Halloween at Merrill Library!

Drop by Merrill Library on Halloween for some spooky treats and candy—we’ve got plenty to share with all who visit! While you’re here, don’t miss our Halloween display featuring eerie reads and bone-chilling stories. Pick up a spooky-inspired reading list to keep the Halloween spirit going long after October 31st!

We can’t wait to celebrate with you! 

Cod Coasts now available from the University of Maine Press

The University of Maine Press is pleased to announce the publication of Cod Coasts: Cultural Landscapes of the Cod Fishery from Cape Cod to Labrador by Stephen J. Hornsby, professor of Geography and Canadian Studies and former director of the Canadian-American Center at the University of Maine. 

This beautifully illustrated book draws on a wealth of scholarship and field research to tell the story of the importance of the cod industry to northeastern North America, and details the rise of distinctive and historically important landscapes in the maritime northeast. These areas include the Gaspé peninsula in Québec; many points in Newfoundland and Labrador, including the port of St. John’s; Cape Breton Island and other points in Nova Scotia; the Channel Islands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence; Cape Cod and the fisheries of Massachusetts; and the town of Castine, Maine, a leader in the American cod fishery until the mid-nineteenth century. 

Cod Coasts is available from the University of Maine Press for $40.00 and can be ordered through the UM Press website, or by contacting Betsy Rose at betsy.rose@maine.edu.