Exploring the Maine Woods - The Hardy Family Expedition to the Machias Lakes

We ran away this fall. In fleeing the telegraph the post-office the door bells and all our many masters we experienced a sweet if guilty satisfaction which more than compensated the unpropitious skies that followed us - this is the chronicle of the trip. Fannie Hardy Eckstorm. From a series of articles written in 1891 comes a paddling memoir that weaves together woodlore with a knowledge of literature and Maine history. The writing is superbly descriptive of the Maine woods the prose is often li...See More