{"title":"Tommy Carbone","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"david-stone-libbey-he-was-penobscot-paperback","title":"David Stone Libbey - He Was Penobscot - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Stone Libbey\u003c\/strong\u003e was a \u003cstrong\u003eMaine\u003c\/strong\u003e river-driver, lumberman, farmer, Civil War soldier, inventor, machinist, hunter, and outdoor writer. This book includes the writings from his journal and articles he published between 1850 and 1904 under his pen name of '\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePenobscot.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Maine, the Penobscot River, before meeting the main branch leading to the Atlantic Ocean, has four branches that span throughout northern main. Libbey used the \u003cem\u003ePenobscot\u003c\/em\u003e pen name to signify his experience with this forested country during a time when many were interested in learning about the wildlife and conditions in the north woods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe editor of Forest And Stream, wrote of Libbey: \"\u003cstrong\u003ePenobscot\u003c\/strong\u003e knows the Maine country as well as any man living, and what he may write will be sure to be intelligent and authentic.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition about Libbey's life from \u003cstrong\u003eMaine author Tommy Carbone\u003c\/strong\u003e includes photographs of the time period and annotations giving the historical perspective of the writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiscovered letters from David Libbey during his time with Maine's Company D, Ninth Regiment Infantry of the Civil War period have been added, providing his own perspective from the war front.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn, \"The Penobscot Man - Life and Death on a Maine River,\" Fannie Hardy Eckstorm wrote of Libbey, \"\u003cstrong\u003eHe was one of Maine's thoroughbred woodsman and waterman\u003c\/strong\u003e, one of the most notable of our hunters, who, going to San Francisco, took a place in a stationer's store and handled paper by the quire and arranged perfumery on the closet shelves; and from there to the deserts of Nevada, in the seventies, when it was rough there, where he set up mining machinery and met western bad men, and he unarmed and unruffled made them behave themselves.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLibbey led a varied and interesting life, with some near-death experiences. He came from a Maine pioneer family and he himself carved out a pioneer life, while also self-educating himself and amassing a large library of books. \u003cstrong\u003eThis is the story of his life and he deserves to be well remembered.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51367078133983,"sku":"9781954048140","price":21.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/qURUZWWRr89781954048140.webp?v=1789102320"},{"product_id":"hubbards-guide-to-moosehead-lake-and-northern-maine-annotated-edition-paperback","title":"Hubbard's Guide to Moosehead Lake and Northern Maine - Annotated Edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA \u003cstrong\u003eMaine\u003c\/strong\u003e Guide Book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Lucius Lee Hubbard spent his vacations in the \u003cstrong\u003eMoosehead Lake Region of Maine\u003c\/strong\u003e and the even more remote north woods. This guide not only details the wilderness lakes, pond, rivers, and mountains, it also contains historical notes, Native American legends, and tips for camping excursions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In his writing, Hubbard captures a period in time, almost 130 years ago, that is not unlike what you will find today in the woods of northern Maine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1893, readers will find this an interesting and historical look-back to what was, and yet what in many ways still is, unspoiled Maine forest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Whether you are planning your first visit to northern Maine, or are a frequent visitor, this book is sure to be entertaining and provide you with a few facts you may not have known. It will make a great addition to your library and belongs in every Maine camp.This 2020 Annotated Edition is updated with new material and photographs of the Maine woods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Read about Moosehead Lake, Mount Kineo, Katahdin, area legends, Maine rivers, and the Allagash Wilderness. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51367984562399,"sku":"9781954048010","price":23.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/BhGzKmLC2A9781954048010.webp?v=1789117011"},{"product_id":"the-penobscot-man-life-and-death-on-a-maine-river-paperback","title":"The Penobscot Man - Life and Death on a Maine River - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"These are strange stories, but they well up out of the hearts of men, and in them are the issues of life. \u003cstrong\u003eMen do not perish alone, unknown, forsaken, forgotten.\u003c\/strong\u003e The constitution of the universe forbids. The truth about them must leap out some time, and be written on the skies like the flashes of the midnight Aurora; somewhere it is to be known what they were, where they failed, wherein they made their conquests, - their treachery, their faithfulness - their cowardice, their courage - their shamelessness, their honor - but most of all and longest enduring, their better parts.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Those words, written by Fannie Hardy Eckstorm, describe the essence of why she originally wrote about the river drivers she termed, The Penobscot Man. Eckstorm knew the ways of the Maine woods and the woodsmen, as individuals for their character, and how they lived their lives. She chose to document the river drivers specifically as their ways working on the river was changing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Aside from documenting these stories, in 1891 she traveled deep into the forest, the first woman to accompany the men on a log drive. During this trip, she not only documented her experience for this book, but she was also a photographer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Imagine what that was like. With no roads to get there, they paddled a canoe more than fifty miles. They carried their gear, more than thirty miles, including her camera and glass plates, when a camera was the size of luggage. She was not a city-dweller going to the woods for a picnic. Fannie Hardy Eckstorm was a Maine explorer of the strongest kind, and she was a wicked good writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e When she traveled to the woods to document the log drive, it was a time before chainsaws, before even carriage roads reached the lumber operations, and before even steamers pulled logs across the upper lakes. During her time, all the work was done by hand. These stories are not a mechanical telling of the labor and methods being done. In true Eckstorm fashion she weaves interesting and memorable tales to tell the history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e During her trip there was not only the danger from the river and the wilderness. While she was there, she had to be on guard for a poacher who had threatened to shoot her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A 1904 reviewer of the book in \u003cem\u003eThe Literary World\u003c\/em\u003e wrote, \"It seems to us that \u003cem\u003e'The Penobscot Man'\u003c\/em\u003e should in twenty-five years, be a valuable 'human document, ' for the life, the men, and the deeds, ring true.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Tommy wrote, \"The stories in this book represent an important part of Maine history and the people who made that history. Eckstorm knew this when she was writing, and she anticipated that documenting this way of life would be important before it was lost to obscurity. She was correct and I am pleased to release this book for lovers of history and the great storytelling. The editing of this book has been the most challenging of my projects to date for releasing a Maine classic and I am sure you will enjoy the stories as much as I have enjoyed updating them.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This annotated book now includes original writing from Maine author, Tommy Carbone. There are added stories about Jack Mann and John Ross, two of Maine's most famous rivermen. To this edition, Carbone has added an appendix that analyzes Eckstorm's journal notes, never before released, that tell more of the renegade poacher that threatened to kill her, and her father, Manly. Maine lumbermen ballads have also been included.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Tommy Carbone is a \u003cstrong\u003eMaine author\u003c\/strong\u003e who writes mystery and non-fiction. Maine's \u003cstrong\u003eJournal Tribune Book Corne\u003c\/strong\u003er review, stated, \"Carbone is a natural story teller. 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