Features
Charles Dana Gibson’s Xanadu
Cloistered on a small Maine island, the creator of the Gibson Girl indulged his penchants for stonemasonry and oil painting. By Michael T. Kinnicutt.
Making It In Maine
Two more success stories from the Pine Tree State.
Timeless Maine
Changeless images of Down East locales from a new book. Photographs by George Tice.
Mark Twain Among the Rusticators
He came to York Harbor on holiday, but left with a short story. By Eric Rowe.
A Camp That Plays to Beat the Band
Young musicians fine tune their skills in Maine’s pine woods. By Mary Emery.
lndian Island Etude
Five photographic studies of a mid-coast landmark. By Dick Durrance II.
A Museum That Works
A father-and-son team runs a treasure house of the past. By Jay Sperling.
Have Hard Hat, Will Travel
Diver David Wirkala ranges the coast to ply his murky trade. By John N. Cole.
The Tranquil Art
Making a garden is not necessarily the same as growing plants. By Roy Barrette.
Departments
Room With A View
By Caskie Stinnett.
Down East Cookstove
A Summer Complaint
Traveling Down East
Fort Scammel Revisited
North by East
Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine.
Outdoor Maine
Allagash Salmon Mystery Solved
Down East Bookshelf
Good Wives by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
I Remember:
The Tales Told by a Tin Roof
Cover: “Matinicus Harbor” (26″ x 32″), oil on canvas, by Charles Dana Gibson. Near the end of some forty summers in Maine, the world-famous creator of the Gibson Girl turned increasingly to oil painting. Matinicus Island, home of his boatman, was one of Gibson’s favorite subjects.