Devaney Doak and Garrett Booksellers will welcome local Temple author John Hodgkins for a meet and greet and book signing of his
latest book, “Boiling Off: The Story of Maple Sugaring in Maine” from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 18, at the book store located at 193 Broadway in Farmington.
“In Boiling Off,” Hodgkins invokes a world rich in both general and personal history. With over 50
years of maple sugaring under his own belt, along with two turns at the helm of The Maine Maple Producers Association, he had his hands on changing technologies, the establishment of Maine Maple Sunday, and all the pleasures and vicissitudes involved in his part time vocation. Whether writing about the onset of plastic tubing, Leader Special Evaporators, or the ins and outs of maple syrup grading, Hodgkins writes with a winning combination of experience and research, humorous self deprecation, and hard won authority.
For more information, contact the store at 207-778-3454 or visit ddgbooks.com.
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