Hampden, Maine

Bean boots are not only used for hunting but are also used for day-to-day wear. The initials in L.L bean stand for Leon Leonwood(Westbrook). Leon Leonwood was the founder of the LL bean boots and started the company as well. The production of Bean boots dates back to 1912 and the company is still making the same style of boots today (History of Ll Bean). Leon Leonwood spent most of his time outdoors. Leonwood needed a waterproof boot that could be worn out which inspired him to invent the Bean

copy of his poem and a works cited page to show where I found my material to put my essay together. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born on February 27, 1807, in Portland, Maine. He was the second oldest out of eight children. Everybody who met him found out that he had a very imagination, and had an appetite for learning (Maine Historical Society 1). When he

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an influential American writer in the 19th century. Born in Maine in 1807, Longfellow was 5 years old when the War of 1812 occurred. In a poem he wrote much later in life, “My Lost Youth”, Longfellow recounts begging his father for a toy drum. Being a small child, Longfellow could not grasp the magnitude of what was happening mere miles away in the Atlantic Ocean. The Longfellow family was so close to some battles that both British and American men who died in battle

On February 15, 1898 an explosion will occur on the USS Maine killing 260 sailors. The papers will use the anger felt by the United States public by creating coverage blaming Spain for the explosion. Captain Sigsbee of the USS Maine will send information about the incident to the New York World. He will come to the conclusion that “after a hasty examination, the disaster to the Maine was not caused by accident.”(S) Sigsbee stated that the boiler room was carefully inspected

Elizabeth and Anne, Alex and Mary, Ellen and Sam”(Lukes 17). At a young age, he was considered a child prodigy because he excelled in school. At the age of fourteen, Longfellow and his eldest brother were accepted to Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. He was able to speak in eleven languages and was able to read eighteen. Since Henry was talented Bowdoin College offered him the first professorship in Modern Languages (American 342). Mary Potter was Longfellow's first wife and sadly died after her

In the topic of successful entrepreneurship, L.L. Bean would definitely be one of the top examples that it was one of the largest mail-order companies in the area of outdoor equipment in history. From the start in 1912 with a borrowed $400 and only one product offered in the United States, the business had grown to sell more than… 1. How successful has L.L. Bean been? It sold more than 1000 outdoor equipment, such as hunter boots and camping tools, targeted to both men and women. The company had

” and the sinking of the U.S.S. Maine. The United States involvement in the war was a combination of all of these factors; however, the most influential factor was the sinking of the U.S.S. Maine. The outrage of American citizens advanced throughout the country. Ultimately, the firm perception of a deliberate attack on the Maine pressured the United States into the war. Without a clear rationale, the American public compelled the United States to avenge the Maine. After a short four-month war, United

The late 1800s was a high-tension and tumultuous time for both the United States of America and Spain. Spanish Colonialism had long been receding from its once powerful stronghold in the 16th and 17th centuries, and in the 1890s, the United States would make certain to diminish the last of Spain’s outlets. The precedent for the American, superpower perspective of the late 1800s is in large part due to President James Monroe’s Doctrine establishing the United States as the sole entity of social, political

For the purpose of this assignment, I propose a mother who was living alone in a small secluded cabin in the woods. She had a 6 month old baby girl named Daphne, and two friendly, intelligent Maine Coon cats. She breastfed the baby, and had introduced solid food by 4 months, so there was no nutritional deprivation. She had a small garden and a couple fruit trees, but also foraged for fruits, and ate rabbits that the cats were very good at catching. She sings to Daphne and otherwise interacts with

The most important insight that James Tierney shared with the class is that Maine is in “big trouble”. In the first two minutes of Tierney’s speech he reiterated that point multiple times. I would agree with Tierney, Maine is in troubled times. The states average age keeps getting higher and higher. Maine is also one of the whitest states in the country. Tierney's insight on how to fix this problem was something that I agree with. To fix the demographic issue, we need to have an open sign, but as