Thursday, Aug. 21

"Lincoln: Evolution of a President" public lecture by Erin Bishop, former Education Director of the Lincoln Library and Museum in Illinois, 7 p.m. at the Camden Public Library, as part of the library's Civil War Series.

Friday, Aug. 22

Free walking tour of Camden, 4 p.m, hosted by the Camden Public Library and the Downtown Business Group, begins at library. Tours last an hour; reservations are encouraged, call the library at 236-3440.

Saturday, Aug. 23

"How Maine Saved the Union" with author Jerry Desmond, 2 p.m. at the Camden Public Library, as part of the library's Civil War Series.

Living history re-enactors from the 20th Maine Company B will be camping in Camden's Harbor Park and hosting a day-long program of mini-lectures, displays, military drill, and firing drill, as part of the Camden Public Library's Civil War Series.

Tuesday, Aug. 26

Earle Shettleworth, Maine State Historian, presents a pictorial review of the Civil War, "Maine Civil War Photography," with vintage photographs, 7 p.m. at the Camden Public Library, as part of the library's Civil War Series.

Thursday, Aug. 28

The Medicine of the Civil War, by Dr. Richard Kahn, with historical medical paraphernalia, 7 p.m. at the Camden Public Library, as part of the library's Civil War Series.

Friday, Aug. 29

Free walking tour of Camden, 4 p.m, hosted by the Camden Public Library and the Downtown Business Group, begins at library. Tours last an hour; reservations are encouraged, call the library at 236-3440.

Saturday, Aug. 30

"The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex," an illustrated lecture by Dick Cornelia, about the sinking of the Essex in the Pacific. 1 p.m. at the Camden Public Library, as part of Windjammer Festival. The true story of the Essex was the source of Melville's Moby Dick.

Thursday, Sept. 4

Author Paul Doiron of Camden presents the latest in his Poacher's Son series, The Bone Orchard, 7 p.m. at the Camden Public Library.