summary by Greg Tuttle and Jeremiah Wood "The Tame Trout and Other Backwoods Fairy Tales" was narrated by Ed Grant and published by Phillips: Maine Woods and Woodsman Print in 1904. Grant was the proprietor of Grant’s Kennebago Camps and was somewhat famous for his storytelling. Known as the "sage" of Beaver Camp, Grant had a very good imagination and it translated well in … [Read more...] about The Tame Trout
Archives for April 2011
A Journal of a Trip Downeast
summary by Greg Tuttle This little book by Frank Ellison is a very early (1858) account of an excursion into the Maine woods and it is fascinating. The author is purported to be the publisher, printer, binder and the book seller. The story goes that there was no such person as Frank Ellison, it is supposed that this little book was really written by a Charlotte Ellison, who … [Read more...] about A Journal of a Trip Downeast
Letters From Fraternity
summary by Greg Tuttle This wonderful book was published 1931 and is written in the form of letters to Maine author Ben Ames Williams from his friend and hunting and fishing companion Bert McCorrison. Williams first met McCorrison in 1918 and they forged a friendship which mostly centered around the outdoors. Williams credited Bert with opening his eyes to the subtleties of … [Read more...] about Letters From Fraternity
Up Here in Maine
"Up Here in Maine" was Gerald E. Lewis' first book. It was printed by Pittsfield Publishers and has no copyright date, but the foreword was written by famous Maine author John Gould, and dated 1974. Illustrations were done by Roderick Slater. The book contains 34 essays broken into four parts. The vast majority of these essays are about the Lewis family farm in Garland, … [Read more...] about Up Here in Maine
About Brook Trout, by R.G. Allerton
Summary by Greg Tuttle “About Brook Trout”, written by R.G. Allerton and published in 1869, was an early account of a trout fishing excursion in Maine by the Oquossoc Angling Association. This book was a very early description of fishing in Northern Maine. It contains some very important historical information, and a glimpse in to what the fishing was like in northern … [Read more...] about About Brook Trout, by R.G. Allerton