Mary Ellen Chase

Glimpses into the lives of the inhabitants of a Miane fishing village on the day of an important funeral.

Standard elements of the romance novel—including a decaying plantation house and a terrible secret—are enlivened by outbreaks of the paranormal in this tale of Barrett Browning, a young historian summoned to inventory a library of family papers. With mounting excitement, she discovers that the letters and journals before her are a treasure trove of potential articles that could further her career at the university where she teaches, but venture capitalist Davis Jamison, the owner of the plantation, is intent on keeping the documents private and distrusts her scholarly ambitions. The standoff between the two opponents begins to crumble, however, as Barrett becomes more and more unsettled by evidence of magic and murder in the family's past, and Davis, who has sworn never to trust a woman with his property or his heart, struggles with the realization that he is falling in love.

Reminiscences of her childhood in Maine.

vii, 357 p. 23 cm

A true story of seagoing New England families and the packets, East Indiamen and swift clipper ships on which they journeyed to distant ports.

Mary Peters has tapped again the rich vein of Americana in the backgrounds of Maine seafaring families, in this story of four generations of Crockett men -- and the women who rivalled their strength. The abundant minutiae of details builds the settings.

An account, largely autobiographical, of Maine seacoast life during the twent- five or thirty years preceding the great war. of Prologue.

The life of Donald McKay and a description of some of the clipper ships which he designed and built during the mid-19th century. Grades 5-9.

Green cloth boards with gold title and author on front