Vacationland

A Half Century Summering in Maine, 2nd Edition

David E. Morine

David Morine’s long love affair with Maine began when he was a boy in 1946 and his parents rented their first lakeside cabin in Fryeburg. At first skeptical about the cost and the lack of plumbing or electricity, the Morines quickly felt right at home. There was plenty of good fishing and good company to fill the long summer days.
Although David didn’t know it at the time, his career began to take shape that summer when he first splashed his feet in the pristine waters of Lovewell Pond. He went on to become an internationally recognized conservationist and served for fifteen years as the head of land acquisition for The Nature Conservancy.
He is also a natural storyteller, and he recounts the fondly remembered pleasures of family vacations and reveals many adventures and misadventures he had along the way. This second edition of Vacationland includes the same wonderful, quirky personal stories as the first edition, along with four new funny and nostalgia-filled tales about summering in Maine.

Down East Books

Pages: 200 • Trim: 6 x 9

978-1-60893-381-5 • Paperback • October 2015 • $16.95 • (£12.99)

978-1-60893-382-2 • eBook • October 2015 • $9.99 • (£7.99)

Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Environmentalists & Naturalists, Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs, Nature / Essays

Vacationland

A Half Century Summering in Maine, 2nd Edition

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Summary

David Morine’s long love affair with Maine began when he was a boy in 1946 and his parents rented their first lakeside cabin in Fryeburg. At first skeptical about the cost and the lack of plumbing or electricity, the Morines quickly felt right at home. There was plenty of good fishing and good company to fill the long summer days.
Although David didn’t know it at the time, his career began to take shape that summer when he first splashed his feet in the pristine waters of Lovewell Pond. He went on to become an internationally recognized conservationist and served for fifteen years as the head of land acquisition for The Nature Conservancy.
He is also a natural storyteller, and he recounts the fondly remembered pleasures of family vacations and reveals many adventures and misadventures he had along the way. This second edition of Vacationland includes the same wonderful, quirky personal stories as the first edition, along with four new funny and nostalgia-filled tales about summering in Maine.

Details

Down East Books

Pages: 200 • Trim: 6 x 9

978-1-60893-381-5 • Paperback • October 2015 • $16.95 • (£12.99)

978-1-60893-382-2 • eBook • October 2015 • $9.99 • (£7.99)

Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Environmentalists & Naturalists, Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs, Nature / Essays

Author

David Morine graduated from Amherst College and received an MBA from the University of Virginia in 1969. He directed the land acquisition efforts of the Nature Conservancy during the 1970s and 1980s. His articles and short stories have been published in Sports Illustrated and Down East.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
1. Crossing the Line
2. Dad's Humongous Pickerel
3. Just Lookin' for Fish
4. The Good Samaritan
5. Getting Hooked
6. The Rudy Vallee Defense
7. One Over Our Limit
8. The Renters from Haverhill
9. Metamorphosis
10. Breaking Even
11. My Last Hurrah
12. Absolute Loonacy
13. Golfing with the Bishop
14. Baldface
15. Have a Wonderful Week
16. Donna's Domaine
17. Home Free
18. Viva La Maine
19. Always Leave the Keys with the Car
20. Right in the Heart of Maine
21. Moose Mainea
22. Going Deep with "Viagra"
23. Making way for Jet Skis
24. My View from Sabbatus
25. Freakin' Boats
26. Ray Jewell's Funeral
27. Softball at Westways
28. My View from Sabbatus Revisited

Vacationland

A Half Century Summering in Maine, 2nd Edition

David E. Morine

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