AUBURN – Canyon Wolf will sign copies of her new book, “Alnobak: A Story of Indigenous People in Androscoggin County,” from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13, at the Book Burrow and Cafe at Turner and Court streets.
Canyon Wolf is director and founder of Ne-Do-Ba, a local nonprofit organization that preserves and disseminates local Native American history.
The 64-page hardbound book presents 10,000 years of Native American presence in Androscoggin County, with emphasis on the past 150 years. The book includes three maps, two tables, dozens of illustrations, and a 13-page color section showing artifacts found in the county.
Alnobak is one of two new books made available by the Androscoggin Historical Society. The companion volume, “Androscoggin County, Maine: A Pictorial Sesquicentennial History, 1854 – 2004,” contains chapters written by local historians and photographs from each of the 13 towns and two cities in the county. It records the people, events, artifacts and landmarks of the area and includes a 16-page color county gallery. Gift certificates are available now; books will be available in early January.
Copies of Alnobak and gift certificates are available for sale at rural town offices and at stores in the Lewiston/Auburn area, including the Book Burrow and Cafe. Alnobak is priced at $20 plus sales tax. The county book sells for $30 plus sales tax. A set, one of each book, sells for $45 plus sales tax.
Proceeds will benefit the Androscoggin Historical Society. For additional information, contact Michael C. Lord, executive secretary, Androscoggin Historical Society, County Building, 2 Turner St., Auburn, ME 04210-5978, or phone, 784-0586, or [email protected].
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