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2020 Maine Treasure Hunt
Welcome to the dog days of summer! We’re having another treasure hunt, this time to celebrate LibraryThing's homestate of Maine, which is celebrating its 200th birthday this year. We've hidden lobsters () around the site and you solve clues to find them.
- Decipher the clues below and visit the corresponding LibraryThing pages to find a lobster. Each clue points to a specific page right here on LibraryThing. Remember, they are not necessarily work pages!
- If there's a lobster on a page, you'll see a banner at the top of the page.
- You have one week to find all the lobsters (until 5pm EDT, Tuesday August 25th).
- Come brag about your lobster catch (and get hints) on Talk.
Win prizes:
- Any member who finds at least one lobster will be awarded a boat Badge ().
- Members who find all 14 lobsters will be entered into a drawing for one of five LibraryThing (or TinyCat) coaster sets and stickers. We'll announce winners at the end of the hunt.
P.S. Thanks to conceptDawg for the seagull sketch!
He's made all of our treasure hunt graphics in the last couple years. We like them, and hope you do, too!
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Lobster 1He’s Maine’s most famous author |
Lobster 2Accidentally shipwrecked on the coast of Maine |
Lobster 3This author won a Pulitzer |
Lobster 4Goodnight you Princes of Maine, |
Lobster 5A mom and her daughter, |
Lobster 6When you come here for vacation, |
Lobster 7An illustrator, but to our purposes an author thus, |
Lobster 8A Tale about a life |
Lobster 9Let’s talk about DDT |
Lobster 10From women who seek out claws |
Lobster 11How to make a more perfect Union |
Lobster 12Way above where the fishing boats sail |
Lobster 13As some many know, Maine once had an influx of |
Lobster 14How do you measure, measure a life? |