Stephen King's Maine : A History and Guide by Sharon Kitchens - signed!
Trade Paperback. Signed by the author!
Recommended (and I'm not just saying this because the Green Hand is mentioned in the book)!!! Sharon worked so hard on this book, traipsing all over Maine's back roads and interviewing tons of Mainers.
I tore through the first 70 pages the night I started reading it. It is a love letter to Stephen King's Maine, pure and simple. It is peppered with fascinating historic tidbits, both from documented and oral history, and will lead you down many quirky paths to places you probably wouldn't have traveled otherwise.
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If towns could talk.
Much of Western Maine reads like a Stephen King novel. The dense dark woods and backcountry ponds. The century-old houses with gravel driveways and immense flower gardens, acres of farmland miles from a highway. Serpentine country roads dotted with farmstands, and picturesque main streets lined with battered pickups. Places where-especially during the dark and rainy days of October and November--things can get downright spooky.
Author Sharon Kitchens identifies the locations that serve as the basis for King's fictional towns of Castle Rock, Jerusalem's Lot, Derry, and Haven. Drawing on historical materials and conversations with locals and people who know King, the author sheds light on daily life in places that would become the settings for Carrie, Salem's Lot, The Dead Zone, Cujo, IT, and 11/22/63.