Mayo, Eleanor Ruth

October Fire

After the dryest summer and autumn on record came fire. It switched back and forth across the little Maine town on the coast of Maine. Who set it? Loosely based on the summer of 1947 fires in the State of Maine. Originally Published by Tho…

Moore-Mayo residence, 19 Lighthouse Road, Bass Harbor, Tremont, Hancock County, ME

The home in later years of Ruth Moore and Eleonor Mayo, consturcted to their design.

Mayo, Eleanor, outside with mother Lillian

Mayo, Eleanor, adult, formal photo

Moore, Ruth, and Eleanor Mayo outside their home, 1947

Turn Home

Bub Dolliver returned home to stay in Minot Harbor, Maine. A former town terror, he hoped to erase his past from the long memory of the villagers and make them accept him as a responsible, hard working member of the community. Book was mad…

Moore, Ruth, and Eleanor Mayo leaving on boat for UK

Chenoweth Hall and Marion Colwell, friends of Ruth & Eleanor.

Moore, Ruth

Ruth Moore—author, poet, great story teller, and Tremont native—was well known in the national literary world of the mid-20th century. Her novels were often on the New York Times best seller list and her writing has been compar…