram Percy Maxim, 1936.
• The Life and Work of Sir Hiram Maxim, Knight, Chevalier de la Legion d?Honneur, etc., by Paul Fleury Mottelay, 1920.

Selected Websites

• The Town of Two Knights: The History of Sir Hiram Maxim

Francis Edgar Stanley, 1849 - 1918 and Freelan Oscar Stanley, 1849 - 1940

• Known For: Inventors and manufacturers, the Stanley Steamer automobile
• Maine Connection: Born in Kingfield, Maine

Resources

Selected Books

• The Stanley Steamer: America?s Legendary Steam Car by Kit Foster, 2004.
• Mr.Stanley of Estes Park by James H. Pickering, 2000.
• The Remarkable Stanley Brothers and Their Amazing Cars by Nancy Griffin, c1987.
• The Steam Cars of the Stanley Twins by Robert B. Jackson, [1969].

Selected Websites

• Stanley Museum in Maine
• Driving Today: The Greatest Cars: Stanley Steamer

Stephen King, 1947 -

• Known For: Author
• Maine Connection: Born and raised in Maine; graduated from University of Maine; currently resides in Bangor and Central Lovell, Maine; winters in Florida.

Resources

Selected Books by Stephen King

• Joyland, 2013
• Danse Macabre, 2010.
• Blockade Billy, 2010.
• Under the Dome, 2009.
• Duma Key, 2008.
• Lisey?s Story, 2006.
• Bag of Bones, 1998.
• It, 1986.
• Pet Sematary, 1983.
• The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger, 1982. (Series through The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower, 2004)
• Cujo. 1981.
• The Dead Zone, 1979.
• The Stand, 1978.
• The Shining, 1977.
• Salem?s Lot, 1975.
• Carrie, 1974.

Selected Books about Stephen King

• Creepshows: the Illustrated Stephen King Movie Guide by Stephen Jones, c2001.
• The Complete Stephen King Encyclopedia: the Definitive Guide to the Works of America?s Master of Horror by Stephen J. Spignesi, c1991.
• Bare Bones: Conversations on Terror with Stephen King by Tim Underwood & Chuck Miller, c1988.

Selected Books for Young Adults and Children

• Stephen King: King of Thrillers and Horror by Suzan Wilson, c2000.
• Stephen King by John F. Wukovits, c1999.
• Stephen King by Amy Keyishian and Marjorie Keyishian, c1998.

Selected Websites

• StephenKing.com
• The Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation
• Maine Writers Entry

Tabitha King, 1949 -

• Known For: Author
• Maine Connection: Born in Old Town, Maine; resides in Bangor and Center Lovell, Maine; winters in Florida

Resources

Selected Books by Tabitha King

• Candles Burning: a Novel, 2006.
• Survivor, c1998.
• The Book of Reuben, 1994.
• Mid-life Confidential: the Rock Bottom Remainders Tour America with Three Chords and an Attitude by Dave Barry, Stephen King, Tabitha King, Barbara Kingsolver and Amy Tan, 1994.
• Playing Like a Grl: Cindy Blodgett and the Lawrence Bulldogs Season of ?93-94, 1994.
• One on One, 1993.
• Pearl, c1988.
• The Trap, c1985.
• Caretakers, c1983.
• Small World, c1981.

Selected Websites

• Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation
• Maine Writers Entry

Tim Sample, 1951 -

• Known For: Humorist
• Maine Connection: Born in Fort Fairfield, Maine; resides in Brunswick, Maine, famous for "Postcards from Maine" TV segments for the CBS News Sunday Morning.

Resources

Selected Books

• Postcards from Maine: Stories and Drawings by Tim Sample, 1988.
• Saturday Night at Moody?s Diner and Other Stories by Tim Sample, c1985.

Selected Television

• Out of Season
• Maine Humor Behind the Barn

Selected Recordings

• How to Talk Yankee

Selected Websites

• Tim Sample Online
• Entertainment Resources

Victoria Rowell, 1960 -

• Known For: Actress, model, author, her work with foster children
• Maine Connection: Born and raised in Portland, Maine

Resources

Selected Books

• The Women who Raised Me: a Memoir by Victoria Rowell, 2007.

Selected Television

• The Young and the Restless
• Diagnosis: Murder

Selected Websites

• Victoria Rowell

• The Women Who Raised Me

Ralph Leavitt, 1917 - 1994

• Known For: Outdoor columnist for the Bangor Daily News from 1948 - 1994, Star of the TV show - the "Bud Leavitt Show", an outdoor sports program, from 1953 - 1973
• Maine Connection: Born in Old Town, Maine, wrote for the Bangor Daily News, starred on the Bud Leavitt Show

Resources

Books

• Twelve Months in Maine by Bud Leavitt and Tom Hennessey, 1977.

Related Websites

• Guide to the Ralph "Bud" Leavitt Papers

Susan M. Collins, 1952 -

• Known For: U.S. Senator 1997 -
• Maine Connection: Maine U.S.Senator (1995- ); chair, Committee on Governmental Affairs (One Hundred Eighth Congress), Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (One Hundred Ninth Congress).

Resources

Selected Books

• Nine and Counting: the Women of the Senate; Barbara Mikulski, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Dianne Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Patty Murray, Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, Mary Landrieu, and Blanche L. Lincoln, written with Catherine Whitney, c2000.

