JANUARY MARKS TEN YEAR
ANNIVERSARY OF “BANGOR READS” at BANGOR PUBLIC LIBRARY
This year marks the tenth anniversary of Bangor Reads, a
celebration of literature. This year’s theme is Bangor Reads
Bangor. It is easy to get involved - just read a book connected
to our fair city and join the discussions at the Bangor Public
Library or in your local book group. Library Director,
Barbara McDade, loves how Bangor Reads brings people and books
together. She says, “people on the street can talk to each other
about books when they are in line at the grocery store, while
waiting for an elevator, or when taking a break from shoveling
snow. This year books show that Bangor is a city worth reading
and talking about.”
Spaced
throughout the month, programs each week target a different age
and interest.
The Goody Gang will read Bangor Books for Kids
(Kindergarten to second grade) on January 30th from 3:30-4:15
pm, followed by a goody, Maine’s famous whoopie pie.
With
sessions covering all age ranges and a variety of available time
slots, Bangor Reads Bangor celebrates books and people from our
city. Over seventy works involve the city, either as a setting,
subject or as the author’s hometown. A complete list of books
can be found at the Library
Bangor Books Children’s Books The Last Boy on Earth by
Thomas Burby JUVMEB88507.l YA 2011 Happy Hollow Stories by
Judge Tortoise by Bea Goodrich JUVME G585.h 1989 Tartabull’s
Throw by Henry Garfield JUVMEG18488.t YA 2001 The Fun Farm by
Mary Ann Hatch JUVH2815.f 1968 From Bangor to Bull Run by
Anita Kurth JUVME K967.f 1979 The Lightkeeper’s Key by Angeli
Perrow JUVMEP4177.l 2009 Lost in Bangor by Angela Webber
JUVME 398.8.W3852.l Glory at Gettysburg: the Story of Joshua
Lawrence Chamberlain by Anita Kurth JUVME B.C354.Kg 1979 The
Day the White Whales Came to Bangor by Gerald Hausman
JUVME974.131.B224.d 1979 Down East to Bangor by Julia Eaton
JUVME 1973 974.131.E14.d
Adult Fiction
(check for other titles by these authors) Secrets of the
Undead by Camara Bragdon B7339.s 2011 Mystical Warrior by
Janet Chapman C36646.my 2011 Wicked Good by Amy Faircloth
F1617.w 2011 Bangor by Gardner Patterson P2765.b 2002
Abbott’s Reach by Ardeana Hamlin H18101.a 2011 Heart-Shaped
Box by Joe Hill H55142.h 2007 It by Stephen King K5876.i 1986
Caretakers by Tabitha King K5878.c 1984 Desire Lines: a novel
by Christine Baker Kline K68615.d 1999 Insanity, Inc. by
Carolyn McKinnon M19962.i 1996 Of Men and Their Mothers by
Mameve Medwed M46853.o 2008 Healing Love by Helen Nichols
N5166.h 1994 Pirate Shirt Dot Com by Shannon Risk R4896.p
2007 The Ideal, Genuine Man by Don Robertson (foreward by
Stephen King) R54393.i 1987 Fifth Avenue (1st in Fifth Avenue
Series) by Christopher Smith Digital and Kindle/Amazon Lulu’s
Back in Town by Perley Thibodeau T3444.l 2010 The Strange
Woman by Ben Ames Williams W667.st 1941
Bangor
History – Businesses and Organizations Seven Books
in a Footlocker: a Commemorative History of the Bangor Public
Library 027.4741.S497.s 1998 Here for Generations: the Story
of a Maine Bank and Its City by Dean Lawrence Lunt
332.21.L9737.h 2002 N. H. Bragg & Sons: 150 Years of Service
to the Maine Community and Economy 1854-2004 by Trudy Irene
Scee 338..642.S289.n 2005 The Eastern Maine Medical Center: a
History; the First One Hundred Years by Maynard Beach
362.11.B353.e 1996 The Inmates and the Asylum: the Bangor
Children’s Home, 1835-2002 by Trudy Irene Scee 362.73.S289.i
2002 DNC 75 Years: the Bangor and Aroostook by B and A
Railroad Company 385.B224 1966 folio shelf Old Veazie
Railroad, 1836; one of America’s very first Railroads, a
vignette of local history… by Bob Cardin JUVME
385.09741.C1795.o Bangor’s Street Railway by Charles
Heseltine 621.33.H455.b 1974 Mount Hope Cemetery: a
Twentieth-Century History by Trudy Irene Scee 719.S289.m 1999
A Twentieth Century History, WBRC Architects, Engineers
1902-2002 720.922.T9184.t 2001
Bangor History City on the Penobscot: a Comprehensive History of Bangor, ME
