Features
Mr. Peabody’s Grand Design
There is more than meets the eye to Frances W. Peabody’s ten-year effort to restore a historic Portland villa. By William David Barry.
Will the Real Sam Tucker Please Stand Up?
War hero, legislator, privateer, a staunch Bremen commodore became the posthumous victim of a monumental blunder. By Nicholas Dean.
Making It In Maine
Four more success stories from the Pine Tree State.
Coastal Patterns
Snow and ice leave fine tracings along Maine’s southern shore. Photographs by Robin Lovell.
‘King of Intimate Delights’
Winter is the season for fireside enjoyments. By Roy Barrette.
My Rumrunning Days Down East
In the Prohibition-era smuggling trade, speed of mind and hull was the name of the game aboard the Grey Ghost. By William Foster.
Departments
Room With A View
I think this unhealthy infatuation with computers is likely to get us all in trouble, and I’m waiting uneasily for The Great Breakdown. By Caskie Stinnett.
Down East Bookshelf
The Road to Nowhere by Elisabeth Ogilvie
North by East
Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine.
Along the Waterfront
Three Windjammers on the Way
Outdoor Maine
Weather and Rule Reduce 1983 Deer Kill
I Remember
My Winter as an Icebound Movie Star
Cover: “Thaw” (18″ x 25″), color lithograph, by John Muench. The work of the sixty-nine-year-old Mr. Muench, a resident of Freeport for the last quarter century, is represented by Hobe Sound Galleries North, in Portland, and Associated American Artists, in New York City.