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Today we think of Theodore Roosevelt as a larger-than-life figure, but before he became a U.S. president or legendary outdoorsman, rancher or Rough Rider, he was a “thin pale youngster with bad eyes and a weak heart,”
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Brooklin Author Takes the Crustacean’s View |
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BROOKLIN — They define the Maine experience, but have you ever considered the world from the lobster’s point of view?
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Author Tells Whale Of A Tale |
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BAR HARBOR — The Bar Harbor Whale Museum presents author Fran Hodgkins at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 15, in a program for adults and children.
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Gerritsen Celebrates New Novel, TV Show |
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Maine author Tess Gerritsen – a regular presence on the New York Times bestseller list – is coming to Bar Harbor for a booksigning at Sherman’s on Saturday, Aug. 7, from 7 to 9 p.m.
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Events Scheduled at Blue Hill Library |
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BLUE HILL — As part of the Blue Hill Public Library’s “What’s Your Story?” series, local artist Jeanne Cameron will discuss healing flowers, faeries and nature spirits at the library on Tuesday, Aug. 3, at 7 p.m.
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Author Signs New Book at Abbe |
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BAR HARBOR — Maine author Angeli Perrow will visit the Abbe Museum in downtown Bar Harbor on Friday, Aug. 20, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
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Comprehensive Plant Guide Covers Acadia |
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More than five years in the making, the 530-page book, “The Plants of Acadia National Park,” is an essential, readable and useful guide to the plants of Mount Desert Island and the surrounding area.
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Former Poet Laureate Reads, Visits at COA |
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BAR HARBOR — Charles Simic, former poet laureate of the United States, will give a reading at College of the Atlantic (COA) on Wednesday, Aug. 4, beginning at 6 p.m. in the Gates Community Center. On Thursday, Aug. 5 Mr. Simic will participate in an informal public conversation beginning at 9 a.m. in the college’s Deering Common Campus Center.
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Island Author to Spotlight ‘Divinity of Dogs’ |
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Jennifer Skiff of Somesville is a soulful writer. But that doesn’t mean she sits around all day crafting angst-ridden prose about pop culture’s latest zeitgeist or ruminations on life after death. Neither does she dress all in black or continually ponder the role of writer in contemporary society.
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