Bert and I

by Marshall Dodge, Robert Bryan, Mark Andres (Illustrator)

From the "Marshall Dodge and Robert Bryan began swapping Down East stories while students at Yale in the fifties. Their fascination with and appreciation for Maine and its people triggered the production of five "Bert and I" records, from which fourteen tales have been selected for this book. In the intervening years Marshall Dodge has lectured and performed throughout the country. He wrote the book 'Frost You Say?' and started the Maine Festival of the Arts. He has appeared in the PBS productions A Down East Smile-In, A Fresh Breeze Down East, and In the Kitchen. Robert Bryan, an Episcopal clergyman and 12,000 hour bush pilot, is founder and director of the Quebec-Labrador Foundation, which for over twenty years has conducted programs in education, community service, and environmental resource management in northern Maine and eastern Canada. Joining Dodge and Bryan as illustrator of 'Bert and I' is Maine native Mark Andres, a 1981 graduate of Williams College and son of illustrator Charles J. Andres."

Genres: Fiction, Humor

140 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1981

Reviews

[Steve Bolin · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you love Down East humor, this is the book for you.

[Noah Isherwood · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Where are we?"

"You're in a balloon you damn fools."

A riot.

[Susan Molloy · Rating 2 out of 5]

✒️ 🗑 Others might find this their cup of tea. It wasn’t for me.

📕Published — 1959 album.
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[Nell · Rating 3 out of 5]

More reading from the bookshelf. My copy is the original 1981 hardcover edition from some used book shop or library book sale. Reading the stories is not like hearing them, but if I couldn't part with the book when moving across the country, I might as well reread it. And the illustrations are wonderful.

[Billy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not quite the same as hearing it, but once you've heard it spoken, its great to have it in print to keep the memories alive.... :)