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Bestselling author Ruth Moore (1903-1989) not only wrote some of Maine's greatest novels, but was also a talented poet who published three books of poetry and wrote ballads that have become an ingrained part of pop culture along the coast. Her "The Night Charlie Tended Weir" is frequently performed in theaters and at clambakes. Folksinger Gordon Bok recorded an album based on her ballads. "Cold as a Dog and Other Stories" is a collection of wo...

Originally published in 1960, The Walk Down Main Street explores what happens when a river town in Maine goes mad over its school basketball team. Ruth Moore covers basketball thrills, coming of age, and the reality of small town inhabitants along with her usual razor-sharp wit and honest depictions of daily life. Readers will be able to recognize their own neighbors, coaches, parents, and friends in this tale"--

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Reproduction of the original: Violets and Other Tales by Alice Ruth Moore

Reproduction of the original: Violets and Other Tales by Alice Ruth Moore

Reproduction of the original: Violets and Other Tales by Alice Ruth Moore

Reproduction of the original: Violets and Other Tales by Alice Ruth Moore

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When Indians burn her home, kill her parents, and take her young brother captive, Kate Stewart has no one to turn to but Uncle Josh, a circuit rider in the back country of Pennsylvania. Her uncle takes Kate to the Moravian town of Bethlehem, where he thinks she will be safe during the fall of 1775. While staying in Bethlehem, Kate tries to understand the Moravians' love of peace and their friendship with all people, friends and enemies alike....

What happens when two teen-aged girls decide to cross the vast country of Canada by horseback? Cross Country for Two tracks the unexpected adventures and romance that Brenda and Robbie encounter as they make their way from Nova Scotia to the Pacific Ocean. You will feel the excitement of what happens when people step out of their comfort zone as the girls face several challenges along the roads. You will grow to love the heroines, as well as t...

While in the hospital, Jon Reed receives a 1794 copper cent piece from his father, who tells him it is a good luck penny that has been in the family for several generations. Alone and frightened before his operation, Jon clutches the old coin in his hand and wonders who else has held the good luck penny as closely as he is holding it now-- Jeremy, the poor chimney sweep in Philadelphia . . . Joshua, a slave boy whose parents were sold down riv...

Excerpt from Speak to the Winds, The Far Traveller, Spring on an Arctic Island, Frogman, Men to Match My MountainsPerhaps on some such summer day, an early visitor to the coast, seeing the swirl of lazy green about the ledges, the rockweed lifting and falling like a field of grass, named the place The Pasture, though no one could say what pastured there, outside of crabs and cunners and south-¿ying sea birds. In winter, The Pasture was white w...

Excerpt from Speak to the Winds, The Far Traveller, Spring on an Arctic Island, Frogman, Men to Match My Mountains The Indians made a few scratches on the land and went, early white settlers sailing along the coast eyed the rugged island warily. N o harbor, they said, and passed on to other islands. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book i...

With growing numbers of children living in poverty and standardized tests becoming increasingly important, there's never been a better time for a volume of essays on the value of play in mental and emotional development.Mary Ruth Moore and Constance Sabo-Risley honor and build upon the work of Joe L. Frost, the father of play advocacy, in this essential resource for educators, parents, and anyone concerned about the future of our children.The ...

With growing numbers of children living in poverty and standardized tests becoming increasingly important, there's never been a better time for a volume of essays on the value of play in mental and emotional development. Mary Ruth Moore and Constance Sabo-Risley honor and build upon the work of Joe L. Frost, the father of play advocacy, in this essential resource for educators, parents, and anyone concerned about the future of our children...

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When Indians burn her home, kill her parents, and take her young brother captive, Kate Stewart has no one to turn to but Uncle Josh, a circuit rider in the back country of Pennsylvania. Her uncle takes Kate to the Moravian town of Bethlehem, where he thinks she will be safe. While staying in Bethlehem, Kate tries to understand the Moravians' love of peace and their friendship for all people, friends and enemies alike. But her hatred of Indians...