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

Moore, Ruth, older years, at home in the kitchen

Moore, Ruth, older years, at home in the kitchen

Moore, Ruth, and Eleanor Mayo outside their home on Lighthouse Road

Moore, Ruth, and Eleanor Mayo outside their home on Lighthouse Road

Moore, Ruth, later years

Moore, Ruth, later years

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

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

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 compared to the li…