Memories of a Maine Island by Marie Locke
Slightly oversized trade paperback format. Extensively illustrated through 112 pages. This is Northeast Folklore Vol 33, and is now out of print. Turn-of-the-century life on Little Cranberry Island, Maine comes alive in the antique photographs of F.W. Morse. His beautiful glass plate images are accompanied by the vivid memories of his daughter Irene Morse Bartlett, a life-long island resident. From the author: As a kid I spent my summers on the Island. The Island being Islesford. Or rather the Village of Islesford, Little Cranberry Island, one of the five islands that make up the town of Cranberry Isles, located off the eastern way of Mount Desert Island, Maine. Since I had so many relatives living there I suppose we were considered more native than summer people. We camped out in my grandparent's boathouse, and my world revolved around the beach, my bike and general nosing around. Still one to do a bit of nosing, a few summers back I decided to find out the story behind the glass p