NOTICE: Cancelled Event
The book talk, 1812: The Navy's War with author George Daughan, scheduled for Tuesday, October 23, has been cancelled due to illness.
This Week
Thursday, October 25, 7:00pm
Power to the People: The Story of Rural Electrification in America
Speaker: Jane Brox
Join us for a special return engagement by author and Maine resident, Jane Brox, whose presentation last year on her critically-acclaimed book,
Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light, was a crowd pleaser. As part of an ongoing series of talks related to our current museum exhibit
Wired: How Electricity Came to Maine, Brox will focus specifically on the topic of rural electrification, the process that brought electricity to America's countrysides and farm families in the early part of the 20th century. In addition to her extensive research on the topic that she did for
Brilliant, Brox brings a personal angle to the subject, based on her memoirs about her family's farm in Massachusetts, and the evolution of the American farm in general.
Next Week
Book Event: Old Tales of the Maine Woods
Speaker: Steve Pinkham
From a collection of more than 22,000 articles and stories of the Maine Woods, author Steve Pinkham (Mountains of Maine: Intriguing Stories Behind Their Names) selected the most exciting tales of hunting and fishing, animal encounters, lumbering, canoe trips, and even a few ghost stories for his new book. The stories range from 1849 to 1913, and were written and told by men and women who traveled to the backwoods of northern Maine. Join us to hear the author tell us some stories, and read from his book. A book sale and signing will follow the presentation.
Ongoing Programs
Daily Tours of the Wadsworth-Longfellow House
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online, or call 207-774-1822 for times, ticket information, and details.
Public programs at MHS are sponsored, in part, by the Margaret E. Burnham Charitable Trust.
