{"title":"Books by May Davidson","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"whatever-it-takes","title":"Whatever it Takes","description":"\u003cp\u003eMay and Jim Davidson spent sixty-eight years together sharing an unbreakable love of Maine and a relentless drive to do “whatever it takes” to find success and happiness. After falling in love as teenagers, they built their first house using twenty dollars worth of lumber and optimistically started creating the life of their dreams. However, they soon learned that optimism alone wouldn't sustain them. They lobstered, fished, farmed sheep, started a lobster trap sawmill, and criss-crossed the country as long haul truckers. And when they eventually collapsed into debt and uncertainty while trying to raise thousands of chickens, they regrouped and fought their way out again by developing a unique gift product inspired by the sea.  May Davidson's story is a decades-long tapestry of adventure, brutally hard work, light-heartedness, and risk taking. It offers a wider view of Maine during the last half of the twentieth century, a shared history between the farmers, lobstermen, truckers, and entrepreneurs who have witnessed tremendous change in their lifetimes. It's a familiar tale to every reader who is determined to live a rich life despite obstacles—a story of the hard work and moxie that's required to pursue a happy life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Islandport Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53391596978449,"sku":"9781944762162","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/6890\/3185\/files\/cover_d8afe9cb-c06f-4978-94f9-d6c5fb4f73e2.jpeg?v=1776866968"},{"product_id":"salt-and-roses","title":"Salt and Roses","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSalt and Roses\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of essays from May Davidson, co-inventor of the Maine Buoy Bell and author of \u003ci\u003eWhatever it Takes\u003c\/i\u003e, that offers an intimate look at her love affair with the State of Maine and her years working and living along the coast with her late husband Jim. Join Davidson as she reminisces about hunting for blueberries in the Maine woods behind her parents inn, spending the night on a rollicking fish carrier, facing off against a wild Jersey cow, and all the other merits of life on the Maine coast.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Islandport Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53391603171601,"sku":"9781952143175","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/6890\/3185\/files\/cover_465bb53d-3951-4a2a-8470-0d38bc3e177c.jpeg?v=1776867066"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.stablebookgroup.com\/collections\/books-by-may-davidson.oembed","provider":"Stable Book Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}