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The Art of the Myth: Maine Essays

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by Michael D. Burke
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Availability:In StockContributor:Michael D. BurkeTheme:Cultural Region/New England, Cultural Region/Northeast U.S.Publish date:10/25/2024Pages:266
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Alameda PressISBN-13:9798991532716UPC:9798991532716Book Category:Travel, Biography & Autobiography, Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:United States, EssaysBook Topic:NortheastSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.75 inchesWeight:0.486Product ID:SC0FNRPJJJ

What is it like to train as a whitewater guide? What special skills do you need to forage for fiddlehead ferns? What do a handful of Maine auction houses have in common? Why did a village suddenly form on a frozen lake? What is it like to devote a summer to attending county fairs?

The Art of the Myth answers questions like these, and others, about life in Maine. A collection of essays on topics from sea kayaking to maple sugaring, from rural auctioneering to the "tallest lady in the world," from the lost trains of the Allagash to winter camping, petroglyphs, and the history of hand-colored photographs, it is a work whose subject is whatever caught Michael Burke's attention over a 35 year career of living in and writing about Maine.


Languages:EnglishPublisher:Alameda PressISBN-13:9798991532716UPC:9798991532716Book Category:Travel, Biography & Autobiography, Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:United States, EssaysBook Topic:NortheastSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.75 inchesWeight:0.486Product ID:SC0FNRPJJJ
Burke, Michael D.: - Michael D. Burke's publications include the memoir/adventure, The Same River Twice (University of Arizona Press) and feature nonfiction and essays in Down East, Yankee, Islands, Outside, Boston Globe, The New York Times, Maine Décor, AMC Outdoors, The Sunday Times (South Africa), and other national publications. He is also a playwright, having won the Maine Literary Arts Award for drama. For more than 30 years he was a whitewater and wilderness river guide in Idaho, Alaska, Oregon, California, Arizona and Mexico, having made several first-descents by raft. He is Professor Emeritus of Creative Writing and English at Colby College in Maine.
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