CUSHING HISTORICAL SOCIETY
17 Hathorne Point Road | PO Box 110 Cushing , ME 04563
Of a Place Called St. Georges, by Bradley A Beckett; Illustrated by Ann A Guild. Folklore and memories of early Cushing, shared in interviews by Brad with local residents. during the 1970's and 1980's. Whimsical sketches by a CHS past-president. Paperback 7.25" X 10.25" -- 119 pages. Courier-Gazette, Inc.; Rockland, Maine, 1989.
$8 each - $7.50 to members S&H $:2.50
Records of Meduncook Plantation and Friendship, Maine; 1762 -1899 Transcribed and edited by Melville Bradford Cook. Captain Cook's "Records" include a wealth of birth, marriage and death papers and summaries of town meetings. (The early town records have disappeared.) Friendship's early families: Bradfords, Cooks, Davises, Jamesons, and many others. Shore Vilage Historical Society, Rockland, Maine, 1985.Hardcover 7.25" X 10.5" 136 pages
$29.99 each $26 to members. S&H $3.95
No Boughs on My Bonnet; Journal of the Times of Barbara Copeland Wentworth of Cushing, Maine, 1811-1890. Edited by Ruth M. J. Aiken; illustrated with many original photographs. Personal, rural Cushing history at its best. Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Augusta, Maine: 1983. Paperback, 104 pages.
$8. each - $7 for members. S&H $2.50
Beside the St. George's; Maine's Forgotten Ways. Biographical reminiscences by local writer Luthera Dawson. "Bewitching episodes, sharply recalled and described." Two books in one: "Saltwater Farm" and "In the Shadows." Paperback, 185 pages. Impatiens Press, Wexford, MA.2004.
$18 plus S&H of $2.50
Delicious Dessert Recipes from the Flavor of Cushing Cookbook of 1986. Reproduction pages. Guaranteed wicked good. Paperback. 56 pages.
$5 plus S&H of $1.75
Brookfield Farm; Stories of Land and Lives by "story-teller" Jeannette Wales Chapman. Biographical essays of childhood on one of Cushing's working farms, from the early 20th century. Written as a personal record for her family, but now willingly shared with family and friends. Illustrated with 35 original photographs. Valuable view on a lost life-style. Published at Brookfield Farm, Cushing, Maine. 2009. Paperback.
$10 plus S&H of $2.50