{"product_id":"hidden-places-maine-writers-on-coastal-villages-mill-towns-and-the-north-country-hardcover","title":"Hidden Places: Maine Writers on Coastal Villages, Mill Towns, and the North Country - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoseph Conforti\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross decades, Maine has produced nationally-recognized novelists of place-based fiction. From the late nineteenth century to the present, writers have explored the experiences of living in far-flung settings: island and coastal villages; northwoods lumbering communities; unincorporated townships; backcountry hamlets; and mill cities and towns. Taken together their body of work composes a remarkable literary map of a diverse and changing Maine. \u003ci\u003eHidden Places \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the identity of Maine through its writers and the people and places they captured at moments in time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoseph Conforti\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of seven previous books, including the award-winning \u003ci\u003eImagining New England.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eHe also edited and contributed to\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eCreating Portland: History and Place in Northern New England, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ewhich received an Award of Merit from the American Association for State and Local History. Conforti served for ten years as the founding director of the American and New England Studies Program at the University of Southern Maine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.1 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 24, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45931119050949,"sku":"9781608937288","price":48.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/ekzxnfD_9t9781608937288.webp?v=1772736718","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/hidden-places-maine-writers-on-coastal-villages-mill-towns-and-the-north-country-hardcover","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}