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The article presents an examination of the Fowlers, a northern Maine pioneer family written about by authors such Henry David Thoreau and the Maine folklorist Fannie Hardy Eckstorm. It discusses how authors utilized the image of the Fowler family in their commentaries on life and technological development in the United States. It explores the family's settlement near Shad Pond in the 1820s, discusses the work of pioneer Thomas Fowler in clearing land and examines the family's involvement with lumber industry. It discusses the use of their image as backwoodsmen, explores how the introduction of steam technology impacted the family and examines how oil came to change Maine's northern woods. |
