Indians in Eden
Subtitle: Wabanakis & rusticators on Maine's Mount Desert Island 1840-1920
By: By Bunny McBride & Harald E.L. Prins.
Contributors: Prins, Harald E. L.
Publisher: Down East Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Camden, Me
Language: eng
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, & tea: rusticators on the rise; title: Peddling & porpoising: Wabanaki summer resources; title: Fancy baskets & 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.