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― Wooden Boat Magazine
“Though all involved in the creation of this project are among the best in Maine, Bunting deserves special mention for his unique ability to pry documentary information out of photographs . . . . This is an enjoyable and readable book that can be relied upon by all.”
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“Bunting brings the viewer into photographs with a Sherlock Holmesian eye for every detail, nuance and context. . . . The photo captions mix researched facts with irony, humor and social comment.”
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“Maine on Glass is a first-rate production . . . . For each photo there’s an engaging caption written by Bill Bunting, king of the caption writers.”
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About the Author
W. H. “BILL” Bunting is the author of a number of critically acclaimed works of history including Portrait of a Port: Boston 1852-1914; Steamers, Schooners, Cutters, and Sloops: The Marine Photographs of N. L. Stebbins; A Day’s Work: A Sampler of Historic Maine Photographs, 1860-1920 (in two volumes); The Camera’s Coast: Historic Images of Sea and Shore in New England; Live Yankees; and Maine on Glass: The Early Twentieth Century in Glass Plate Photography. With Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr., he wrote An Eye for the Coast: The Monhegan and Maritime Photographs of Eric Hudson and Maine on Glass: The Early Twentieth Century in Glass Plate Photography.
Bill Bunting shipped as galley boy aboard the brigantine Yankee at age 13 and later completed a 25,000-mile world voyage as first mate of a 132-foot barkentine.
Kevin Johnson is the photo archivist for the Penobscot Marine Museum.
Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. was appointed to the first board of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission in 1971 and has served as director of the commission since 1976 and as Maine State Historian since 2004.
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