Selected Websites

• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Susan Collins, United State Senator for Maine

John Gould, 1908 - 2003

• Known For: Maine humorist; columnist; author.
• Maine Connection: Born in Brighton MA; moved to Freeport,ME as a child. Lived in Brunswick most of his life. Columnist for the Christian Science Monitor for over 60 years. Wrote 30 books as well as columns for various magazines.

Resources

Books written by John Gould

• Tales From Rhapsody Home, or, What They Don't Tell You About Senior Living, 2000.
• Dispatches from Maine, 1942-1992, 1994.
• Farmer Takes a Wife, c1945.

Related Websites

• Bowdoin Alumni Profiles
• The quintessential Downeast storyteller: Christian Science Monitor article
• Essays from John Gould
• Good as Gould
• Maine Writers Entry

Patrick Dempsey, 1966 -

• Known For: Actor; philanthropist
• Maine Connection: Lewiston-native; actor; philanthropist.

Resources

Related Websites

• Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope and Healing and Central Maine Medical Center
• Dempsey Challenge is a non-competitive fundraising event for The Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing at Central Maine Medical Center.

Bernard Lown, 1921 -

• Known For: Cardiologist; inventor; humanitarian
• Maine Connection: Born Lithuania, 1921; emigrated to Lewiston, ME 1933; alumnus UMO; cardiologist; inventor of the cardiac defibrillator; co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility; winner of 1985 Nobel Prize for Peace (as member of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Inc.).

Resources

Books Written by Dr. Bernard Lown

• Prescription for Survival: a Doctor?s Journey to End Nuclear Madness, 2008.
• The Lost Art of Healing, 1996

Related Websites

• The Lown Cardiovascular Research Foundation

• Personal Website

Robert Skoglund, 1936 -

• Known For: Humorist; Radio Personality
• Maine Connection: Native Mainer

Resources

Recordings by The Humble Farmer

• Art & Artists, c1992
• The Art Park, c1992
• The Awards Banquet, c1992
• Conflict, c1992
• Maine Speech, c1992
• Mutual Suffering, c1992
• The Real Meaning of Christmas, c1992
• Why the Upper Class Can?t Sleep, c1992

Related Websites

• The Humble Farmer homepage
• Backstory: a Farmer who Tills the Airwaves, Christian Science Monitor article
• Making a Humble Difference, University of Rochester Alumni Gazette article

Marsden Hartley, 1877 ? 1943

• Known For: Artist; painter.
• Maine Connection: Born in Lewiston, ME (as Edmund Hartley).

Resources

Books by Marsden Hartley

• Somehow a Past: the Autobiography of Marsden Hartley, c1997

Books about Marsden Hartley

• Four Artists of the Stieglitz Circle: a Sourcebook on Arthur Dove, Marsden Hartley, John Marin, and Max Weber, by R. Scott Harnsberger, 2002

• Marsden Hartley: the Biography of an American Artist, by Townsend Ludington, c1998

• Marsden Hartley, by Bruce Robertson, 1995

Related Websites

• The Marsden Hartley Memorial Collection & Archive, Bates College Museum of Art

• Maine Writers Entry

Lenny Breau, 1941 ? 1984

• Known For: Guitarist; father of finger-style jazz guitar
• Maine Connection: Born in Auburn ME.

Resources

Recordings by Lenny Breau

• Guitar Sounds From Lenny Breau, 1969
• The Velvet Touch of L. Breau ? Live! 1969
• The Legendary Lenny Breau?Now!, 1979
• Lenny Breau , 1979
• Five O?Clock Bells, 1979
• Mo? Breau, 1981
• When Lightn? Strikes, 1984
• Legacy, 1983
• Quietude, 1985
• Last Sessions, 1988

Books About Lenny Breau

• One Long Tune: the Life and Music of Lenny Breau by Ron Forbes-Roberts, c2006

Related Websites

• The Legendary Lenny Breau
• GuitarArchives website

Hannibal Hamlin, 1809 ? 1891

• Known For: Congressman; Senator; 15th Vice President of the United States (1861-1865) under President Abraham Lincoln.
• Maine Connection: Born in Paris Hill, ME; politician;

Resources

Books About Hannibal Hamlin

• Hannibal: the Life of Abraham Lincoln?s First Vice President, by Mark Scroggins, c1994
• The Life and Times of Hannibal Hamlin, by Charles Eugene Hamlin, 1971

Related Websites

• Vice Presidents of the United States, Hannibal Hamlin (1861-1865), U.S. Senate website
• Bangor In Focus: Hannibal Hamlin, BangorInfo website

David Mallett, 1951 -

• Known For: Musician; songwriter.
• Maine Connection: Lives in Sebec, ME.

Resources

Works by David Mallett

• The Fable True: A Musical Tribute and Presentation of Stories from the Maine Woods by Henry David Thoreau, music and narration by David Mallett (audio CD), c2007
• Inch by Inch: the Garden Song , (children?s book), 1997
• David Mallett (sound recording), 1978.

Related Websites

• David Mallett Website

Gladys Hasty Carroll, 1904-1999

• Known For: author; nominated for Pulitzer Prize.
• Maine Connection: Born in South Berwick, ME.

Resources

Books by Gladys Hasty Carroll

• As the Earth Turns, c1933
• Neighbor to the Sky, 1937
• Dunnybrook, 1943
• The Book that Came Alive, [1979?]

