The survival of the iconic boat is a matter of Maine sporting heritage — and long family history.
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Michele Christle received her MFA in creative writing from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and her work has been published in Cultural Survival Quarterly and the Kenyon Review. Her most recent feature in Down East, about Passamaquoddy fishermen working to protect eel populations, appeared in the October 2024 issue. She lives on the midcoast.
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