Down East October 1978

October 1978

The table of contents from the October 1978 issue of Down East.

Features

Comeback of the Woodburning Stoves

The blazing demand for the stoves of yesterday. By Jay Davis.

The Perfect Woodstove

Once found, it takes some getting used to. By Gloria Hutchinson.

Bricks and a Vision

Hugh Chisholm’s revolutionary housing complex. By Robert P. Bourassa.

Oxford Autumn

Photographic essay on Maine’s mountain country. By Malcolm Lockwood.

The Maine Coon Cat

America’s only native purebred domestic cat. By Mimi Steadman.

Halloween Hijinks

A full-color tribute to the season of hobgoblins.

All in a Day’s Work

Times are a changing for the Maine guide. By R. Kelley and W. Pohl.

What’s In a Picture?

The last desperate hours of the brig Hattie Eaton. By B. Phelan arul W. Coffin.

Departments

Room With A View

Every man’s mind is an attic of sorts, and we all have a pretty good idea of the chances of involvement we take when we close our eyes and start rummaging around up there. By Caskie Stinnett.

Traveling Down East

Three Autumn Foliage Tours

My Maine

The Legend of Tall Barney Beal

For the Record

So You Think You Own a Maine Island

North by East

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

Down East Bookshelf

Greengroundtown and The End Beginning by Christopher Fahy.

Outdoor Maine

Maine Reduces Woodcock Hunting Season

I Remember

Potato Pickin’

Cover: “Along the Dyer River,” watercolor, by F. Wenderoth Saunders of Sheepscot. Mr. Saunders is represented in the collections of Bowdoin, University of Maine, Boston University, and the Ford Motor Company, and his work is on display at several Maine galleries.