Maine: An Explorer's Guide

Christina Tree

ISBN 10: 0881509078 / ISBN 13: 9780881509076

Published by WW Norton & Co, 2010

About this Item

As essential as a Swiss Army Knife in the north woods or a compass on the coast . . . thoughtfully organized, easy to use, sparing with soaring description and wonderfully profligate with minor details. Wayne Curtis, The New York Times".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Maine: An Explorer's Guide
• Publisher: WW Norton & Co
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0881509078
• ISBN 13: 9780881509076
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

“As essential as a Swiss Army Knife in the north woods or a compass on the coast . . . thoughtfully organized, easy to use, sparing with soaring description and wonderfully profligate with minor details.”―Wayne Curtis, The New York Times

The most trustworthy and reliable guidebook to the vacationland of Maine has been revised and updated once again! With fresh recommendations for restaurants, accommodations, shopping, and recreation; all the traveler’s resources and information you’d otherwise have to glean from countless Web sites and brochures; leads on local celebrations and festivals, the best seafood shacks, cutting-edge art galleries, adventurous excursions―you’ll find everything you need in Explorer’s Guide, just as you have for the last thirty years.

Explorer’s Guides give travelers the tools and knowledge they need to discover every corner of a state. Whether you’re looking for the perfect traditional Maine sporting camp, an outfitter to guide a rafting trip, trailheads, artists’ colonies, historic homes, or museums, this most comprehensive guide to the state has all the answers.

An alphabetical “What’s Where” section explains everything from the Abenaki and blueberrying to summer theater and windjammers; up-to-date regional and downtown maps help you get around; handy icons point out places of extra value, family- and pet-friendly establishments, wheelchair-accessible sites and businesses, popular wedding venues, and more. Color highlights throughout, 100 black-and-white photographs, 25 maps

About the Authors

Christina Tree launched the Explorer’s Guide series more than 30 years ago. She is a regular contributor to Yankee Magazine and has been honored by the Maine Publicity Bureau and the New England Innkeepers Association. Tree travels thousands of miles every year doing research to revise her books. She lives in Cambridge, MA.

Nancy English's food and travel writing has appeared in several New England newspapers and magazines. She was the restaurant reviewer for the Maine Sunday Telegram for six years.