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Whatever It Takes

Created by: May Davidson
Publisher: Islandport Press
SKU: ISL094

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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.

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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 https://nimbus.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/9781988747224-1.jpgeloping 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.

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Dimensions5.5 × 8.5 in
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NOT YET PUBLISHED

Binding

Paperback

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Language

Date Published

April 1 2018

Publisher

Page Count

250

No of Pages

250

ISBN

9781944762162