{"product_id":"the-penobscot-man-life-and-death-on-a-maine-river-hardcover","title":"The Penobscot Man - Life and Death on a Maine River - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTommy Carbone\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eFannie Hardy Eckstorm\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN (978-1954048218) is the \u003cstrong\u003ecommemorative dust jacket hardcover edition\u003c\/strong\u003e. It is wonderfully bound in a \u003cstrong\u003eblue cloth cover\u003c\/strong\u003e with accompanying designed dust jacket. This edition is sure to be a classic and makes a wonderful keepsake for lovers of Maine and history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* * * \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"These are strange stories, but they well up out of the hearts of men, and in them are the issues of life. \u003cstrong\u003eMen do not perish alone, unknown, forsaken, forgotten.\u003c\/strong\u003e The constitution of the universe forbids. The truth about them must leap out some time, and be written on the skies like the flashes of the midnight Aurora; somewhere it is to be known what they were, where they failed, wherein they made their conquests, - their treachery, their faithfulness - their cowardice, their courage - their shamelessness, their honor - but most of all and longest enduring, their better parts.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* * * \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThose words, written by Fannie Hardy Eckstorm, describe the essence of why she originally wrote about the river drivers she termed, The Penobscot Man. Eckstorm knew the ways of the Maine woods and the woodsmen, as individuals for their character, and how they lived their lives. She chose to document the river drivers specifically as their ways working on the river was changing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* * * \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAside from documenting these stories, in 1891 she traveled deep into the forest, the first woman to accompany the men on a log drive. During this trip, she not only documented her experience for this book, but she was also a photographer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImagine what that was like. With no roads to get there, they paddled a canoe more than fifty miles. They carried their gear, more than thirty miles, including her camera and glass plates, when a camera was the size of luggage. She was not a city-dweller going to the woods for a picnic. Fannie Hardy Eckstorm was a Maine explorer of the strongest kind, and she was a wicked good writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* * * \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese stories are not a mechanical telling of the labor and methods being done. In true Eckstorm fashion she weaves interesting and memorable tales to tell the history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring her trip there was not only the danger from the river and the wilderness. While she was there, she had to be on guard for a poacher who had threatened to shoot her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* * * \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 1904 reviewer of the book in \u003cem\u003eThe Literary World\u003c\/em\u003e wrote, \"It seems to us that \u003cem\u003e'The Penobscot Man'\u003c\/em\u003e should in twenty-five years, be a valuable 'human document, ' for the life, the men, and the deeds, ring true.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTommy wrote, \"The stories in this book represent an important part of Maine history and the people who made that history. Eckstorm knew this when she was writing, and she anticipated that documenting this way of life would be important before it was lost to obscurity. She was correct and I am pleased to release this book for lovers of history and the great storytelling. The editing of this book has been the most challenging of my projects to date for releasing a Maine classic and I am sure you will enjoy the stories as much as I have enjoyed updating them.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* * * \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis annotated book now includes original writing from Maine author, Tommy Carbone. There are added stories about Jack Mann and John Ross, two of Maine's most famous rivermen. To this edition, Carbone has added an appendix that analyzes Eckstorm's journal notes, never before released, that tell more of the renegade poacher that threatened to kill her, and her father, Manly. Maine lumbermen ballads have also been included.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* * * \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTommy Carbone is a \u003cstrong\u003eMaine author\u003c\/strong\u003e who writes mystery and non-fiction. Maine's \u003cstrong\u003eJournal Tribune Book Corne\u003c\/strong\u003er review, stated, \"Carbone is a natural story teller. His description and dialogue make the characters come alive. The reader feels they are getting to know the real people of Maine.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 364\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47544011555069,"sku":"9781954048218","price":47.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/Z3ljNjNkb2VydnFPc2xleS9lVCtPUT09.webp?v=1778936447","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/the-penobscot-man-life-and-death-on-a-maine-river-hardcover","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}