by Trudy Irene Scee 974.131.2 2010 Bangor Volume II, the
Twentieth Century by Comp. Richard Shaw JUV974.131.B224.l 1997
An Illustrated History of the City of Bangor, ME by James
Vickery 974.131.B224.i 1969 The Story of Bangor; a Brief
History 974.131.B224.s 1999 Remembering Bangor:The Queen City
Before the Great Fire by Wayne Reilly 974.131.R2734.r 2009
Bangor in Vintage Postcards by Richard Shaw 974.131.S535.b 2004
Woodsmen and Whigs: Historic Images of Bangor, Maine by Abigail
Ewing Zelz F974.131.Z398.w 1991 History of Penobscot County;
The Annals of Bangor by John E. Godfrey 974.131.1 p. 515-916
The Lower Penobscot River Region by Richard R. Shaw
974.104.S535.l 1996
Bangor Memoirs and Journals
Bangor, Maine: a Memoir 1953-1969 by Jordan Steven
Alpert 974.131.A546.b 1996 The Journals of John Edwards
Godfrey ed. James Vickery 974.131.B224.j 3 vols. If the
Walls Could Talk by Margo Cobb 974.131.C634.i 1999
Bangor Architecture Bangor, Maine 1769-1914:
An Architectural History F974.131.T372.b by Deborah Thompson
1988
Literature Soul of Hepatica
Hill: Creativity at BMHI 810.8.S722 2001 Entering Earthquake
Country by Kathleen Ellis 811.54.E4704.e 2001 Lion in the
Heather by Ralph Lowe 811.59.L9507.l 1972 Diary: Based on a
True Story by Shane Layman 813.54.L4542.d 2005 A Baker’s
Nichel by William S. Cohen 811.54.C6608.b 1986
Bangor Biographies My Bangor Years: a Reminiscence
by Lois Griffin Barnes B.B26265.Bm 2005 Simply the Best: the
Cindy Blodgett Story, the Making of a High School Phenom by Ron
Brown B.B6218.Bs 1994 Allie Cole: a Maine Pioneer by Galen
Cole B.C674.Ca 1980 As a Practical Matter: Galen Cole a
Biography by Lowell Kjenstad B.C6744.Ka 1996 The Minister’s
Daughter: a Time-Exposure Photograph of the Years of 1903-4 by
Frances Knickerbocker B.K741.km 1974 Rev. Seth Noble: a
Revolutionary War Soldier’s Promise of America and the Founding
of Bangor, Maine by Carol Fisher Smith B.N6687.sr 2010
Cracked Marbles: Life’s Lessons for a Maine Surgeon by Tom
Palmer B.P18287.Pc 2008 The Potter’s Wheel: the Life Sstory
of Lillian F. Wall by Betsy Alexander B.W1547.Ap 1979
Bangor and War Second to None: the Story
of the 2d Maine Volunteer Infantry: “the Bangor Regiment” by
James H. Mundy 973.7441.M923.s 1992 Fanny and Joshua: the
Enigmatic Lives of Frances Caroline Adams and Joshua Lawrence
Chamberlain by Diane Monroe Smith B.C3545.Sf 1999 The 22nd
Maine Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War: a History and Roster
by Ned Smith 973.7441.S6555.t An American Homecoming by Brian
Swartz 956.7044.S973.a 1996 Quiet Courage: Stories of the
Unselfish Dedication of Maine Veterans by Don Colson
974.1.C7197.q 2007
Other Subjects-Art, Jews,
African Americans, Sports, Teaching Optimize Your
Life!: The One-Page Strategic Planner by Bernhoff A. Dahl
(2008 ed. with workbook) 158.1.D1374.o 2003 My Life Between
the Cross and the Bars by George R. Castillo 285.8.C278.m 1996
Crossing Lines: Histories of Jews and Gentiles in Three
Communities by Judith S. Goldstein 305.8.G578.c 1992 Black
Bangor: African Americans in a Maine Community, 1880-1950 by
Maureen Lee Elgersman 305.896.L5142.b 2005 Canoeing by Zip
Kellogg 974.108.K291.c 1983 v.1,2,3 Penitence: a True Story
by Edward Armstrong 364.1.A735.p 1994 The Three-Legged Woman
& Other Excursions in Teaching by Robert Klose 378.125.K696.t
2010 History of the Maine Woods by Philip Tripp Coolidge
634.9.C778.h 1963 Back to the Drawing Board: Bangor Women
Artists 1880-1915 709.741.B126.b 1993 The Logbook of the
Captain’s Clerk: Adventures in the China Seas by John S. Sewall
915.2.S5121.l 1905 Ktaadn Trails: Lucius Merrill and the
Paths to Katahdin by Richard W. Judd, captions by Edward Zip
Kellogg 917.41.J885.k 2005 A History of Lumbering in Maine,
1861-1960 by David C. Smith 674.S645.h 1972 The Cliff Walk: A
Memoir of a Job Lost and a Life Found by Don Snyder
331.13.S675.c 1997 Aroostook: A Century of Logging in
Northern Maine by Richard W. Judd 338.1J885.a 1989
