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A Concise History
of Portland, Maine
Since its creation and settlement by Europeans in 1632, the city now called Portland has burned to the ground four times. It was razed three times before 1800 by hostile forces. it escaped a Confederate torch once by a quirk of fate only to be destroyed by a firecracker tossed into a barrel of wood shavings on July 4th, 1866.
This concise and riveting history will tell you everything you want to know about Portland, and nothing you don't. You won't believe what our quiet city has been through to get where it is today
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The Reapers
As a small boy, Louis witnesses an unspeakable crime that takes the life of a member of his small, southern community. He grows up and moves on, but he is forever changed by the cruel and brutal nature of the act. It lights a fire deep within him that burns white and cold, a quiet flame just waiting to ignite. Now, years later, the sins of his life are reaching into his present, bringing with them the buried secrets and half-forgotten acts of his past.
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