Related Websites

• Gladys Hasty Carroll: Back for Another Spin, Bates College
• New York Times Obituary
• Maine Writers Entry

Dorothy Clark Wilson, 1904-2003

• Known For: Author
• Maine Connection: Born Gardiner, ME; author

Resources

Books by Dorothy Clark Wilson

• Leaves in the wind : a lifetime in verse, 1995(?)
• Alice and Edith : the two wives of Teddy Roosevelt : a biographical novel, c1989
• Lone woman : the story of Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman doctor, c1970
• Prince of Egypt, c1949

Related Websites

• Dorothy Clark Wilson, Muskie Archives, Bates College
• Maine Writers Entry

Molly Spotted Elk, 1903 - 1977

• Known For: Dancer; actress
• Maine Connection: Born on Penobscot Reservation; dancer; actress;

Resources

Books by Molly Spotted Elk

• Katahdin: Wigwam's Tales of the Abnaki Tribe, by Molly Spotted Elk,c2003.

Books About Molly Spotted Elk

• Molly Spotted Elk : a Penobscot in Paris, by Bunny McBride, c1995.

William S. Cohen, 1940 ?

• Known For: Politician; Secretary of State
• Maine Connection: Born in Bangor, ME; mayor of Bangor; state representative; U.S. Senator; Secretary of Defense under Pres. William J. Clinton.

Resources

Books by William S. Cohen

• Love in Black and White: a Memoir of Race, Religion, and Romance, c2007
• Dragon Fire, 2006
• A Baker?s Nickel: Poetry, 1986
• The Double Man, 1985

Books about William S. Cohen

• Senator Bill Cohen: Summary of News Coverage, 1973-1996, 1997(?)

Related Websites

• William S. Cohen Papers at the Raymond H. Fogler Library
• Maine Writers Entry

Joe Hill, 1972 -

• Known For: Award-winning author.
• Maine Connection: Born and raised in Maine.

Resources

Books by Joe Hill

• 20th Century Ghosts, c2007
• Heart-Shaped Box, c2007
• Better Than Home, c1999

Related Websites

• Joe Hill's website
• Prince of Darkness - New York Times Magazine story
• The Son Also Frightens - Time Magazine story
• Maine Writers Entry

John Calvin Stevens, 1855-1940

• Known For: Architect
• Maine Connection: Born in Boston, MA; moved to Portland ME at age 2; architect; originator of the Shingle Style

Resources

Books about John Calvin Stevens

• John Calvin Stevens: domestic architecture, 1890-1930 by John Calvin Stevens II, Earle G. Shettleworth; 1990.
• John Calvin Stevens on the Portland peninsula, 1880-1940 : a listing of his work by address, client, and chronology by Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr.; 2003.

Books by John Calvin Stevens

• American domestic architecture : a late Victorian stylebook by John Calvin Stevens & Albert Winslow Cobb ; with a new introduction by Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr. and William David Barry; c1979.
• John Calvin Stevens: domestic architecture, 1890-1930 by John Calvin Stevens II, Earle G. Shettleworth; 1990.

Related Websites

• Maine Memory Network: John Calvin Stevens, Portland, ca. 1930
• Maine Memory Network, photographs and architectural drawings

Fairfield Porter, 1907-1975

• Known For: Artist.
• Maine Connection: Artist; lived and worked on Great Spruce Island, ME

Resources

Books about Fairfield Porter

• Fairfield Porter: a life in art by Justin Spring; c2000.
• Fairfield Porter: a catalogue raisonn? of the paintings, watercolors, and pastels by Joan Ludman; with essays by Rackstraw Downes, William C. Agee, John T. Spike; c2001.
• Fairfield Porter, an American painter by William C. Agee, with Malama Maron-Bersin, Michele White, and Peter Blank; c1993.
• Fairfield Porter, an American classic by John T. Spike; checklist of the paintings of Fairfield Porter by Joan Ludman; 1992.
• Fairfield Porter (1907-1975): realist painter in an age of abstraction essays by John Ashbery and Kenworth Moffett; contributions by John Bernard Myers ... [et al.]; c1982. Books by Fairfield Porter
• Material witness: the selected letters of Fairfield Porter edited by Ted Leigh ; introduction by David Lehman; with additional notes by Justin Spring; c2005.
• Art in its own terms: selected criticism 1935-1975; edited and with an introduction by Rackstraw Downes; 1993.
• Fairfield Porter: the collected poems with selected drawings introduction by John Ashbery; edited by John Yau with David Kermani; 1985.

Harold Alfond, 1914 ? 2007

• Known For: Philanthropy; Businessman; Entrepreneur.
• Maine Connection: Entrepreneur; businessman; philanthropist. Founder of Dexter Shoe co.; inventor of the factory outlet; Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care; Harold Alfond Foundation College Challenge (grants for Maine Newborns); Alfond Arena at the University of Maine.

Resources

Related Websites

• Obituary
• Maine General Medical Center, Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care
• Life of Harold Alfond from the Alfond Foundation.doc, [Word, 60 KB] To view these MS Word documents, you will need Microsoft Word or the free Word Viewer.
• Harold Alfond College Challenge.doc, [Word, 31 KB]

Helen and Scott Nearing, 1904-1995; 1883-1983

• Known For: Back-to-the land movement
• Maine Connection: Back-to-the-Land proponents; authors; activists.

