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Celebrate the bicentennial of Maine statehood Historian Tom Huntington presents an anecdotal history of the state, covering the course of Maine’s often turbulent history, decade by decade. Huntington narrows the focus to key events and milestones, not just in the state of Maine, but in the context and world and national events and Maine’s role in how those events played out, including: the Jonathan Cilley duel of the 1830s; the Webster Ashburton Treaty and the Aroostook War; the Portland Rum Riot and the birth of Prohibition; various Civil War topics for the 1860s; Louis Sockalexis becomes first Native American to play major league baseball (1890s); L.L. Bean founded (1910s); Telstar establishes earth station in Andover (1960s), etc.

Maine at 200: An Anecdotal History Celebrating

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      Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 22/07/2020
      ISBN13: 9781608937165, 978-1608937165
      ISBN10: 160893716X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Celebrate the bicentennial of Maine statehood Historian Tom Huntington presents an anecdotal history of the state, covering the course of Maine’s often turbulent history, decade by decade. Huntington narrows the focus to key events and milestones, not just in the state of Maine, but in the context and world and national events and Maine’s role in how those events played out, including: the Jonathan Cilley duel of the 1830s; the Webster Ashburton Treaty and the Aroostook War; the Portland Rum Riot and the birth of Prohibition; various Civil War topics for the 1860s; Louis Sockalexis becomes first Native American to play major league baseball (1890s); L.L. Bean founded (1910s); Telstar establishes earth station in Andover (1960s), etc.

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