Portland in the Past With Historical Notes of Old Falmouth

by William Goold

Book Overview

In this book, first published in 1886, the author achieved his goal of preparing "a volume of reliable local history which should be entertaining as well as instructive." Mr. Goold begins with Captain Christopher Levett, who settled a plantation in 1623 on an island near the coastal area that would later become the town of Portland, Maine. Beginning with 1623, he spends the remaining 500-plus pages spinning a chronological history of Portland and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0788406884
• ISBN13: 9780788406881
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Heritage Books
• Length: 574 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"