An International Community on the St. Croix (1604-1930)

Type
Book
Authors
HADavis ( Harold A. Davis )
 
Category
SCIWC Library  [ Browse Items ]
Publication Year
1974 
Publisher
University of Maine, United States 
Pages
412 
Subject
St. Croix River History  
Description
This document is 1974 2nd Edition of Harold A. Davis' book 'An International Community on the St. Croix (1604-1930).
The book provides a heavily researched and reference examination of the history and heritage surrounding the St. Croix River and its associated lands, peoples, and cultures.

There is also a loose single page of St. Croix International Waterway Commission Stationary with a handwritten note in blue ink from Lee (Sochasky) addressed to John.

"John -
I mentioned this book to you - a wonderful and quite detailed account of local history. You might want to review it for a few weeks (helps fill an evening in Augusta). When done, please return as the book is out of print and this is our now our only copy.

Lee."

Topic Include:
- The Place and the Aborigines
- Champlain, De Monts, and the Acadians
- English settlers and the Grand Partition
- Loyalist, Yankees, and Land Policy
- The Beginnings of the International Community
- The North Atlantic Triangle and the International Community
- The War of 1812
- Expansion, Boom, and the Crisis of 1837
- Society in the Thirties and Forties
- The Growth of the Lumber Industry
- Shipbuilding and the Fisheries
- The Middle Decades
- The Civil War, the Fenians, and Confederation
- The Great Days of the Lumbermen
- The Close of the Shipbuilding Era
- Eastport and the Sardine Industry
- Some Problems in the Transition of an Economy
- The Passing of a Great Industry
- The International Community on the St. Croix  
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