Indians in Eden
Subtitle: Wabanakis & rusticators on Maine's Mount Desert Island,1840s-1920s
By: by Bunny McBride & Harald E.L. Prins.
Contributors: Prins, Harald E. L.
Publisher: Down East; Distributed by National Book Network
Published: 2009
Place of publication: [Camden, Me.]; [Lanham, Md.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
ISBN-13: 9780892728046
Subjects: Abenaki Indians -- Maine -- Mount Desert Island -- History; Abenaki Indians -- Maine -- Mount Desert Island -- Economic conditions; Abenaki Indians -- Maine -- Mount Desert Island -- Social life and customs; Indigenous peoples -- Ecology -- Maine -- Mount Desert Island; Tourism -- Maine -- Mount Desert Island -- History; Indian business enterprises -- Maine -- Mount Desert Island; Mount Desert Island (Me.) -- History; Mount Desert Island (Me.) -- Enviromental conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Manesayd'ik: at the clam-gathering place; title: Still in Eden: Wabanakis, settlers, and artists; title: By canoe, sail, or steam: getting to Mount Desert Island; title: Boating, tramping, rocking, and tea: rusticators on the rise; title: Peddling and porpoising: Wabanaki summer resources; title: Fancy baskets and toy canoes at tent no.3: selling crafts, telling fortunes; title: Mighty tippy: canoe services and sales; title: Everyone knows Chief Big Thunder: notable Wabanakis; title: Where moose bones turned to stone: folklorists and conservationists; title: A perfect shame: Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association.