Maine's largest city is celebrated in this concise narrative history,
abundantly illustrated, with a lengthy and informative timeline of key
events, and featuring two dozen biographical profiles of important
Portland people. "Who knew so many surprises could await a reader?
Destroyed by four nations, birthplace to both national heroes and
villains, burned, reborn, and still building anew in the twenty-first
century, one of America's most surprising small cities comes to life in
this bright, brisk history." -Rep. Herb Adams, historian and Maine State
Legislator