{"product_id":"old-sebec-lake-9781531665685","title":"Old Sebec Lake","description":"Old Sebec Lake is an intriguing look at one of \u003cbr\u003eMaine's most beautiful and historically interesting \u003cbr\u003eareas, containing a series of photographs as well as \u003cbr\u003eaccompanying text that document the most colorful era \u003cbr\u003ein the lake's history. \u003cbr\u003eT he photographs, which date from 1860 to 1950 and \u003cbr\u003ecome mainly from private collections, illustrate a time \u003cbr\u003eof steamboats and tenting parties, log drives and spool \u003cbr\u003emills, market hunters and 30-mile traplines. This was \u003cbr\u003ealso a time of uncertain employment, boom-and-bust \u003cbr\u003eeconomies, and remarkable changes in transportation, \u003cbr\u003eall of which profoundly affected the lake and the \u003cbr\u003ecommunities surrounding it. \u003cbr\u003eAlthough the images tell the story, woven through \u003cbr\u003ethe text are interesting stories about B.M. Packard, Fred \u003cbr\u003eGates, Walter Arnold, and others whose lives contributed \u003cbr\u003eto the lake's interesting past. Accounts of the 1936 flood, \u003cbr\u003ethe scuttling of the Marion, and the construction of The \u003cbr\u003eCastle are also included in the text.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Arcadia Publishing Library Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50418456920338,"sku":"9781531665685","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f095494d-9fac-42e3-a51f-0018cab872c8.jpg?v=1729474823","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/old-sebec-lake-9781531665685","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}