Portland is often associated with the mythological phoenix, the animal that rises out of the ashes of its apparent death. Life here has often been a struggle: to overcome the disastrous fires of 1775... This description may be from another edition of this product.
While interesting, this book was a bit disappointing in that it is not a History of Portland, Maine in pictures, but covers several nationalities of people, the Great Fire and several major streets, businesses, & important people. There are apparently 2 of these books & I wonder if the other one covers a wider scope of Portland's history.
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