Author: Brian Armstrong
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 146714780X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Bar Harbor has evolved from humble beginnings to become one of Maine's most popular destinations. This tour goes beyond the typical travel guide to explore its fascinating historical sites in detail. A trail of existing buildings and monuments provides a backdrop for an unconventional history of places, people and events, with many previously unpublished photographs and untold entertaining stories. Discover the changes wrought by the world wars, the Spanish influenza, Prohibition and the Fire of 1947. Tour the Way Bak Ball, La Rochelle, the Casino and the Wharf. From Bar Harbor's first African American sea captain to the story of the two Miss Shannons, author Brian Armstrong offers a fascinating look into the history behind some of Bar Harbor's most famous landmarks.
History Lover's Guide to Bar Harbor, A
Author: Brian Armstrong
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 146714780X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Bar Harbor has evolved from humble beginnings to become one of Maine's most popular destinations. This tour goes beyond the typical travel guide to explore its fascinating historical sites in detail. A trail of existing buildings and monuments provides a backdrop for an unconventional history of places, people and events, with many previously unpublished photographs and untold entertaining stories. Discover the changes wrought by the world wars, the Spanish influenza, Prohibition and the Fire of 1947. Tour the Way Bak Ball, La Rochelle, the Casino and the Wharf. From Bar Harbor's first African American sea captain to the story of the two Miss Shannons, author Brian Armstrong offers a fascinating look into the history behind some of Bar Harbor's most famous landmarks.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 146714780X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Bar Harbor has evolved from humble beginnings to become one of Maine's most popular destinations. This tour goes beyond the typical travel guide to explore its fascinating historical sites in detail. A trail of existing buildings and monuments provides a backdrop for an unconventional history of places, people and events, with many previously unpublished photographs and untold entertaining stories. Discover the changes wrought by the world wars, the Spanish influenza, Prohibition and the Fire of 1947. Tour the Way Bak Ball, La Rochelle, the Casino and the Wharf. From Bar Harbor's first African American sea captain to the story of the two Miss Shannons, author Brian Armstrong offers a fascinating look into the history behind some of Bar Harbor's most famous landmarks.
History Lover's Guide to Bar Harbor
Author: Brian Armstrong
Publisher: History Press
ISBN: 9781540247520
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Bar Harbor has evolved from humble beginnings to become one of Maine's most popular destinations. This tour goes beyond the typical travel guide to explore its fascinating historical sites in detail. A trail of existing buildings and monuments provides a backdrop for an unconventional history of places, people and events, with many previously unpublished photographs and untold entertaining stories. Discover the changes wrought by the world wars, the Spanish influenza, Prohibition and the Fire of 1947. Tour the Way Bak Ball, La Rochelle, the Casino and the Wharf. From Bar Harbor's first African American sea captain to the story of the two Miss Shannons, author Brian Armstrong offers a fascinating look into the history behind some of Bar Harbor's most famous landmarks.
Publisher: History Press
ISBN: 9781540247520
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Bar Harbor has evolved from humble beginnings to become one of Maine's most popular destinations. This tour goes beyond the typical travel guide to explore its fascinating historical sites in detail. A trail of existing buildings and monuments provides a backdrop for an unconventional history of places, people and events, with many previously unpublished photographs and untold entertaining stories. Discover the changes wrought by the world wars, the Spanish influenza, Prohibition and the Fire of 1947. Tour the Way Bak Ball, La Rochelle, the Casino and the Wharf. From Bar Harbor's first African American sea captain to the story of the two Miss Shannons, author Brian Armstrong offers a fascinating look into the history behind some of Bar Harbor's most famous landmarks.
Lost Bar Harbor
Author: G. W. Helfrich
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780892721429
Category : Bar Harbor (Me. : Town)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A tribute to the days before the Great Fire of 1947, when many of America's and Europe's wealthiest families summered in Bar Harbor. Photographs of 86 of these vanished summer palaces, selected from the collection of the Bar Harbor Historical Society.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780892721429
Category : Bar Harbor (Me. : Town)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A tribute to the days before the Great Fire of 1947, when many of America's and Europe's wealthiest families summered in Bar Harbor. Photographs of 86 of these vanished summer palaces, selected from the collection of the Bar Harbor Historical Society.
Bar Harbor Babylon
Author: Dan Landrigan
Publisher: Down East Books
ISBN: 1608939022
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Mount Desert Island has attracted scoundrels and scandals for more than 100 years. Steady as the tide, every summer brings a rush of summer residents from eastern cities to the island and nothing thrilled them so much as a good scandal. In its heyday, Mount Desert was a wild oasis where the summercators could carry on in comparative privacy. Today, unfortunately, unlike Las Vegas, what happened on Mount Desert doesn’t always stay on Mount Desert. The scandals that were the talk of the picnics and outings that filled the summer visitors' days are brought back to life in Bar Harbor Babylon. Murderers, thieves, cheaters and scammers have all made their mark on the tiny towns of Mount Desert. This book will take the reader on a tour of the misadventures and misfortunes that punctuate the island's wealthy and privileged past.