Resources

Books by Helen Nearing

• Light on Aging and Dying: Wise Words, c1995
• Loving and Leaving the Good Life, 1992
• Our Home Made of Stone: Building in Our Seventies and Nineties, c1983
• Simple Food for the Good Life: an Alternative Cookbook, c1980
• Living The Good Life; How To Live Sanely And Simply In A Troubled World, 1970

Books by Scott Nearing

• A Scott Nearing Reader : The Good Life In Bad Times, 1988
• The Conscience Of A Radical, 1984
• Man's Search For The Good Life, 1974
• The Making Of A Radical: A Political Autobiography, c1972

Related Websites

• Goodlife Farm

Victor A. McKusick, 1921- 2008

• Known For: medical genetics; mapping the human genome
• Maine Connection: Born in Parkman, ME.

Resources

Selected Books by Victor A. McKusick

• Mendelian Inheritance in Man: A Catalog of Human Genes and Genetic Disorders, 1994.
• Mendelian Inheritance in Maine: Catalogs of Autosomal Dominant, Autosomal Recessive, and X-Linked Phenotypes, 1992.
• Medical Genetics, 1973.
• Human Genetics, c1964.

Selected Websites

• Johns Hopkins Institute of Genetic Medicine
• New York Times obituary

Bernard Osher, 1927(?) -

• Known For: philanthropist; Osher Foundation
• Maine Connection: native of Biddeford ME; graduate of Bowdoin College; philanthropist; entrepreneur

Resources

Selected Websites

• Bowdoin College
• Bernard Osher Foundation

Chansonetta Stanley Emmons, 1858-1937

• Known For: Photographer
• Maine Connection: Member of the Stanley Family of Kingfield, ME -- inventors and innovators.

Resources

Books about Chansonetta Stanley Emmons

• Documenting a myth: the South as seen by three women photographers, Chansonetta Stanley Emmons, Doris Ulmann, Bayard Wootten, 1910-1940, Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed College, 1998.
• The Stanleys: Renaissance Yankees: innovation in industry and the arts, by Susan S. Davis, 1997.
• Chansonetta: the life and photographs of Chansonetta Stanley Emmons, 1858-1937 by Marius B. Peladeau, 1977.

Books by Chansonetta Stanley Emmons

• The Stanley Family, c1993

Related Websites

• Stanley Museum in Maine
• Chansonetta Stanley Emmons at the Dorchester Atheneum
• Miniatures of Chansonetta Stanley Emmons and James N. W. Emmons from the Maine Memory Network

Anna Goodale, 1983 -

• Known For: 2008 Beijing Olympics Gold Medal - Rowing
• Maine Connection: Camden native; Olympic athlete.

Resources

• Anna Goodale Portland Press Herald Article
• Anna Goodale Biography, U.S. Rowing Team

Eleanor Logan, 1987 -

• Known For: Gold medal winner 2008 Beijing Olympics, 2012 London Olympics, 2016 Rio De Janeiro Olympics - Rowing
• Maine Connection: Boothbay Harbor ME native; Olympic athlete

Resources

Related Websites

• Elle Logan, U.S. Rowing Team

• Portland Press Herald article about 2016 gold medal win

Andrew Sockalexis, 1891 - 1919

• Known For: Marathon Runner
• Maine Connection: Born and raised on Indian Island, Old Town, Maine

Resources

Books About Andrew Sockalexis

• Native trailblazer: Andrew Sockalexis: Penobscot Indian who followed the Maine running path to glory and tragedy, by Ed Rice, c2008.

Selected Web Resources

• Abbe Museum, Celebrating Maine's Native American Heritage
• Andrew Sockalexis, Olympic Marathoner from Maine copyright Maine Running History
• Maine Running Hall of Fame

Barbara Pierce Bush, 1925 -

• Known For: Former First Lady; Author; Philanthropist
• Maine Connection: Summer resident, Walker's Point, Kennebunkport, ME

Resources

Books by Barbara Bush

• Reflections: life after the White House, c2003
• Barbara Bush: a memoir, c.1994.
• Millie's Book, c1990
• C. Fred's Story, c1984

Books about Barbara Bush

• Barbara Bush: matriarch of a dynasty by Pamela Kilian, 2002.
• Barbara Bush: a biography by Pamela Kilian, 1992.
• Simply Barbara Bush: a portrait of America's candid First Lady by Donnie Radcliffe, c1989.

Related Websites

• Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy
• Maine Writers Entry

Ashley Bryan, 1923 -

• Known For: Artist; award-winning children's book illustrator/author; educator; speaker
• Maine Connection: Lives on Islesford, one of the Cranberry Islands, ME

Resources

Selected Books by Ashley Bryan

• Ashley Bryan's ABC's of African American Poetry, (Coretta Scott King Honor Book), c1997
• What a Morning! The Christmas Story in Black Spirituals, (Coretta Scott King Honor Book), c1987
• Lion and the Ostrich Chicks and Other African Folks Tales, (Coretta Scott King Honor Book), 1986
• Beat the Story Drum, Pum-Pum, (winner of the Coretta Scott King Award), c1980

Related Websites

• 2009 ALA Wilder Medal winner
• Harper Collins Childrens books website
• Reading Rockets website
• Maine Writers Entry

Dennis C. Blair, 1947 -

• Known For: Admiral, U.S. Navy; nominee for President Obama's Director of Intelligence
• Maine Connection: Born in Kittery, ME

Resources

Books by Dennis C. Blair

• U.S.-China relations : an affirmative agenda, a responsible course : report of an independent task force / Carla A. Hills and Dennis C. Blair, chairs ; Frank Sampson Jannuzi, project director; New York : Council on Foreign Relations, c2007.
• Indonesia commission : peace and progress in Papua : report of an independent commission sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations, Center for Preventive Action Dennis C. Blair, chair, David L. Phillips, project director; New York : Council on Foreign Relations, c2003.

