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Friday, February 19, 2016
Volume 12 • Issue No. 8
Wells Author, Mort Mather, Releases New Book WELLS Wells author Mort Mather, known statewide as an environmentalist and columnist, will be launching his new book, “A Stone’s Throw: Orvie’s Stories� (Maine Authors Publishing, 2015), at Joshua's Restaurant, 1637 Post Road, Wells, from 1-3 p.m., Sunday, February 21. Referred to by the author as “memoirish� fiction, “A Stone’s Throw� is told from the perspective of a young boy wading into life, sometimes literally, in
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the 1940s. His world is a swirl of outdoor adventures, forts, dams, farm animals, school, longing, chores, and family struggles. Mather has been writing for over 40 years; a weekly column appearing in three Maine papers for 26 years, Mother Earth News for four years, articles for other national magazines and a nonfiction book, Gardening for Independence for Durrell Publications. One of the chapters in his current book appeared in On (Writ-
ing) Families published, by Sense Publishers last year. Maine Authors Publishing works with independent authors to get their books published and in the hands of readers. The company’s mission is to provide a full-service, affordable, and uniquely local independent publishing solution for authors and bookstores. “A Stone's Throw� is available from your local bookstore, www.MaineAuthorsPublishing.com, or Amazon.
Walking in the Footsteps of Your Civil War Ancestors KENNEBUNK – Do you know who your Civil War ancestors or cousins are? And what became of them? Was your great gramps wounded at Gettysburg, Stones River, or at one of the hundreds of other famous battlefields of 1861-1865? Nearly half of all Americans have at least one family member who served in our nation’s greatest upheaval. Have you always wondered where your own flesh and blood
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marched, or perhaps where he was killed? And what’s the story of that 2nd great grand uncle who’s “likeness� adorned the wall of the home you grew up in—the guy who’s chin everybody says you have? “The quick answer is seconds away! As close as that genealogy volume on your bookshelf at home,� says Kennebunk Free Library Genealogy Club member, Civil War ancestor researcher Clay Feeter of York. Feeter first suggests that you “skim through all the men in
your family history book (or books) that were born between about 1817 and 1847 and you are very likely to have some solid Civil War ancestor candidates! That same genealogy book may even list the regiment your kin fought with, and specifics about battles he was in. And this is when your next fun adventure begins!� Once armed with your newfound info about your Civil War soldier, the logical next See ANCESTORS page 10...
Case Closed on the 1873 Smuttynose Ax Murders SOUTH BERWICK For over 140 years, the moonlight ax murder of two Norwegian women on the rocky Isles of Shoals has haunted New England. Popular historian and lecturer J. Dennis Robinson cuts through the hoaxes, lies, rumors, and fiction surrounding the infamous trial and execution of handsome 28-year old Louis Wagner, who claimed he was innocent. If you read the bestselling novel “Weight of Water� or saw the Hollywood film version -that's not what happened. Robinson, a longtime summer steward of Smuttynose Island lays out the facts. "My first goal," Robinson says of his new historical true crime book, "is to obliterate
the lingering conspiracy theory that accuses the only surviving victim, Maren Hontvet, of the murders. That theory is offensive and unfounded. My second goal is to demonstrate that Wagner was a lying sociopath."
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Robinson is the author of a dozen history books on topics ranging from Strawbery Banke Museum and Wentworth by the Sea Hotel to privateering, archaeology, child labor, and Jesse James. He writes weekly his-
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tory features for the Portsmouth Herald and is a frequent lecturer for the NH Humanities Council. He lives and works within view of Maine from his Portsmouth home on the swirling Piscataqua River. Copies of "Mystery on the Isles of Shoals" will be available for sale. The program will be held on Thursday, February 25, starting at 7:30 p.m. at Berwick Academy's Jeppesen Science Center on Academy Street. The public is invited, and volunteers will serve refreshments. Donations are welcome. For additional information about our programs and the Counting House check our website www.oldberwick.org or call 207-384-0000.
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