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Eminent Mainers: Succint Biographies of Thousands of Amazing Mainers, Mostly Dead, and a Few People from Away Who Have Done Something U

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This book is a great resource for teachers, especially those who teach history, government, literature, and biography. Teachers live by the stories they tell, stories that link to people, places, and events. Eminent Mainers

is about Americans: native born, immigrants, and descendents. It it illuminating, hysterically funny, and most of all, useful! Buy it for every teacher you know and they will love you forever!

What an incredible amount of work has gone into this unique book. It's about much more than Maine. Through succinct details of hundreds of lives it provides a snapshot of the creative energy that has made the USA what it is today.

This is really about a web of people, times, events and places that extends far beyond Maine. The power of Mr Stover's big set of little, though dense and concise, stories of people who just happen to be Mainers is really national and beyond in scope. I live in Atlanta, Georgia yet found several references to people with considerable and lasting impact on Atlanta's development and growth. It would be interesting to build an online community that follows all the threads that Stover begins to unravel for us.

If you are into history, trivia, or just need to know who made the snowshoes for Peary (it was Alanson Dunham, by the way) you will cherish this book as much as I do. In a later edition I hope they include the author.

Aside from being a fascinating read, we also found "Eminent Mainers" to be an excellent gift item - even for people living in states other than Maine.

It's an excellent resource, contains several easy to use cross-indexes, and is chock full of amazing accomplishments by a large number of talented and very creative people.

It's the kind of book one can pick up and thumb through, whenever one has a few minutes, and always be sure of discovering new and fascinating historical facts about truly eminent Mainers.

My wife and I highly recommend it!

Read about all the important, interesting and eccentric people of the great state of Maine. This great guide was compiled and edited by a sweet, quirky man, Arthur Douglas Stover, about whom few facts are known, but as one friend puts it, "stories abound." Read one of his stories today!

I was quite amazed to learn of all these Maine people who actually became rich, powerful, famous, and possibly notorious. New meaning to the state motto -- "Dirigo." Good reading and a good reference. I'm glad to have it in my library.

Lucky you are, you people of Maine, because you can enjoy in person the stories told by Doug Stover. But now, the publication of this book, Eminent Mainers, allows all of us to savor Doug's stories at our leisure. And what a delight they are. Who can forget Hiram Maxim and his machine gun or the man who knew he would be reincarnated as a sheep or the man who wore a handkerchief over his face? Please don't spend all your money buying copies of this book to give to your friends - we need to take up a collection so Doug could return where he grew up and compile another book, Fabulous Floridians.

This is the ideal reference tool for those doing research on Maine people and accomplishments, as well as a great source for browsing. Alphabetical arrangement is highlighted with topical indexes in the front; of particular note is the listing by birthplace. Subjects' schooling, business and professional credentials, connection to Maine and family-related tidbits bring these folks to life. In many instances even their burial places are given-handy for those who want to pay their respects! "Eminent Mainers" has over 500 pages of intriguing facts about thousands of people. What a delight!

Wonderful read. Open to any page and be rooted to the spot. (Great Bathroom material as there is no beginning or end)

A wonderful insight into the importance of Maine in the early days of the republic and the westward urge of the American people in the 19th century.

Gives flesh to the expression "Yankee Ingenuity"