Movies and Music in Maine

Since I moved to Maine this fall, I was excited to review a new movie that’s set in Maine for my brand-new, Maine-centric blog.  Lost on a Mountain in Maine  is based on the classic Maine children’s book of the same title by the late Donn Fendler, who died in 2016 at the age of 90. As a boy at age 12 in July of 1939, Fendler was hiking with his father, his twin brother, and their guide on Mount Katahdin in Maine when Donn was separated from his family during a storm on the mountaintop, fell down an embankment, and then was lost for nine days in the dense wilderness of the mountainside. He walked over 80 miles to his rescue, a grueling journey for a 12-year-old boy, and one which he almost did not survive. His endurance and survival have made his tale a highly memorable one for many generations of Mainers ever since that time. For his bravery as a boy, he received the Army and Navy Legion of Valor’s annual me...