Jean Flahive
"Thank You, Phil, and know that I am delighted to begin the journey."
Jean's reply to me as we exchanged emails describing our meeting at Seashore Trolley Museum on May 30, 2018.
I am so very happy to announce that award-winning Maine author, Jean Flahive, has agreed to write a young reader historical fiction chapter book for the benefit of the Narcissus Project.
The contractual agreement with Ms. Flahive was arranged through Maine Authors Publishing in Thomaston, Maine. The Middle-Grade novel is estimated to be about 130-150 pages in length and its release is anticipated for 2020, Maine's Bicentennial!
About Maine Author Jean Flahive
After a long career in higher education, Jean Flahive rediscovered her childhood passion for writing and enjoys shedding light on lesser-known pieces of Maine history. Her most recent children's book, The Old Mainer and the Sea is based on a dory fisherman from Chebeague Island. Jean is also the author of two historical fictions, Billy Boy, the Sunday Soldier of the 17th Maine and Railroad to the Moon, Elijah's Story, and co-author of two previous children's picture books, Remember Me, Tomah Joseph's Gift to Franklin Roosevelt, which won a 2009 Moonbeam Gold Award, and The Galloping Horses of Willowbrook, which was a finalist in the 2012 Maine Literary Awards.
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Jean and I have met and had a couple of meetings, including once at the Seashore Trolley Museum where she had an opportunity to visit with the Narcissus. As a bonus, she snapped a photo of STONEHAM as the destination for 1918 Eastern Mass. Street Railway No. 4387. The photo was to share with her husband Bill who recalls riding these cars in his youth.
There will be posts from time to time to update readers on the progress of this new book to benefit the Narcissus. In the meantime.....
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We continue the restoration work on the 1912, Narcissus, the only surviving high-speed, luxury interurban coach of the Portland-Lewiston Interurban.
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Being more than a century old, the stately, "Elegant Ride," Narcissus, is a gem. This shimmering precious stone of Maine transportation history is brilliantly resplendent as it emanates so many elements of history, including; time, places, people, and events, that it was coupled to, that when just a smattering of its seemingly innumerable stories are shared, the contents captivates, fascinates, then generates, interest to learn more 🙋. The majestic Narcissus is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
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The restoration of this majestic icon of Maine's electric railway history is but one in a series of captivating stories containing an abundance of incredible coalition of narratives.
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The Narcissus is featured in the national Gold Award-winning novel, Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride. The "Elegant Ride" is the Narcissus. Theodore Roosevelt was a passenger on the Narcissus on August 18, 1914, between Lewiston and Portland, Maine, while campaigning for the Progressive Party candidates.
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Independent book publisher, Phil Morse, holding
the Gold Book Award Winner plaque for
the Middle Reader category for The Eric
Hoffer Book Award. Congratulations to
award-winning Maine author,
Jean M. Flahive
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