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Down East April 1956

April 1956

The table of contents from the April 1956 issue of Down East.

Calendar of Events

North by East

The Maine Whalers

By E. Lee Dorsett.

The Whale Chase

Harpoons Away!

Scrimshaw

Whale Oil Lamps

To Grant And Raise

By Margaret Flint.

Town Taxes — The Double Standard

By Thomas A. Meunier.

Long-Log Drive

By Lew Dietz.

Hiram Maxim of Sangerville

By Richard Hallet.

The Grandeur that was Pierce

By Edward Payson George.

Maine Spring — A Poem

By Dan Kelly.

The Down East Enterprise

Cover: by Gustaf Tenggren.