{"product_id":"stories-of-aroostook-the-best-of-echoes-magazine-paperback","title":"Stories of Aroostook: The Best of Echoes Magazine - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKathryn Olmstead\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor nearly thirty years, \u003cem\u003eEchoes\u003c\/em\u003e magazine brought the culture, heritage, landscape, and people of Aroostook County to readers in Maine and across the United States. Publisher Kathryn Olmstead, who founded the magazine along with Gordon Hammond, once told a newspaper: \"The two of us were both 'from away.' In our experience, a place like Aroostook County is the kind of place most people can only imagine.\" Olmstead and Hammond set out to share the experience of living in an area where people not only leave vehicles unattended and unlocked, but running in the winter to keep the engines warm. But what started as a portrait of a place, quickly evolved into a magazine with a mission-affirming the value of life lived simply with respect for nature, not as an escape, but as a way of life. \u003cem\u003eStories of Aroostook\u003c\/em\u003e is a curated collection of articles and essays from the pages of the beloved quarterly magazine, all capturing the spirit and sense of place that makes Aroostook County unforgettable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKathryn Olmstead is a former \u003ci\u003eBangor Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e columnist and editor\/ publisher of \u003ci\u003eEchoes \u003c\/i\u003emagazine which she co-founded in 1988. She served 25 years on the journalism faculty of the University of Maine in Orono, the last six as associate dean in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Her writing also has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe World and I, Columbia Journalism Review, Maine Townsman\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIslandport Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. She co-authored a World War II memoir \u003ci\u003eFlight to Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e with photographer Philomena Baker. She was the founding director of the Maine Center for Student Journalism, based at the University of Maine, for high school journalists and their advisors from 1993 to 2003. She also worked as a correspondent for the \u003ci\u003eBangor Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of the \u003ci\u003eAroostook Republican \u003c\/i\u003ein Caribou. A native of Battle Creek, Michigan, she earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, and a master's degree of arts from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She taught English and journalism in Wisconsin and New Hampshire before moving to Maine in 1974.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47501786317021,"sku":"9781944762971","price":22.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/z5Pim50sbd9781944762971.webp?v=1772047012","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/stories-of-aroostook-the-best-of-echoes-magazine-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}