Related Websites

• Council on Foreign Relations website

• New York Times article

Alan Taylor, 1955 -

• Known For: Author; Winner of the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for History
• Maine Connection: Maine native.

Resources

Books by Alan Taylor

• Liberty-Men and White Indians: Frontier Migration, Popular Protest, and the Pursuit of Property in the Wake of the American Revolution, 1985.
• Liberty Men and Great Proprietors: the Revolutionary Settlement on the Maine Frontier, 1760-1820, c1995.
• William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic, 1995 (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
• American Colonies, 2001.
• The Divided Ground: Indians, Settlers and the Northern Borderland of the American Revolution, 2006.
• The Civil War of 1812 : American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, & Indian Allies, 2010.

Related Websites

• Pulitzer Prize website
• Alan Taylor's page, U.C. Davis website
• Maine Writers

Myron Avery, 1899 - 1952

• Known For: Appalachian Trail creation and promotion
• Maine Connection: Born in Lubec, ME; graduated from Bowdoin College.

Resources

Myron H. Avery Collection at the Maine State Library

• Index to Articles, Books and Manuscripts in the Myron Avery Collection
• Gallery of Images from one of Myron Avery's Scrapbooks

Selected Books by Myron Avery

• The Traveler: Two Decades: Random Notes, 1949
• Maine's Second Mountain, 1945
• Artists and Katahdin, 1940
• Guide to the Appalachian Trail in Maine: Katadhin to Mt. Bigelow 173.5 Miles, c1934
• Climbing Mt. Katahdin in Maine, 1933
• To Keep Path and its Successors: the History of Katahdin from the East and North, 1929
• A Bibliography for Mount Kataadn, 1923

Related Websites

• Maine Appalachian Trail Club
• Potomac Appalachian Trail Club
• Appalachian Trail Conservancy

James Phinney Baxter, 1831 - 1921

• Known For: Businessman, philanthropist
• Maine Connection: Born in Gorham, ME; entrepreneur - canning and packing business pioneer; 6 times mayor of Portland, ME; Baxter Boulevard, Portland named for him; donated Baxter Memorial Library to Gorham, ME

Resources

Selected Books by James Phinney Baxter

• The Pioneers of New France in New England, with contemporary letters and documents, 1999
• George Cleeve of Casco Bay 1630-1667: with collateral documents, c1998
• Christoper Levett of York: the Pioneer Colonist in Casco Bay, 1998
• Sir Fernando Gorges and his Province of Maine. Including the brief relation, the brief narration, his defence, the charter granted to him, his will and his letters, 1967.
• Historical Addresses, 1926.

Related Websites

• The Baxter Project
• Maine Memory Network
• Baxter Memorial Library

Percival Proctor Baxter, 1876 - 1969

• Known For: Governor of Maine; donated Baxter State Park
• Maine Connection: Born and raised in Portland, ME; graduated from Bowdoin College; governor of Maine; philanthropist - donated Baxter State Park, Mackworth Island for Gov. Baxter School for the Deaf

Resources

Baxter Collection at the Maine State Library

• Guide to the Use of the Percival Proctor Baxter Collection

Selected Books by Percival Proctor Baxter

• Greatest Mountain--Katahdin's Wilderness: excerpts from the writings of Percival Proctor Baxter, 1999
• Communication of Percival Proctor Baxter addressed to Honorable Burton H. Cross, Governor..., 1953
• Addresses 1921 to 1925, 1925
• My Irish Setter Dogs, 1923?

Related Websites

• Friends of Baxter State Park
• Maine Memory Network
• Cornelius Amory Pugsley Gold Medal Award, 1948

James Phinney Baxter III, 1893 - 1975

• Known For: Winner of 1947 Pulitzer Prize for History
• Maine Connection: Born in Portland ME; Author; historian; winner of the 1947 Pulitzer Prize for History

Resources

Selected Books by James Phinney Baxter III

• Scientists Against Time, 1946 (Pulitzer Prize)
• Introduction of the Ironclad Warship, 1933
• The Greatest of Literary Problems: the Authorship of Shakespeare Works: an exposition of all the points at issue, from their inception to the present moment, 1915

Related Websites

• Pulitzer Prize winners for History
• Maine Writers Entry

Tracy Kidder, 1945 -

• Known For: Award Winning Author
• Maine Connection: Resides in Maine and Massachusetts.

