Maine in the Making of a Nation 1783-1870

Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1996. First Edition. Cloth. Near fine/near fine. First edition. 8vo; xix [i], 485pp; gilt-stamped dark green cloth; map illustrated endpapers in green; b&w illustrations; light scattered foxing to upper and fore-edge not affecting the pages face; unclipped glazed green pictorial dust jacket; near fine in near fine dj. ISBN: 0-89725-246-2. From the front flap: " This book presents local and state history in the framework of national history with particular reference to the part of Maine natives had in the building of the West and South. It was inspired by an extraordinary collection of family letters found in the McArthur attic in Limington, Maine in the summer of 1942, now in the Bowdoin College Library.".