Publisher: Down East Books
ISBN: 1608939022
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Mount Desert Island has attracted scoundrels and scandals for more than 100 years. Steady as the tide, every summer brings a rush of summer residents from eastern cities to the island and nothing thrilled them so much as a good scandal. In its heyday, Mount Desert was a wild oasis where the summercators could carry on in comparative privacy. Today, unfortunately, unlike Las Vegas, what happened on Mount Desert doesn’t always stay on Mount Desert. The scandals that were the talk of the picnics and outings that filled the summer visitors' days are brought back to life in Bar Harbor Babylon. Murderers, thieves, cheaters and scammers have all made their mark on the tiny towns of Mount Desert. This book will take the reader on a tour of the misadventures and misfortunes that punctuate the island's wealthy and privileged past.
The Maine Coast, a Nature Lover's Guide
Author: Dorcas S. Miller
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
A guide to the history, rock formations, plants, animals and ecosystems of the Maine coast from Kittery to Eastport.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
A guide to the history, rock formations, plants, animals and ecosystems of the Maine coast from Kittery to Eastport.
Bar Harbor in the Roaring Twenties: From Village Life to the High Life on Mount Desert Island
Author: Luann Yetter
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1626192464
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
From the end of the Great War until the onslaught of the Great Depression, Americans had a good time, and nowhere was that more true than in Bar Harbor during high season. Amid peace and prosperity, the wealthy flocked to Mount Desert Island, foxtrotted at the Swimming Club and tangoed at the Dreamwood Ballroom on Ireson's Hill. Rumrunners made covert pickups from isolated coves along the Mount Desert Narrows while Rockefellers, Vanderbilts and Astors coasted serenely in and out of Frenchman's Bay. Horse-drawn carriages found a haven in the quiet roads of Lafayette National Park while roadsters sped along Bay Drive. Year-round residents faced brutal winters, but even then they had spirited celebrations with Winter Carnivals and Hayseed Balls as the '20s roared on in Bar Harbor.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1626192464
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
From the end of the Great War until the onslaught of the Great Depression, Americans had a good time, and nowhere was that more true than in Bar Harbor during high season. Amid peace and prosperity, the wealthy flocked to Mount Desert Island, foxtrotted at the Swimming Club and tangoed at the Dreamwood Ballroom on Ireson's Hill. Rumrunners made covert pickups from isolated coves along the Mount Desert Narrows while Rockefellers, Vanderbilts and Astors coasted serenely in and out of Frenchman's Bay. Horse-drawn carriages found a haven in the quiet roads of Lafayette National Park while roadsters sped along Bay Drive. Year-round residents faced brutal winters, but even then they had spirited celebrations with Winter Carnivals and Hayseed Balls as the '20s roared on in Bar Harbor.
The Old-house Lover's Guide to Inns and Bed & Breakfast Guest Houses
Author: House Journal Old
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN: 9780828907095
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN: 9780828907095
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Hiking Acadia National Park
Author: Dolores Kong
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 076278377X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
Sample more than 120 miles of hiking trails through the approximately 40,000 acres of America's first national park.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 076278377X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
Sample more than 120 miles of hiking trails through the approximately 40,000 acres of America's first national park.
A Birder's Guide to the Coast of Maine
Author: Elizabeth Cary Pierson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Wicked Baltimore
Author: Lauren R. Silberman
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1614232695
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
Detailing the salacious history of Baltimore and its denizens from the city's earliest history up to and through Prohibition. With nicknames such as "Mob Town" and "Syphilis City," no one would deny that Baltimore has its dark side. Before shows such as "The Wire" and "Homicide: Life on the Streets" brought the city's crime rate to national attention, locals entertained themselves with rumors surrounding the mysterious death of writer Edgar Allan Poe and stories about Zelda Fitzgerald, wife of author F. Scott Fitzgerald, who spent time in a Baltimore area sanitarium in the 1930s. Tourists make the Inner Harbor one of the most traveled areas in the country, but if they would venture a few streets north to The Block on Baltimore Street they would see an area once famous for its burlesque shows. It is only the locals who would know to continue north on St. Paul to the Owl Bar, a former speakeasy that still proudly displays some of its Prohibition era paraphernalia.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1614232695
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
Detailing the salacious history of Baltimore and its denizens from the city's earliest history up to and through Prohibition. With nicknames such as "Mob Town" and "Syphilis City," no one would deny that Baltimore has its dark side. Before shows such as "The Wire" and "Homicide: Life on the Streets" brought the city's crime rate to national attention, locals entertained themselves with rumors surrounding the mysterious death of writer Edgar Allan Poe and stories about Zelda Fitzgerald, wife of author F. Scott Fitzgerald, who spent time in a Baltimore area sanitarium in the 1930s. Tourists make the Inner Harbor one of the most traveled areas in the country, but if they would venture a few streets north to The Block on Baltimore Street they would see an area once famous for its burlesque shows. It is only the locals who would know to continue north on St. Paul to the Owl Bar, a former speakeasy that still proudly displays some of its Prohibition era paraphernalia.