Using mainly oral testimony & historic photographs, this book explores the major economic & social changes that affected Bear River, Nova Scotia, in the early twentieth century. Among these changes were the collapse of the traditional economies of farming, lumbering, shipbuilding, & shipping, & their replacement by tourism & government employment & welfare. Although the details & circumstances of these changes are unique to Bear River, the general story offers considerable insight into similar changes that occurred elsewhere in the Maritimes at about the same time. Much of the book is based on interviews conducted in the 1950s; they provide a fascinating glimpse into the lives of people in Bear River in the early 1900s. Most of the photographs in the book were taken by local photographer Ralph Harris, & are a remarkably fine depiction of a Nova Scotian community in the early twentieth century. To order: Maine Folklife Center, 5773 S. Stevens Hall, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5773. Phone: 207-581-1891.