Resources

Selected Books by Tracy Kidder

• Strength in What Remains, c2009
• My Detachment: a Memoir, c2005
• Mountains Beyond Mountains, c2003
• Home Town, c1999
• Among Schoolchildren, c1989
• Soul of a New Machine, c1981

Awards

• 1989 Robert F. Kennedy Award Winner for Among School Children
• 1982 National Book Award Winner for Soul of a New Machine
• 1982 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Soul of a New Machine

Selected Websites

• Tracy Kidder's homepage
• Lyceum Agency Article
• LA Times Article
• Maine Writers Entry

Phillip Hoose, 1947 -

• Known For: Author
• Maine Connection: Lives in Portland, ME

Resources

Books by Phillip Hoose

• Perfect, Once Removed: When Baseball was All the World to Me, 2006
• The Race to Save the Lord God Bird, 2004

Children's Books by Phillip Hoose

• Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice, c2009 National Book Award Winner, Newbery Honor Book
• It's Our World Too: Young People Who are Making a Difference: How They Do It--How YOU Can, Too!, 2002
• Hey Little Ant, c1998

Related Websites

• Phillip Hoose's Website

• Hey Little Ant Website

• Maine Writers Entry

Seth Wescott, 1976 -

• Known For: Snowboard champion
• Maine Connection: Lives in Skowhegan ME; Olympic Gold Medal winning snowboarder

Resources

Related Websites

• Seth Wescott's Homepage
• U.S. Winter Olympic Team website
• NBC News Feature on Seth Wescott
• WinterKids website

Benjamin Vaughan, 1751-1835

• Known For: Medical Doctor, Diplomat, merchant.
• Maine Connection: Medical doctor, diplomat, political economist, merchant and British commissioner whose role was to smooth negotiations between Britain and U.S. during the drafting of the Treaty of Paris; friend to Benjamin Franklin. Moved to Hallowell, ME in 1797.

Resources

Written by Benjamin Vaughan

• Letters, on the subject of the concert of princes, and the dismemberment of Poland and France : (first published in the Morning chronicle between July 20, 1792, and June 25, 1793) ; with corrections and additions / by a calm observer (1793)
• Two papers by the Calm Observer : not printed in the collection of his letters / extracted from the Morning Chronicle (1795)

Books About Benjamin Vaughan

• *Reminiscences of the Vaughan family, and more particularly of Benjamin Vaughan, LL.D. Read before the New England Historic-Genealogical Society By John H. Sheppard (1865)

• Benjamin Vaughan 1751-1835 by Mary Vaughan Marvin (1979)

Selected Websites

• Image of Dr. Benjamin Vaughan from Maine Memory Network

Thomas Bird Mosher, 1852-1923

• Known For: Publisher
• Maine Connection: Born in Biddeford ME; Portland, ME publisher for 33 years.

Resources

Born in Biddeford ME in 1852; publisher in Portland ME for 33 years; published over 700 books as well as a periodical The Bibelot.

Books by Mosher

• The Mosher books : a list of books in belles lettres issued in choice and limited editions (1909-)
• Amphora : a second collection of prose and verse / chosen by the editor of The Bibelot (1926)

Books about Mosher

• Thomas Bird Mosher : pirate prince of publishers by Philip R. Bishop (1998)
• Thomas Bird Mosher and the art of the book by Jean-Francois Vilain, Philip R. Bishop (1992)
• A check list of the publications of Thomas Bird Mosher of Portland, Maine, MDCCCXCI [to] MDCCCCXXIII compiled & edited by Benton L. Hatch and with a biographical essay by Ray Nash (1966)

Bob Marley, 1967?

• Known For: Comedian
• Maine Connection: Stand-up comedian born in Bangor, ME and lives in Portland, ME. Holds the record (Guinness Book of World Records) for longest continuous stand-up routine at 40 hours, the first 18 of which were non-repetitive.

Resources

Discography

• 3000 Shows Later (1997)
• All New Stuff (1998)
• Up Against the Brick Wall (1999)
• Sold Out! (2000)
• Live at Merrill Auditorium (2001)
• Comedian Bob Marley Live (Previously Released Material) (2002)
• I'm Tellin' You (2002)
• Dude...Don't Be Such a Dink! (2003)
• Greatest Hits Vol.1 (DVD) (2003)
• Put the Boots to 'Er (2004)
• Greatest Hits Vol.2 (DVD) (2004)
• Upta Camp (2005)
• Greatest Hits Vol.3 (DVD) (2005)
• Naughty Pine aka Worldwide (CD/DVD Combo) (2006)
• Don't Feed The Native (Previously Released Material) (2006)
• Goin' Up the Faya (2007)
• Big Mouth Bob (CD/DVD Combo) (2008)
• Runamuck (2008)
• Maine-iac on the Loose (2008)
• Drop It Haahd (CD/DVD Combo) (2009)
• 15 Years In Comedy (Box Set) (2009)
• Weirdo (2010)

Related Web sites

• Bob Marley's Homepage

Elizabeth Strout, 1956 -

• Known For: Pulitzer Prize (2009) for fiction
• Maine Connection: Born and raised in Portland, ME and New Hampshire; graduated from Bates College in Lewiston, ME.

Resources

Selected Books by Elizabeth Strout

• Amy and Isabelle: A Novel (1998)
• Abide With Me: A Novel (2006)
• Olive Kitteridge (2008) (Pulitzer Prize)

Selected Websites

• Elizabeth Strouts' Website
• Maine Writers Entry

David E. Kelley, 1956 -

• Known For:
• Maine Connection: Emmy-winning television writer/producer David E. Kelley was born in Waterville, ME.

