A Day's Work.A Day's Work (Naut.) the account or reckoning of a ship's course for twenty-four hours, from noon to noon. See also: Day W. H. Bunting Tilbury Tilbury (tĭl`bərē), part of the urban district of Thurrock, Essex, E England. Tilbury Fort originated under Henry VIII; it was rebuilt and strengthened in the 17th cent. House, Publishers 2 Mechanic Street, Gardiner, ME 04345 0884481891, $35.00 www.tilburyhouse.com 1-800-582-1899 "A Day's Work: A Sampler Of Historic Maine Photographs, 1860-1920: Part 1" is compiled with annotations by Maine historian, author, cattleman, and businessman W. H. Bunting who labored for almost 30 years assembling his collection of historic photographic images of the people, buildings, activities and landscapes that comprise Maine's history, commerce, and communities. Each of the 225 black-and-white photos is accompanied by a narrative caption that are as entertaining as they are informative. From a lumber batteau bat·teau n. Variant of bateau. working on a log jam log jam Noun Chiefly US & Canad 1. a blockage caused by the crowding together of logs floating in a river 2. , to an eccentric cobbler traveling from island to island by sailing scow, to trains wrecks, hootchie-cootchie dancers, coastwise coast·wise adv. & adj. Along, by way of, or following a coast: The winds blew coastwise. Coastwise winds contributed to the storm. Adj. 1. cargo schooners, and so much more, readers are treated to unique perspectives captured by a camera's lens and documented life and work in the state of Maine during a sixty year span that begins in 1860 and ends in 1920. Also available in a hardcover edition (0884481883, $55.00), "A Day's Work" is especially recommended for academic library Regional History reference collections in general, and Maine's community library State History collections in particular. |
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