{"title":"Books by Kathryn Olmstead","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"stories-of-aroostook","title":"Stories of Aroostook","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor nearly thirty years, \u003ci\u003eEchoes\u003c\/i\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. \u003ci\u003eStories of Aroostook\u003c\/i\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","brand":"Islandport Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53391598944529,"sku":"9781944762971","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/6890\/3185\/files\/cover_eb5638c3-f865-48cf-aafe-48e8cfa7d4d9.jpeg?v=1776866986"},{"product_id":"true-north","title":"True North","description":"\u003cp\u003eNorthern Maine retains qualities of life that many people long for in today's world. The pace can be slower, nature is close, the beauty is breathtaking, and the people are authentic. Kathryn Olmstead, a transplant from Michigan more than forty decades ago, considers it a place mysterious to those who have not been there and unforgettable to those who have. Her collection of essays gleaned from her years writing for Echoes magazine and the Bangor Daily News share her introductions to rural life and wildlife in an attempt to reveal the universal in the particular-the night sky and ice-out, the people and their cultural roots, and the intimacy with nature in every season. The title True North describes the quality of life portrayed in Olmstead's essays-an orienting point, internal and geographic, that keeps a person on track in a world sometimes at odds with nature and with basic human goodness. Combined they affirm that traditional values are still alive in places like Aroostook County, Maine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Islandport Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53391599010065,"sku":"9781944762995","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/6890\/3185\/files\/cover_81c51b5c-f871-4976-8a80-24369e222472.jpeg?v=1776866988"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.stablebookgroup.com\/collections\/books-by-kathryn-olmstead.oembed","provider":"Stable Book Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}