Portland (Reissued)

by Frank H. Sleeper, Maine Historical Preservation Commission, Maine Historical Preservation Commission, et al.

Book Overview

Portland is often associated with the mythological phoenix, the animal that rises out of the ashes of its apparent death. Life here has often been a struggle: to overcome the disastrous fires of 1775 and 1866; to rebuild after the change in Canadian policy in 1920 that devastated the waterfront; and to outlast the Depression and the other economic crises that have affected the area. The people of Portland have always faced these problems head on,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0752402633
• ISBN13: 9780752402635
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.

Customer Reviews

No "History" Book

While interesting, this book was a bit disappointing in that it is not a History of Portland, Maine in pictures, but covers several nationalities of people, the Great Fire and several major streets, businesses, & important people. There are apparently 2 of these books & I wonder if the other one covers a wider scope of Portland's history.