Maine Ways Author:Elizabeth Coatsworth A series of short, richly illustrated essays depict the landscape, people, and colorful folklore of Maine. Bits and pieces about the state -- and the author Elizabeth Coatsworth and her husband Henry Bestons' place in Maine. A delightful potpourri of legend, folk material in the making, reflective pieces, echoes of a beloved way ... more »of life, bits about neighbors, villagers, local customs, interests and activities. Some of the chapters are very short-some philosophical, meditative. All give a picture, now here, now there, which adds up to a rounded sense of knowing the Bestons (Elizabeth Coatsworth's husband is a writer, too) -- of sharing their way of life -- of becoming impregnated with the feel of Maine, country and shore.« less