Table of contents for April 1974 Salt Magazine.

Table of contents for June 1974 Salt Magazine.

For nearly 40 years, Sam and Hazel Wildes have been familiar figures at the Cape Porpoise Pier. Kelly Emery documents how the Wildes have become a staple for the community, and speaks about their experiences there.

Table of contents for December 1977 Salt Magazine.

As a master boat builder, Herb Baum, Sr. understands the intricacies of building a boat. Herb Baum III and Kathi Preble document the work that goes into designing and building a boat.

Barbershops are social places with a crowd of regulars. Julia Mickenberg takes readers inside two barbershops to highlight the culture within a barbershop.

With the need for something that could split wood for him, Monty Washburn engineered a contraption that could do it. Kevin Harnden speaks to Washburn about putting together his machine.

Adrienne Schatz highlights life in the small town of Chesuncook, Maine. Schatz discusses the solitude that Chesuncook provides for its residents and their way of life.

George Lewis, sociologist and Maine native, explains why we are creatures of the culture that we create and consume.

Written as the first chapter to her own book, Ida Allen shares her childhood story about growing up in the woods of Maine.

Getting up at 5 o'clock every morning for the past two summers, Anne Pierter is a bait girl on a lobster boat. Anne Pierter documents her experience working on a lobster boat.

At the bottom of Sebasticook Valley lies the town of Dexter, a town that has seen the lose of a large number of jobs. Carrie Kilman investigates how the lose of shoe production jobs in Dexter has affected the livelihoods of its residents and the community.