A Tale to Tug at the Heart ; Sarah Sherman Mcgrail Drew On Her Island Upbringing and Love of History to Pen the Story of `the Littlest Tugboat.'
Portland Press Herald › December 19, 2005
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Sarah Sherman McGrail loves to write about local history.
She's written and published several books about the history of her native Southport Island and neighboring Boothbay Harbor.See the full content of this document
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A Tale to Tug at the Heart ; Sarah Sherman Mcgrail Drew On Her Island Upbringing and Love of History to Pen the Story of `the Littlest Tugboat.'
So it figured her first children's book would have a good dose of history too. McGrail says she was inspired to write "The Littlest Tugboat" by her neighbor, Capt. Eliot Winslow, 96, who runs a fleet of tugboats.
The story is about a small tugboat who wants to d...See the full content of this document
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