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  • Lost Springfield, Massachusetts

    door Derek Strahan ...
    Serie series Lost
    At the end of the nineteenth century, the U.S. Armory opened in Springfield, spurring rapid growth. With that golden age of progress came iconic buildings and landmarks that are now lost to time.Railroads brought workers eager to fill Springfield's factories and enterprises like Smith & Wesson, Merriam Webster and Indian Motorcycles. The Massasoit House Hotel, the Church of the Unity and the ... Meer lezen

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  • Puritan Village

    The Formation of a New England Town

    Pulitzer Prize Winner: "A meticulous and remarkably detailed account of the early government and social organization of the town of Sudbury, Massachusetts." — TimeIn addition to drawing on local records from Sudbury, Massachusetts, the author of this classic work, which won the Pulitzer Prize in History, traced the town's early families back to England to create an outstanding portrait of a ... Meer lezen

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  • Lobster Rolls of New England

    Seeking Sweet Summer Delight

    door Sally Lerman ...
    Serie series American Palate
    A lobster roll aficionado reviews forty lobster rolls from restaurants around New England.The mighty lobster roll is best enjoyed at a picnic table under a red umbrella accompanied by the sounds and smells of the sea. The perfect roll is all in the execution, and the variations are subtle but nearly endless—from top-sliced to buttered or mayonnaise-based. Blogger extraordinaire Sally Lerman ... Meer lezen

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  • Remembering Smithfield

    Sketches of Apple Valley

    door Jim Ignasher ...
    Serie series American Chronicles
    The legend of John Noforce- whose puzzling death may have been the result of a Native American Romeo and Juliet saga- 1676's bloody Nipsachuck massacre and the scandalous downfall of the poor farm and asylum are a few of the tales that linger among historic Smithfield's fields and forests. Once home to 'Apple King' Thomas K. Winsor and Arthur C. Gould, frustrated inventor of Rhode Island's first ... Meer lezen

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  • Remembering Bangor

    The Queen City Before the Great Fire

    door Wayne E. Reilly ...
    Serie series American Chronicles
    On April 30, 1911, a fire ignited in Frank Green�s hay shed that changed the city of Bangor forever. From the ashes of the Great Fire, the logging and mill town emerged as a modernized metropolis. In this collection of retrospective articles, Wayne E. Reilly takes a look at the town of Bangor in the years before the fire, when illegal barrooms and brothels were as rampant as the outbreaks of ... Meer lezen

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  • Connecticut Miscellany

    ESPN, The Age of the Reptiles, CowParade & More

    door Wilson H. Faude ...
    A presidential portraitist, a two-headed calf and a national landmark that inspires creativity--extraordinary tales abound in Connecticut from Hartford to Bethlehem, from New Haven to Bristol and all points in between. Learn about "The Age of Reptiles"--a 110-foot-long, 16-foot-high mural skillfully crafted by painter Rudolph Zallinger at the Peabody Museum in New Haven. Visit the Goodspeed Opera ... Meer lezen

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  • Ghosts of Boston

    Haunts of the Hub

    door Sam Baltrusis ...
    Serie series Haunted America
    "Explores the city's ghoulish history over more than three centuries, including Colonial-era spirits." — BU TodayIt should come as no surprise that one of the nation's oldest cities brims with spirits of those who lived and died in its hundreds of years of tumultuous history. Boston, Massachusetts, boasts countless stories of the supernatural.Many students at Boston College have encountered an ... Meer lezen

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  • Haunted York County

    Mystery and Lore from Maine's Oldest Towns

    door Roxie J. Zwicker ...
    Serie series Haunted America
    Restless spirits in seemingly tranquil summer cottages, specters watching for phantom ships from a sea captain's mansion these are among the ghostly residents of one of New England's oldest counties. The harshly beautiful coastline of York County has a long history of storm, revolution and violence that seems to lure deceased residents from the ether. From the otherworldly mariners in the Boon ... Meer lezen

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  • Whaling in Massachusetts

    door Gioia Dimock ...
    Serie series Images of America
    The popular novel Moby-Dick first spurred young and old alike to romanticize the whaling industry. Author Herman Melville wrote his story based on the exploits of the Essex whaleship, and he documented his travels aboard the Acushnet, which departed from a Massachusetts whaling port. In the early 1700s, Massachusetts residents caught whales from the shore before embarking on offshore voyages for ... Meer lezen

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  • Edith Wharton's Lenox

    An insider's history of how famed novelist Wharton stirred up scandal in the western Massachusetts town.In 1900, Edith Wharton burst into the settled summer colony of Lenox. An aspiring novelist in her thirties, she was already a ferocious aesthete and intellect. She and her husband, Teddy, planned a defiantly classical villa, and she became a bestselling author with The House of Mirth in 1905. As ... Meer lezen

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  • One Hundred Years of Fire Insurance - Being a History of the Aetna Insurance Company Hartford, Connecticut 1819-1919

    First published in 1919, this fascinating volume provides an overview of the history of the Aetna Insurance Company, beginning with their very first president and policy. A history of the Aetna Insurance Company is arguably a history of modern insurance itself, making this volume a must-read for those with an interest in the topic. Contents include: "Thomas K. Brace, First and Third President", ... Meer lezen

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  • Ghosts of Plymouth, Massachusetts

    door Darcy H. Lee ...
    Serie series Haunted America
    Centuries of horror and hauntings: An award-winning look at the dark history of the town where the Pilgrims landed. Includes photos!Plymouth is known worldwide as "America's Hometown," landing place of the Pilgrims in 1620 and home of the first Thanksgiving. But the real story of the town is a tale of grim beginnings, plague, desperation, massacre, murder, and fear.A ghostly Victorian couple is ... Meer lezen

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