The Best Maine Stories

This collection of outstanding Maine stories features work from Henry James, Holman Day, Carolyn Chute, Gladys Hasty Carroll, Sarah Orne Jewett, Louis Auchincloss, and other well-known authors from Maine's past and present. The editors have gathered stories that reflect the many sides of Maine, balancing the classic idealized, nostalgic view with today's more grittily realistic perspective.

Set in an enchanting, mysterious, and sometimes very hard state, these are stories that speak profoundly to the rest of America of a unique land of the heart.