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Maine

Maine Great Books List by Patricia J. Washburn
 

1. The Country of the Pointed Firs
     by Sarah Orne Jewett
    A classic. Beautiful, spare, historic.
2. Maine Speaks (anthology of Maine writing)
    Good sampling of the writing talents of Maine.
3. One Man's Meat
    by E.B. White
    Great writing. If you were going to be marooned on a windswept
    Maine island with just one book, this would be it.
4. The Beans of Egypt, Maine
    by Carolyn Chute
    Unflinching, affectionate look at the "other Maine."
5. Kitchen Boy
    by Sanford Phippen
    Personal history by a talented writer.
6. Blueberries for Sal
    by Robert McCloskey
    A founding work in a long tradition of great Maine children's books.
7. The Twentieth Maine
    by John J. Pullen
    Real stories of the heroes of Gettysburg.
8. The House by the Sea
    by May Sarton
    A poet's insights.
9. Maine Lingo
    by John Gould
    Prolific Maine humorist takes on the language.
10.Needful Things
     by Stephen King
     He doesn't write great art, but he's the first name that comes to
     mind when most people think of a Maine book.
 
 

Pat Washburn is Producer of Maine Books Online, published by MaineToday.com. She says, she arrived at these choices partly from her own perceptions, and partly from writer John Cole's surveyof Maine literary figures.