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Bar Harbor's Gilded Century: Opulence to Ashes
Author(s): Lydia Vandenberg (Author), Earle G. Shettleworth (Author)
- Publisher: Down East Books
- Publication Date: June 16, 2009
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 176 pages
- ISBN-10: 0892727055
- ISBN-13: 9780892727056
Book Description
Maine’s premier tourist destination, Bar Harbor has many historic buildings. The area was once a shipbuilding and farming hamlet that became a Gilded Age resort of the highest order-until a fire in 1947 destroyed many of its buildings. This pictorial history takes Bar Harbor from its origins to the fire. It also offers intriguing curiosities, including insights on the upstairs-downstairs aspects of resort life. The book’s captions are packed with fascinating information.
