Hauling By Hand: The Life & Times of a Maine Island

This remarkable story of Frenchboro, Long Island, one of Maine's last remaining year-round island communities, is told by an eighth-generation native. One of the most authentic looks at life on a Maine island and the people who lived it, Hauling by Hand was called a gem by Maine Boats & Harbors and the real thing by the Courier-Gazette. Today, the town of Frenchboro has a population of less than one hundred people, a one-room school, a post office, and one full-time business. There is neither a general store, nor tourist hotel, nor daily ferry service. Instead there is a village, a soul, and a way of life. And this is its story.