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Shop › 2026 Chebacco Vol XXVII

2026 Chebacco Vol XXVII

$20.00

2026 Chebacco Journal—-Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness on MDI

Contents:

6 Our Island Experiment By Sean Cox

10 Defining the American Political Community, 1776–1801 By Patrick Callaway

22 On Western Mountain By Catherine Schmitt

34 Battling for the Ballot: The Long Fight in Maine By Catherine McDonald

46 Keeping the Lights on for Democracy: The League of Women Voters on Mount Desert Island By Cara Ryan

56 Resisting Erasure: The Penobscot Remonstrance and the Fight for Sovereignty By Donna M. Loring

68 Gloves By Jamie Blaine

80 Municipal Government in Maine By Jill M. Goldthwait

90 Otter Creek's Lost Waterfront By Durlin Lunt

102 Cultivating Civic Engagement: Sowing Civil Servants By Sabrina Calas

114 Cornerstones of Civic Engagement: The Founding of Mount Desert Island's Libraries By Lisa Taplin Murray

132 Messenger, Mirror, Maker: Newspapers as Civic Forums on MDI By Carrie Jones

142 Fragmentation & Juxtaposition By Jennifer Steen Booher

144 Editorial Errata

2026 Chebacco Journal—-Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness on MDI

Contents:

6 Our Island Experiment By Sean Cox

10 Defining the American Political Community, 1776–1801 By Patrick Callaway

22 On Western Mountain By Catherine Schmitt

34 Battling for the Ballot: The Long Fight in Maine By Catherine McDonald

46 Keeping the Lights on for Democracy: The League of Women Voters on Mount Desert Island By Cara Ryan

56 Resisting Erasure: The Penobscot Remonstrance and the Fight for Sovereignty By Donna M. Loring

68 Gloves By Jamie Blaine

80 Municipal Government in Maine By Jill M. Goldthwait

90 Otter Creek's Lost Waterfront By Durlin Lunt

102 Cultivating Civic Engagement: Sowing Civil Servants By Sabrina Calas

114 Cornerstones of Civic Engagement: The Founding of Mount Desert Island's Libraries By Lisa Taplin Murray

132 Messenger, Mirror, Maker: Newspapers as Civic Forums on MDI By Carrie Jones

142 Fragmentation & Juxtaposition By Jennifer Steen Booher

144 Editorial Errata

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