Resources

Television writer/producer of such award-winning television programs as The West Wing, Picket Fences, Chicago Hope, The Practice, Ally McBeal, Boston Public, Boston Legal and Harry's Law.

Alvin O. Lombard, 1856-1937

• Known For: Inventor of the first track vehicle
• Maine Connection: Entrepreneur; inventor; invented the first track wheeled vehicle; patented in 1901, Lombard Steam Log Hauler revolutionized the movement of harvested logs through the woods and paved the way for every track-propelled vehicle -- tank, bulldozer, etc.

Resources

Related Links

• The Lombard Log Hauler: A National Historic Engineering Landmark
• Patents for Alvin O. Lombard -- Directory of American Tool and Machinery Patents
• Lombard Biography in Maine -- A History by Harrie B. Coe via Google Books

Julia Clukey, 1985

• Known For: Luge
• Maine Connection: Julia Clukey was born and raised in Augusta, ME and attended Cony High School. She is a world champion luge competitor and was on the 2010 U.S. Olympic Team in Vancouver where she finished 17th.

Resources

• Julia Clukey's Website

William Widgery Thomas, 1839-1927

• Known For: Ambassador to Sweden; founder of New Sweden, ME
• Maine Connection: Lawyer, politician and last U.S. Ambassador to the united kingdoms of Sweden and Norway responsible for encouraging Swedes to emigrate to the U.S., especially Maine. Founder of New Sweden, ME, Thomas Memorial Library in Cape Elizabeth was donated by and named for him.

Resources

Selected Books by William Widgery Thomas

• Sweden and the Swedes (1891)
• The Story of New Sweden (1896)

Neil Welliver, 1929-2005

• Known For: Plein Air Paintings
• Maine Connection: Painter. Lived in Lincolnville along the Ducktrap River.

Resources

Selected Websites

• Images of Neil Welliver paintings

• New York Times Obituary

• Bangor Daily News Obituary

• Neil Welliver and the Healing Landscape by Edgar Allen Beem

Bob Ludwig, 1945 -

• Known For: Music mastering
• Maine Connection: Multi-Grammy Award-winning music mastering engineer, owner of Gateway Mastering, based in Portland, Maine.

Resources

Related Websites

• Gateway Mastering
• Bob Ludwig Bio and Partial Discography
• Grammy Awards

Carro Morrell Clark, 1867-1950

• Known For: Publishing
• Maine Connection: Born and raised in Unity, ME. Founder and manager of C. M. Clark Publishing Company in Boston. She was the only woman to publish books in the U.S. between 1900 and 1906.

Resources

• Carro Frances Warren (C.M. Clark) Correspondence at the Maine State Library
• Carro Morrell Clark entry in Representative Women of New England edited by Julia Ward Howe courtesy of Google Books

Furbish, Catherine, 1834-1931

• Known For: Botanist
• Maine Connection: Maine amateur botanist; discovered a new species of lousewort; painted beautiful examples of the plant species she found all over Maine.

Resources

Selected Books

• Kate Furbish, Botanist : An Appreciation By Louise Helen Coburn (1924)
• Kate Furbish And The Flora Of Maine By Ada Graham And Frank Graham, Jr (1995)
• The plants and flowers of Maine : Kate Furbish's watercolors by Kate Furbish (2016)

Selected Websites

• The Kate Furbish Collection at Bowdoin College

Anna Kendrick, 1985-

• Known For: Actress, Singer, Author
• Maine Connection: Born in Portland, ME

Resources

Credits

• Internet Movie Database list of Anna Kendrick's movie roles

Books

• Scrappy Little Nobody (2016)

Richard Blanco, 1968 -

• Known For: Poetry
• Maine Connection: Richard Blanco was selected as the inaugural poet in 2012 by President Barack Obama. He lives in Bethel, Maine.

Resources

Richard Blanco is the fifth presidential inaugural poet in U.S. history - the youngest, first Latino, immigrant, and gay person to serve in such a role. Born in Madrid to Cuban exile parents and raised in Miami, the negotiation of cultural identity and place characterize his body of work. He is the author of the poetry collections Looking for the Gulf Motel, Directions to the Beach of the Dead, and City of a Hundred Fires; the poetry chapbooks Matters of the Sea, One Today, and Boston Strong; a children's book of his inaugural poem, "One Today," illustrated by Dav Pilkey; and Boundaries, a collaboration with photographer Jacob Hessler. His latest book of poems, How to Love a Country (Beacon Press, 2019), both interrogates the American narrative, past and present, and celebrates the still unkept promise of its ideals. He has also authored the memoirs The Prince of Los Cocuyos: A Miami Childhood and For All of Us, One Today: An Inaugural Poets Journey. Blanco's many honors include the Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize from the University of Pittsburgh Press, the PEN/Beyond Margins Award, the Paterson Poetry Prize, a Lambda Literary Award, and two Maine Literary Awards.

He has been a Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow and received honorary doctorates from Macalester College, Colby College, and the University of Rhode Island. He has been featured on CBS Sunday Morning and NPRs Fresh Air. The Academy of American Poets named him its first Education Ambassador in 2015. Blanco has continued to write occasional poems for organizations and events such as the re-opening of the U.S. embassy in Havana. He lives with his partner in Bethel, ME.

