Great Falls Forum: “So, you think you know Maine? Think again!”

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  • Mar 17, 2022

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The 2021-2022 season of the Great Falls Forum continues on Thursday, March 17th, featuring author and Registered Maine Guide Earl Brechlin, with a talk entitled “So, you think you know Maine? Think again!” This free, public program will take place from 12 noon to 1 PM virtually via Zoom and streamed to the Lewiston Public Library Facebook page.

From Kittery to Fort Kent, from Calais to Camden, from Rangeley to Roque Bluffs, and from Bethel to Bucksport, Maine is home to natural wonders, quirky characters, remarkable inventors, historical firsts, ghosts, legends, landmarks, fairs, festivals, and culinary icons all born in the triumph of an unquestionably indomitable spirit nurtured over two centuries since becoming a state in 1820. That marvelous heritage is celebrated in Wild, Weird, Wonderful — Maine!, a Maine nonfiction bestseller by noted Maine author and historian Earl Brechlin. In his Great Falls Forum talk, Brechlin will share some of his favorites from more than 300 people, places, things and events that have made Maine what it is today.

Brechlin, a Registered Maine Guide who lives in Bar Harbor with his wife Roxie, a retired kindergarten teacher, won the John Cole Award for Maine-themed nonfiction in 2019 for Return to Moose River, a collection of heartfelt essays celebrating the natural and human history of the Great North Woods.

He was the founding editor of the Mount Desert Islander, a weekly newspaper that has repeatedly won first place for general excellence from the National Press Association, New England Press Association, and Maine Press Associations. He is the holder of more than 100 awards for news, feature writing, and photography. He is a former Maine Journalist of the Year and is the author of nine books published by Islandport Press, Down East Books and Hunter Publishing, including adventure and hiking guides to Maine and Acadia National Park and postcard history books about regions of Maine and New England.

Brechlin is currently working on a book about the mysterious downing of a Navy airship off the coast of Maine during World War II.

The Great Falls Forum speaker series is co-sponsored by Bates College, Lewiston Public Library, and the Sun Journal.

Admission is free to all Forum events. For more information, please contact the Lewiston Public Library at 513-3135 or LPLReference@lewistonmaine.gov.