This impressive historical novel is imbued with the coal dust of early-20th-century Appalachia.
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In conversation with Maine native Tom Huntington, author of ‘Maine Roads to Gettysburg’
A fresh look at the soldiers from Maine who saved the day at Little Round Top.
Practicality, in life and craft, drives Maine’s most famous furniture maker
Christian Becksvoort’s new book speaks to the philosophy behind his work.
Book review: A deadly fire at a Mount Desert mansion fuels intrigue in the latest from Gillian French
‘The Lies They Tell’ is a well-crafted mystery by a gifted storyteller.
Book review: ‘Bringing Down the Colonel’ by Patricia Miller
This 19th-century woman risked ruin and shame in her own #MeToo moment.
Book review: ‘Northland’ offers postcards from the northern edge
Porter Fox walks (and paddles and steams and drives) the line between the U.S. and Canada from coast to coast to satisfy a curiosity about the ‘northland’ he remembers from his days growing up on MDI.
Book review: John McPhee is still at it, lucky for us
The great essayist is out with a a slim but potent new volume, “The Patch.”
Book review: Mark Griffin’s ‘All That Heaven Allows’ is a perceptive, sympathetic biography of Rock Hudson
The book toggles between the heartthrob’s public and secret lives.
Book review: ‘Follow the Sun’ is a family saga wrapped in a seaside mystery
In Edward J. Delaney’s new novel, the members of a lobsterman’s family are something less than heartbroken when he vanishes at sea.
Book review: What wit is, and why we need it
‘Wit’s End’ by James Geary is a serious, even a philosophical study.