United States - State & Local - New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
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Haunted Inns and Ghostly Getaways of Vermont
$21.99 Add to cartCreaks and groans in the night remind guests that they might not be alone in Vermont’s inns. Discover the history behind some of the Green Mountain State’s spookiest places to spend the night. Loyal g… [more below]
- Series: Haunted America
- Author: Lewis, Thea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 26 2014
- ISBN10: 1626196400
- Language: English
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Abolition & the Underground Railroad in Vermont
$21.99 Add to cartMany believe that support for the abolition of slavery was universally accepted in Vermont, but it was actually a fiercely divisive issue that rocked the Green Mountain State. In the midst of turbulen… [more below]
- Series: Civil War
- Author: Sherburne, Michelle Arnosky
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 06 2013
- ISBN10: 1626190380
- Language: English
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Denholms: The Story of Worcester’s Premier Department Store
$21.99 Add to cartWhen William Denholm and William McKay teamed up in 1870 to form a dry goods store in the factory town of Worcester, Massachusetts, they could not have imagined the 103-year legacy that would make the… [more below]
- Series: Landmarks
- Author: Sawyer, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 16 2011
- ISBN10: 1609493958
- Language: English
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Hidden History of New Hampshire
$23.99 Add to cartQuincy Whitney’s compilation of stories makes for a colorful narrative of some of New Hampshire’s most notable newsmakers and remarkable historic events.
The resourcefulness of Granite Staters in their
- Series: Hidden History
- Author: Whitney, D. Quincy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 01, 2008
- ISBN10: 1596295376
- Language: English
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Hidden History of Rhode Island: Not-To-Be-Forgotten Tales of the Ocean State
$23.99 Add to cartHidden History of Rhode Island delivers the best Ocean State stories you’ve never heard before.
Surprising tales and unexpected anecdotes color Rhode Island’s legacy, from the accounts of its three b
- Series: American Chronicles (History Press)
- Author: Laxton, Glenn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 27 2009
- ISBN10: 159629728X
- Language: English
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Salem’s Witch House: A Touchstone to Antiquity
$31.99 Add to cartThough located on Massachusetts’s scenic North Shore, Salem is often remembered for its less than picturesque history. The “Witch City,” as it is internationally known, is home to numerous landmarks d… [more below]
- Author: Goff, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: September 01 2009
- ISBN10: 154021902X
- Language: English
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A History of the Greenwich Waterfront: Tod’s Point, Great Captain Island and the Greenwich Shoreline
$31.99 Add to cartThe historic community of Greenwich is nestled along Connecticut’s famed Gold Coast. The shores and waves of Long Island Sound draw people to its unique seaside, which also maintains a peaceful “resid… [more below]
- Author: Jewell, Karen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: June 21 2011
- ISBN10: 154020569X
- Language: English
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Claremont
$24.99 Add to cartChartered by Gov. Benning Wentworth in 1764, Claremont received its name from the English estate of Claremont, home of the Earl of Clare. The town was known in early years for its fertile farmland alo… [more below]
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: McElreavy, Wayne L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 22 2012
- ISBN10: 0738592978
- Language: English
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Death of an Empire: The Rise and Murderous Fall of Salem, America’s Richest City
$39.99 Add to cartMost readers know Salem only for the city’s notorious witch trials. But years later it became a very different city, one that produced America’s first millionaire (still one of history’s 75 wealthiest
- Author: Booth, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 16 2011
- ISBN10: 0312540388
- Language: English
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Burlington
$26.60 Add to cartThe first history of the Green Mountain State’s largest city, home of the state university, and commercial and retail center for a majority of Vermonters, and enjoyed by the Quebecois who live just ac
- Series: Images from the Past
- Author: Feeney, Vincent
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 29 2015
- ISBN10: 1884592643
- Language: English
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A History of Howard Johnson’s: How a Massachusetts Soda Fountain Became an American Icon
$21.99 Add to cartLearn more about the “Father of the Franchise Industry” in this illuminating history about the Howard Johnson restaurant franchise and the man behind it all.
Howard Johnson created an orange-roofed emp
- Series: American Palate
- Author: Sammarco, Anthony Mitchell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 13 2013
- ISBN10: 1609494288
- Language: English
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How Maine Changed the World
$30.95 Add to cartCelebrating Mainers’ Amazing Ingenuity
As Down East Books celebrates 50 years of great book publishing, it seems appropriate to reflect upon
the contributions Maine has made that have had significant cu… [more below]- Author: Griffin, Nancy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: October 20 2017
- ISBN10: 1608936317
- Language: English
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Wildfire Loose: The Week Maine Burned
$17.95 Add to cartIn October 1947, Maine experienced the worst fire disaster in its history. Wildfire Loose describes how the fires started and spread so quickly through rural villages, down Millionaire’s Row in Bar Ha… [more below]
- Author: Butler, Joyce
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 17 2014
- ISBN10: 1608932966
- Language: English
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Beacon Hill, Back Bay and the Building of Boston’s Golden Age
$21.99 Add to cartVenture back to the Boston of the 1800s, when Back Bay was just a wide expanse of water to the west of the Shawmut Peninsula and merchants peddled their wares to sailors along the docks. Witness the b… [more below]
- Author: Clarke, Ted
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 13 2010
- ISBN10: 1596291613
- Language: English
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Marblehead, Volume I
$39.99 Add to cartMarblehead, Massachusetts, is a proud community steeped in history, and many fine images of its past still survive today. Paintings from the colonial period and engravings from the mid-nineteenth cent… [more below]
- Author: Wright, John Hardy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: November 06 1996
- ISBN10: 1531642128
- Language: English
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Marblehead’s First Harbor: The Rich History of a Small Fishing Port
$34.99 Add to cartThe true beauty and fury of the Atlantic Ocean are known only by the rugged individuals who have made their living from the sea. In the seventy-five years from the American Revolution to the middle of… [more below]
- Author: Bishop, Hugh Peabody
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 306
- Publish Date: November 18 2011
- ISBN10: 1540231143
- Language: English
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The Lighthouse Handbook New England and Canadian Maritimes (Fourth Edition): The Original Lighthouse Field Guide (Now Featuring the Most Popular Light
$24.99 Add to cartExplore and experience all of the East Coast’s many lighthouses with the newly updated and expanded edition of The Original Lighthouse Field Guide.
Explore the living history of New England and Canadia
- Author: D’Entremont, Jeremy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: June 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1604339748
- Language: English
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Island Man: The Life and Letters of Jim Hardie
$24.95 Add to cartIsland Man portrays the life of Jim Hardie who lived and worked on Bear Island in the middle of Penobscot Bay, Maine, from 1910 until 1946. An orphaned child, at the end of the 19th century, Jim was s
- Author: Marvel, Lucilla Fuller
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 148
- Publish Date: July 14 2022
- ISBN10: 9798985875911
- Language: English
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Secret Connecticut: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure
$22.50 Read moreDid you know that there’s a Connecticut hotel room with a real helicopter inside? Can you guess who inspired the character of Indiana Jones, who was president before George Washington, and who flew be
- Series: Secret
- Author: Mills Healy, Stasha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: March 15, 2021
- ISBN10: 1681063050
- Language: English
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Hidden History of Maine
$31.99 Add to cartThe history of the Pine Tree State would be bare but for the contributions of hardy and impassioned individuals–generals, governors, settlers and activists whose lives of leadership make up the story… [more below]
- Author: Gratwick, Harry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: April 10 2010
- ISBN10: 1540220788
- Language: English
