A Day's Work, Part 2: A Sampler of Historic Maine Photographs, 1860-1920 [Paperback]

Bunting has aknack for spotting the unusual in a photograph, or some minor detailthat, in fact, tells a major story about the how and why. From granitequarry operations to an itinerant cobbler in a sailing scow tohootchie-kootchie dancers at the state fair to deepwater ships, hispage-long captions place these images in social and economiccontext--but this is not dry history. His research has uncovered awealth of fascinating, often quirky detail (did you know that mummywrappings were imported from Egypt for Maine papermaking?), and he makesfrequent forays into the Maine storytelling tradition.Dozens ofcompelling photographs of Maine men and women at work, with Buntings cogentexplanatory essays.One has onlyto open it up to see its quality and scope.These extraordinary collections of photographs and narrative captionshave wide appeal for anyone interested in Maine's past.