Bar Harbor's Gilded Century: Opulence to Ashes

by Lydia Vandenbergh and Earle G. Shettleworth Jr.

Book Overview

Maine's premier tourist destination, Bar Harbor has many historic buildings. The area was once a shipbuilding and farming hamlet that became a Gilded Age resort of the highest order-until a fire in 1947 destroyed many of its buildings. This pictorial history takes Bar Harbor from its origins to the fire. It also offers intriguing curiosities, including insights on the upstairs-downstairs aspects of resort life. The book's captions are packed with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892727055
• ISBN13: 9780892727056
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Down East Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.9" x 7.8"