Quirky characters and surprising events have shaped a robust community
history throughout the Sebago Lakes region. Nathaniel Hawthorne's lost
boyhood diary offers a glimpse into his early writing days on the shore
of Sebago Lake. Henry Clay Barnabee, once called the funniest man of his
time, brought his crew here for relaxing lakeside summers to rest up
their vocal cords around the turn of the century. Discover the story
behind a stolen Chinese statue that might just be responsible for a
string of curses in Naples and misfortune on the shores of Long Lake.
Marilyn Weymouth Seguin explores the unusual, the mysterious and the
sometimes weird layers of regional history that have remained
hidden--until now.