{"product_id":"9781608936311","title":"How Maine Changed the World","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eGriffin, Nancy\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDown East Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10\/20\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003eAs Down East Books celebrates 50 years of great book publishing, it seems appropriate to reflect upon\u003cbr\u003ethe contributions Maine has made that have had significant cultural and historical impacts on both the\u003cbr\u003eUnited States and the World. Did you know that the caterpillar tread, common on bulldozers and tanks,\u003cbr\u003eoriginated from the design of Lombard’s steam log hauler; or that the dry plate photographic process was\u003cbr\u003ecreated by the Stanley brothers, who also invented a speed-record setting steam powered car and whose\u003cbr\u003esister, Chansonetta, was a well-known photographer in her own right? Maxim’s machine gun forever\u003cbr\u003echanged the practice of warfare. The humble peavey is a simple tool well-known to any forester or\u003cbr\u003elumberjack. The ubiquitous lobster boat, the microwave oven, earmuffs, and Monopoly—all came from\u003cbr\u003ethe minds of Mainers. This book is a celebration of Maine’s creative ingenuity—from the very large, such\u003cbr\u003eas Portland Head Light and the Penobscot Narrows Bridge to the very small, such as the toothpick and the\u003cbr\u003eBean boot.","brand":"Down East Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47344992256255,"sku":"9781608936311","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/Jacket_52c7598a-9d28-44fd-9ff8-63d593c20903.jpg?v=1770743987","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9781608936311","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}