Wild! Weird! Wonderful! Maine.

Earl Brechlin, a long-time Maine journalist, has written several nonfiction books, including hiking guides, Forever Yours, Bar Harbor, and Forever Yours, Boston. After graduating from the University of Maine, Brechlin moved to Mount Desert Island where he worked as an island gardener. After first taking a job in the print shop, he soon rose to serve as editor of The Bar Harbor Times for nearly twenty years and was then founding editor of the Mount Desert Islander in 2001. Brechlin, now communications director for Friends of Acadia, is also a registered Maine Guide, a model railroad enthusiast, and sometimes attends comic book conventions to tout his Ancient Alien Expert business, offering interested parties potential degrees in Ancient Astronaut Theory, Cryptozoology, Zombie Survival, and Middle Earth History. He lives in Bar Harbor with his wife Roxie, a retired kindergarten teacher.

"You will be astonished by many of Earl’s stories." ––George Smith, Author of A Life Lived Outdoors

“Brechlin’s book reaches beyond the conspicuous entries we’d expect to find in a Maine-related tome to encompass most everything that makes Maine the historic, magical and mythical place we call home.” –––Mike Down, The Maine Edge