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The Baxters of Maine: Downeast Visionaries
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by Neil Rolde
Sales Rank: 2275436
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$7.00
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 352 pages
Published by: Tilbury House Publishers October 1997
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0884481913
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0884481911
Book Dimensions:
9.6 x 7.2 x 0.7 inches
Weighs: 1.2 pounds
Product Description
This is a double biography of two men-father and son-who left a vivid imprint on the State of Maine. James Phinney Baxter, the father, was six times mayor of Portland, creator of its modern park system, and one of Maine's foremost historians. His wealth, which he made in the canning business, was left to Percival, the youngest of his six sons, who achieved immortality by using it to buy Maine's highest and most gorgeous mountain, Katahdin, and 200,000 surrounding acres. As a legislator and governor, Percival had tried to persuade the government to preserve this gem of the north, and when he failed, he did it himself, leaving it to the people of Maine as a awesome state park. This is a fascinating look at Maine in an era stretching from before the Civil War to the end of the 1960s.
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