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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"Her work was lauded by many writers and performing artists in her time, including Thornton Wilder, Katharine Hepburn, Laurence Olivier, and George…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"The conditions were dismal. As one writer described them, "The windows were jammed with dampness and years of dirt and grime and could not be opened…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"Naturalists mingled with artists and writers; the distinctions between “professional” and “amateur” were fuzzy at best."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"The reason they did this, as one writer noted, was because this family, "like most families in Eden, had always made good use of what lay to hand. Mr."