May and Jim Davidson spent sixty-eight years together sharing an
unbreakable love of Maine and a relentless drive to do "whatever it
takes" to find success and happiness. After falling in love as
teenagers, they built their first house using twenty dollars worth of
lumber and optimistically started creating the life of their dreams.
However, they soon learned that optimism alone wouldn't sustain them.
They lobstered, fished, farmed sheep, started a lobster trap sawmill,
and criss-crossed the country as long haul truckers. And when they
eventually collapsed into debt and uncertainty while trying to raise
thousands of chickens, they regrouped and fought their way out again by
developing a unique gift product inspired by the sea. May Davidson's
story is a decades-long tapestry of adventure, brutally hard work,
light-heartedness, and risk taking. It offers a wider view of Maine
during the last half of the twentieth century, a shared history between
the farmers, lobstermen, truckers, and entrepreneurs who have witnessed
tremendous change in their lifetimes. It's a familiar tale to every
reader who is determined to live a rich life despite obstacles--a story
of the hard work and moxie that's required to pursue a happy life.