Embedded Memories: the Story of Aroostook Potato Houses
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Book Details
Author(s)Roger Akeley
PublisherRooftop Publications
ISBN / ASIN0615560229
ISBN-139780615560229
Sales Rank5,268,821
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
Embedded Memories displays the author's pictures of the remaining 200 potato houses in Aroostook County, taken over the past several years, from Sherman to St. Francis. It also includes 100 potato houses which have already disappeared. The older photographs come largely from two albums, one by Lauretta Blackstone from Caribou, Maine and the other by David Baldwin who summered in Symrna. The book places potato houses in the wider context of Aroostook's potato production history. It includes geographical and historical information, depicting the past through old postcards and pictures. The beauty of Aroostook County, with its fields, long views and expressive skies, is in full view. While the book stops short of being nostalgic, it paints an affectionate and optimistic portrait of Aroostook by using traditional potato houses to symbolize the robust and enterprising spirit of its people.
