Colby Staff Authors
Snuggled between two fine lakes, the quaint Maine village of Belfry gets by on its own good looks and the free-flapping wallets of annoying summer tourists. Here, locals struggle to learn far more about each other than is necessary and face all things new with great caution. The formula works fine for everyday life, but not for a murder under their very noses, and certainly not for a sudden deluge of folding money.
Written by College Historian and former Dean of the College Earl H. Smith, Mayflower Hill is a lively history of Colby College from its founding in 1813 to the present day. The book relates the history of the College within the greater contexts of both Waterville and of the social movements that have affected higher education in the past 200 years.
Earl's latest caper set in small-town Belfry Village, Maine. A wonderful three-plotted tale that you are going to love.
The story of Waterville and its surrounds is one of astonishingly rapid growth and prosperity. The city flourished on the wave of the Second Industrial Revolution. Its ever-multiplying mills drew workers from around the world, and its streets were filled with merchants of every kind.
The boom, of course, could not last, and before the end of the 20th century Waterville had barely anything to do with the water at all. The once-thriving industries were all gone, and the proud river city, like so many others in the north, began a long struggle to reinvent itself and recover its missing pride. Hardcover. 213 pages.