Selected works by Richard Blanco

• How to Love a Country, 2019
• Boundaries, 2017
• Matters of the Sea/Cosas del Mar, 2015
• The Prince of Los Cocuyos, 2014
• One Today, 2013
• Looking for the Gulf Motel, 2012
• Directions to the Beach of the Dead, 2005
• City of a Hundred Fires, 1998

Gerald Talbot, 1932 -

• Known For: Maine State Representative, Civil Rights campaigning.
• Maine Connection: Gerald E. Talbot was the first African American to be elected to the Maine State Legislature. He served in the Maine House of Representatives from 1972 to 1978, and worked with the Maine chapter of the NAACP and the State Board of Education. He also took part in the struggle for civil rights in other parts of the country, as well as in Maine.

Resources

Gerald E. "Jerry" Talbot was born in 1932 in Bangor, ME, which at the time was home to Maine's largest African American community, many people having come to the state from Canada. His family traced their history in Maine back to the mid-18th century and the black Revolutionary War veteran Abraham Talbett. Talbot worked for some time with his father, W. Edgerton Edgar Talbot, the head chef at the Bangor House hotel, and graduated from Bangor High School in 1952. After serving in the army from 1953 to 1956, he moved to Portland and wed Anita Cummings of Portland, with whom he raised four daughters. The family faced job and housing discrimination, but Talbot eventually secured steady work in 1966 as a compositor with the Guy Gannett Publishing Company, where he would work for 25 years.

In Portland, Talbot also became actively involved with the civil rights movement in Maine, particularly through the NAACP. He served as president of the Portland branch of this organization three times, in 1964-66, 1970-71, and 1978-80, and was a vice president of the New England Regional NAACP. He joined the March for Jobs and Freedom in Washington, D.C. in 1963, participated in a voter registration drive in Mississippi in 1965, and played an important role in passing Maine's 1966 Fair Housing Bill. He was the first African American elected to the Maine State Legislature, serving three terms from 1972 to 1978. During his time there, he proposed a 1977 bill titled, An Act to Prohibit the Use of Offensive Names for Geographic Features and Other Places in the State of Maine, which passed. He also co-sponsored, with the late Larry Connolly, the first "Sexual or Affectional Preference" (1977) amendment to the Maine Human Rights Act. He was the first black chair of a legislative committee - the Human Resources Committee (two terms) and was the first black speaker pro-tem of the Maine House of Representatives.

Talbot also served on the Maine State Board of Education from 1980-84, as chair in 1984. Simultaneously, he was on the New England States Board of Education Commission. He has been on the Maine Vocational Technical Institutes Board of Trustees and the Muskie Board of Visitors at the University of Southern Maine. In 1980, he founded Black Education and Cultural History, Inc. (BEACH), which sponsors conferences, offers scholarships, and serves as a vehicle for speaking out against discrimination. Talbot is co-author with H.H. Price of several articles and the book, Maines Visible Black History: The First Chronicle of Its People, published in 2006.

Biographical information taken from the finding aid for the Gerald E. Talbot Collection, African American Collection of Maine, Jean Byers Sampson Center for Diversity in Maine, University of Southern Maine Libraries.

Works by Gerald E. Talbot

• Maine's Visible Black History, The First Chronicle of Its People, 2006. Co-authored with H. H. Price.

Mana Abdi, 1996 -

• Known For: Politics
• Maine Connection: Mana Abdi became the first Somali-American to be elected to the Maine Legislature in 2022.

Resources

Born in a Kenyan refugee camp, Mana Abdi came to the United States as a child and moved with her family to Lewiston in 2009 at the age of 13. She graduated from Lewiston High School in 2014 and received a degree from University of Maine Farmington in 2018.

Donna Loring, 1948 -

• Known For: Representative of the Penobscot Nation
• Maine Connection: Donna is a tribal member of the Penobscot Nation and held the position of the Nation's Representative to the Maine State Legislature.

Resources

Born on Indian Island, Donna M. Loring is a graduate of University of Maine and holds a degree in Political Science.

In 1966, Loring joined the Womens Army Corps (WAC). From November 1967-November 1968, Loring served as a Communications Specialist at Long Binh Army Base, north of Saigon.

After returning from Vietnam, Loring graduated from the University of Maine at Orono with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. She graduated from the Maine Criminal Justice Academy in 1978, and served as Police Chief for the Penobscot Nation from 1984-1990. In 1992, Loring became the first woman director of security at Bowdoin College, a position she held until 1997. Loring served as an advisor to Governor Angus King on women veterans affairs.

Donna Loring served as the Penobscot Nations Representative to the Maine State Legislature from 1998-2003, and again from 2007-2008. During her legislative career, Loring authored and sponsored LD 291 An Act to Require Teaching Maine Native American History and Culture in Maines Schools, which was signed into law in 2001. She also conceptualized and advocated for the first State of the Tribes Address in Maine history in 2002.

Written by Donna M. Loring

• In the shadow of the eagle : a tribal representative in Maine, 2008.
• One Nation Under Fraud: A Remonstrance, 2022. Written with Eric M. Mehnert, Joseph G. E. Gousse, Esq. for The Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous and Tribal Populations.

Biographical information on Donna M. Loring found at University of New England online library exhibit: Donna M. Loring: A Penobscot Voice in Politics and Community. Information can also be found at the University of Maine: https://umaine.edu/mwf/people/donna-m-loring/