Photos and Readings of Thoreau’s Travels Through Maine

Photographer Bridget Besaw and author Tom Slayton will present a program of photographs and readings based on Thoreau’s extensive travels through northern Maine, along canoe trails established by the Penobscot people and up the rugged slopes of Katahdin, Maine’s highest mountain. This free event is sponsored by the Maine Historical Society and will take place on Tuesday, July 22 from 12-1PM at the Maine Historical Society at 489 Congress Street, Portland.
For more information call 207-774-1822 or email [email protected]

Bridget Besaw has just published Wildness Within, Wildness Without; Exploring Maine’s Thoreau-Wabanaki Trail, a collection of her photographs of the region accompanied by essays on Maine’s wild northern regions, the Native American people who have lived there, and Thoreau’s experiences.

Tom Slayton is the author of the recently published Searching for Thoreau which explores the places and ideas that were most important to America’s first great naturalist.
For more information call 207-774-1822 or email [email protected]