Down East May 1983

May 1983

The table of contents from the May 1983 issue of Down East.

Features

The Romantic World of Carroll Thayer Berry

Painter, engineer, engraver, the late Rockport artist saw the coastal schooner as a unique and durable metaphor. By Lewis D. Hammel.

Modern Classic for the Sheepscot

A bold new bridge complements a classic Maine village.

Egad! Turkey Vultures!

These big birds along with nine other species have recently been confirmed as new breeding arrivals in the Pine Tree State. By Elizabeth Cary Pierson.

Making It In Maine

Two more success stories from the Pine Tree State.

Saving a White Elephant

Opening historic Perkins-Nott House to the public revitalized the Kennebunkpor Historical Society. By Joyce Butler.

Yarning with Jim Stevens

A Down East shipbuilder looks back over a career of building everything from classic wooden yachts to fiberglass coffins. By James P. Brown.

In the Green, Green Woods of May

An eight-page portfolio, photographed in and around Ogunquit. Photographed by Robin Lovell.

Unsung Battleground of the Civil War

Rebel raiders brought the conflict to Maine ships — and waters. By Nicholas Dean.

Departments

Room With A View

Noise has become so much a part of our lives that we often aren’t aware of it, unless we pause to listen to it or come suddenly upon a place where there is almost a total absence of it. By Caskie Stinnett.

Traveling Down East

Welcoming Spring Atop Baldpate Mountain

Down East Bookshelf

Wooden Boat: An Appreciation of the Craft and The Elements of Seamanship

North by East

Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine.

Outdoor Maine

May is Prime Time for Landlocked Salmon Fishing

I Remember

Lost in a Fog Mull

Cover: “Beach with One Dory” (16″ x22″), oil on canvas, by William Partridge Burpee. Rockland-born, Burpee traveled widely and studied in Europe before opening a studio in Boston. He died in Rockland in 1940 at the age of ninety-six. Permanent collection of the William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum.