Allan Lockyer
Location: West Gouldsboro, Maine
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Clamdiggers and Downeast Country Stores
Author: Allan Lockyer
About the book: Clamdiggers and Downeast Country Stores is a story of the people of Eastern Maine – men and women, young and old, clammers, wormers, fishermen, loggers, blueberry rakers, carpenters, clerks, mechanics, teachers, natives, and transplants – and the country stores where they meet to “discuss it all before the day is over.” Allan Lockyer believes that the country store is rural America’s most important social institution. And nowhere does this appear more evident than in Downeast Maine, where clam and work differs depend upon the country stores which in turn depend upon their patronage. Lockyer discovers, however, that country stores are sadly disappearing as traditional resources are imperiled and as land, once passed through generations is ever more frequently subdivided by “people from away.”
Laced with humor throughout, Clamdiggers takes a realistic look at the land and people of Downeast Maine.
“The cracker barrels, pot bellied stove, screendoors, and rolls of sticky flypaper have given way to fast food snacks, video rentals, lottery ticket dispensers, and bug zappers; but all over Maine, Downeast country stores remain important social institutions; and in his wonderful nostalgic survey, Allan Lockyer shows how and where with many colorful examples east of Ellsworth.” Sanford Phippen.
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Clammdiggers and Downeast Country Stores
Paperback, with an introduction by Sanford Phippen, illustrations by Linda Lockyer, and 12 pages of photographs, 280 pages, $14.95.