Bunting has a knack for spotting the unusual in a photograph, or some minor detail that, in fact, tells a major story about the how and why. From granite quarry operations to an itinerant cobbler in a sailing scow to hootchie-kootchie dancers at the state fair to deepwater ships, his page-long captions place these images in social and economic context--but this is not dry history. His research has uncovered a wealth of fascinating, often quirky detail (did you know that mummy wrappings were imported from Egypt for Maine papermaking?), and he makes frequent forays into the Maine storytelling tradition.
- ISBN10 0884482073
- ISBN13 9780884482079
- Publish Date 1 July 2000
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Tilbury House,U.S.
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 384
- Language English
- URL http://wiley.com/remtitle.cgi?isbn=9780884482079