{"product_id":"gardiner-on-the-kennebec-9781531660147","title":"Gardiner on the Kennebec","description":"Prior to the American Revolution, Dr. Silvester \u003cbr\u003eGardiner, a prominent Boston physician, acquired \u003cbr\u003eland on Maine's Kennebec River. His grandson, Robert \u003cbr\u003eHallowell Gardiner, later devoted himself to the civic, \u003cbr\u003eindustrial, educational, and religious development of the \u003cbr\u003ecommunity founded there. \u003cbr\u003eIn this fascinating pictorial history, Gardiner's story is \u003cbr\u003etraced from Colonial times to World War II. The images \u003cbr\u003edeliver us to intriguing destinations: along the picturesque \u003cbr\u003eKennebec watching the steamer Star of the East sail to \u003cbr\u003eits wharf, and Depot Square in 1884 at the peak of the \u003cbr\u003erailroad era. We visit an ice house on the river, where \u003cbr\u003e\"frozen gold\" was harvested; Water Street during the \u003cbr\u003edestructive 1896 flood; and Pulitzer Prize-winner Laura E. \u003cbr\u003eRichards' \"Yellow House,\" during the visits of her mother, \u003cbr\u003eJulia Ward Howe, and her colleague, Helen Keller.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcadia Publishing Library Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781531660147\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.38d","brand":"Danny D. Smith, Earle G. Shettleworth Jr.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36657018110108,"sku":"9781531660147","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ebd47d60-0f8c-4094-a45b-5d280b521c45.jpg?v=1603889552","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/gardiner-on-the-kennebec-9781531660147","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}