Virginia Thorndike: 3 books

Book cover of Windjammer Watching on the Coast of Maine
by Virginia Thorndike
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2002

A revision of what has become a well-known guide, Windjammer Watching on the Coast of Maine provides a systematic review of the windjammer fleet in midcoast Maine, as well as some from away that sail here. Virginia Thorndike tells us how to identify all the individual vessels and gives the histories...
Book cover of Islanders
by Virginia Thorndike
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2005

Virginia Thorndike, Maine's own version of Studs Terkel, traveled to all the Maine coast islands that still maintain a year-round population and persuaded the islanders to talk openly about their lives. The result is a compulsively readable, unvarnished, and appealing portrait, much of it in the islanders?...
Book cover of On Tugboats
by Virginia Thorndike
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2004

Tugboats hold a fascination not only for anyone who has worked aboard a vessel or around a harbor but for many land-bound folks as well. There is something about their chunky, powerful build and their often risky but vital work that excites our interest and admiration. The captains and crews of the...
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