How Maine Changed the World

This book reflects upon the contributions Maine has made that have a significant cultural and historical impact on both the United States and the world. Did you know that the caterpillar tread, common on bulldozers and tanks, originated from the design of Lombard’s steam log hauler; or that the dry plate photogenic process was created by the Stanley brothers, who also invented a speed-record setting steam powered car and whose sister, Chansonetta, was a well known photographer in her own right?