Maine Historical Society - Programs Podcast

Speaker: Gary Libby; Recorded March 4, 2014 - Attorney, amateur historian, author, and former MHS trustee, Gary Libby, talks about his long history of researching and publishing on Maine's Chinese community, as part of special programming relating to Maine Restaurant Week . Gary shares history and collection highlights from the variety of Chinese restaurants that have existed in Portland over the years. Gary is the author of "Historical Notes on Chinese Restaurants in Portland, Maine" (2006), published in the journal Chinese America: History and Perspectives , as well as the book They Changed their Sky , about Maine's Irish Community. This program was made possible by funding from Rabelais: Fine Books on Food & Drink, in Biddeford and online.