Stephen King's Maine Haunts: The Illustrated Guide to the Sites and Sights That Inspired America's Best-loved Storyteller

Stephen King’s Maine Haunts: A Full-Color, Illustrated Guide of the Places that Inspired His Stories

Trade paperback, 112 pages, 8.5 x 11 inches, full color “I’m basically a regular Maine guy—born here, went to school here, live here, expect to die here...but hopefully not this week.” -- Stephen King (Maine Seniors, 2015)

George Beahm, a New York Times bestselling author who has lived in Maine, is an acknowledged expert on Stephen King's life and work. He has also published books on popular culture. He has published more books about King than anyone else, including: The Stephen King Companion (in three editions) The Stephen King Story (a biography) Stephen King: America's Best-Loved Boogeyman (a biography) Stephen King from A to Z (people, places, and things) Demon-Driven: Stephen King and the Art of Writing (essays) Stephen King Country (a Guidebook) Stephen King Collectibles: An Illustrated Guide (price guide to collectible King material plus a ghost-written book (work-for-hire) STEPHEN KING'S MAINE HAUNTS has over 100 color photographs, and also artwork by Maine artist Glen Chadbourne, a well-known artist who's illustrated numerous books by and about King. An authoritative guide for Mainers and tourists alike, this book is for anyone who wants to know all the places to visit in (and out of) Maine from which King has drawn his inspiration for stories.

A seasoned tour guide who has visited Stephen King's main haunts, George Beahm shows you a side of Maine well off the beaten path, away from the safety of the tourist traps for people "from away," and the temporary "summer people" who come and go as the seasons change. Durham, Maine Lewiston, Maine Lisbon Falls, Maine Hermon, Maine Orono, Maine Western Maine Orrington, Maine Portland, Maine Bangor, Maine Maine Islands Estes Park, Colorado Sarasota, Florida For any Stephen King fan who wants to know the sites, and sights, of places in Maine that inspired the modern master of horror, this book is indispensable: It's your ticket to enter the real world of Stephen King.