Ruth Moore
1903 – 1989
Background – Biographical Information & Connection to Maine (1)
Article about Ruth Moore in the Portland Press Herald, January 17, 2021 (2)
Click above for Gotts Island Maine: Its People 1880-1992 (The Moore family starts on page 30). (16)
Ruth Moore Collection at Islandport Press (9)
Homesick for that Place: Ruth Moore Writes about Maine (6)
Ruth Moore Days at the Bass Harbor Public Library (4)
Read this wonderful tribute to Ruth Moore in this Keynote Speech by Senator Dennis Damon at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center, Walpole, Maine, December 17, 2003. (23)
Quote from Senator Damon’s Keynote Speech: “In 1946 Ruth Moore wrote Spoon Handle. This her 2nd novel was set on fictitious Big Spoon Island off the coast of Maine. Later 20th Century Fox made it into a movie. The movie, Deep Waters, was filmed on Vinalhaven and in Rockland. She hated the movie. She was so true to herself and to her place. She said to me one time, about the movie, ‘now you tell me, have you ever seen lobster fishermen with creases in their khakis?'”
Listen to Talk of the Towns: A Valentine to Ruth Moore and her Writing (10) Wonderful reminiscence of people who knew Ruth Moore
Visual Text & Virtual Visit
Primary Sources
Click above for a collection of correspondence with author Ruth Moore, as well as newspaper clippings, from the Maine State Library. (17)
Click here to read an excerpt from Spoonhandle – You will need to be logged into your school account to read this. (18)
Click here to read Ruth Moore’s essay It Don’t Change Much which appeared in the New Yorker on October 27, 1945. (19)
Click here to read Ruth Moore’s short story The Soldier Shows His Medal from The Best Maine Stories. You will need to be logged into your school account to read this. (20)
Click the link to read an excerpt from The Weir – You will need to be logged in to your school account to read this. (21)
Click the link to read Ruth Moore’s poem The Offshore Islands (22)
Access to eBooks
Click here to search for books by this author in the BHS Library’s 24 Maine Authors Special Collection. Choose Maine and Brunswick High School then log in with the username and password you use for email to access eBooks in the catalog.
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