Kempton, Kenneth (1891 - )

Genre: General Fiction

Kenneth Payson Kempton was born and raised in Massachusetts, but his father was a Mainer and brought his son there every year for fishing trips. Kempton purchased land in the Boothbay Harbor region with the intention of building a boys' camp and returned their every summer. He was an instructor of English at Harvard and Radcliffe and wrote articles and stories as well as his novels of Maine.

Selected Bibliography

  • Old Man Greenlaw (1936)
  • Monday go to Meeting (1937)

Selected Resources