United States - State & Local - New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
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The Wreck of the Portland: A Doomed Ship, a Violent Storm, and New England’s Worst Maritime Disaster
$19.95 Add to cartThe SS Portland was a solid and luxurious ship, and its loss in 1898 in a violent storm with some 200 people aboard was later remembered as “New England’s Titanic.” The Portland was one of New England… [more below]
- Author: Conway, J. North
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: July 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1493059467
- Language: English
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Hidden History of Vermont
$23.99 Add to cartA look back on the riveting history of Vermont, featuring stories from the American Revolution and the summoning of spirits.
Vermont’s history is marked by fierce independence, generosity of spirit and
- Series: Hidden History
- Author: Bushnell, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: November 13 2017
- ISBN10: 1625859007
- Language: English
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A Guide to Newport’s Cliff Walk: Tales of Seaside Mansions & the Gilded Age Elite
$33.99 Add to cartFrom the grand majesty of the Breakers to the beautiful proportions of Rosecliff, these houses are enduring reminders of the architectural flowering of the Gilded Age.
Where the salty air mingles with … [more below]- Author: Morris, Ed
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: May 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1540218546
- Language: English
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Cursed in New England: More Stories of Damned Yankees
$30.00 Add to cartStories about preternatural revenge are numerous in Yankee lore, with each New England state providing its favorites. Within these pages, storyteller Joseph A. Citro vividly brings these tales to life… [more below]
- Author: Citro, Joseph A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1493032240
- Language: English
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Breakneck: The Early Settlement of Middlebury, Connecticut: From1657 to its Incorporation as a Town.
$14.95 Add to cart- Author: Sullivan, Raymond E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: October 07 2010
- ISBN10: 1450256325
- Language: English
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Traveling the Old Ski Tracks of New England
$27.95 Read moreFor over a century New Englanders have taken to the slopes in search of ways to enjoy the coldest months, and skiing has deep roots in the region. In the late nineteenth century Scandinavian immigrant
- Author: Allen, E. John B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 18 2022
- ISBN10: 1625346735
- Language: English
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Lost Towns of the Swift River Valley: Drowned by the Quabbin
$23.99 Read moreIn April 1938, Swift River Valley residents held a farewell ball to mark the demise of the quintessential New England town of Enfield and its three smaller neighbors, Greenwich, Dana, and Prescott.
Th
- Series: Lost
- Author: Palladino, Elena
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 10 2022
- ISBN10: 1467147974
- Language: English
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Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
$18.95 Add to cartA new 100th anniversary edition of the only adult book on one of the odder disasters in US history–and the greed, disregard for poor immigrants, and lack of safety standards that led to it.
Around no- Author: Puleo, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 15 2019
- ISBN10: 080707800X
- Language: English
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Hidden History of Rockland & St. George
$21.99 Add to cartDown East Maine is well known for its breathtaking scenery and art museums. However, much of the history in the traditional mining and fishing area of Rockland and St. George remains untold.
Hanson Gr
- Series: Hidden History
- Author: Merrill, Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: July 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1467150487
- Language: English
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Connecticut Witch Trials: The First Panic in the New World
$21.99 Add to cartConnecticut’s witch hunt was the first and most ferocious in New England, occurring almost fifty years before the infamous Salem witch trials.
Between 1647 and 1697, at least thirty-four men and women
- Author: Boynton, Cynthia Wolfe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 23 2014
- ISBN10: 1626193878
- Language: English
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The City-State of Boston: The Rise and Fall of an Atlantic Power, 1630-1865
$27.95 Add to cartA groundbreaking history of early America that shows how Boston built and sustained an independent city-state in New England before being folded into the United States
In the vaunted annals of America- Author: Peterson, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 784
- Publish Date: October 06 2020
- ISBN10: 0691209170
- Language: English
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Ghost Towns of New England: Thirty-Two Locations Lost to Time
$19.95 Add to cartA fascinating tour of long-abandoned towns and villages throughout New England.
- Author: Plumb, Taryn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 250
- Publish Date: October 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1684750164
- Language: English
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Secret Rhode Island
$27.00 Read more- Series: Secret
- Author: Curley, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1681063670
- Language: English
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When the Island Had Fish: The Remarkable Story of a Maine Fishing Community
$27.95 Add to cartWhen the Island had Fish is the story of a tiny island, Vinalhaven Maine, that offers a close look at the significant history of Maine fishing particularly, but also provides a meditation on America’s
- Author: Smith, Janna Malamud
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 324
- Publish Date: July 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1684750784
- Language: English
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Murder at Rocky Point Park:: Tragedy in Rhode Island’s Summer Paradise
$21.99 Add to cartJoin author & reporter Kelly Sullivan Pezza as she investigates and recounts the murder of 5-year old Maggie Sheffield.
On a summer day in 1893, little Maggie Sheffield was murdered. Maggie’s own fathe
- Series: True Crime
- Author: Pezza, Kelly Sullivan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 05 2014
- ISBN10: 1626196257
- Language: English
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Vermont Book of the Dead: Graveyard Legends and Lore
$24.99 Read moreVermont’s hills hold the echoes of a spirited past. Haunting stories and wandering ghosts are found in numerous burial places from the Riverside Cemetery in Burlington to the Green Mount Cemetery in M
- Series: The History Press
- Author: Zwicker, Roxie J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1467155144
- Language: English
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A History of Boston in 50 Artifacts
$29.95 Add to cartA new edition of a bestselling book looking at the history of Boston through fifty artifacts.
Joseph M. Bagley, the city archaeologist of Boston, uncovers a fascinating hodgepodge of history–from an- Author: Bagley, Joseph M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 22 2021
- ISBN10: 1684580781
- Language: English
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Women of the Dawn
$17.95 Add to cartWomen of the Dawn tells the stories of four remarkable Wabanaki Indian women who lived in northeast America during the four centuries that devastated their traditional world. Their courageous response… [more below]
- Author: McBride, Bunny
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: September 01 2001
- ISBN10: 080328277X
- Language: English
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Dogtown: Death and Enchantment in a New England Ghost Town
$18.99 Add to cartThe area known as Dogtown–an isolated colonial ruin and surrounding 3,000-acre woodland in seaside Gloucester, Massachusetts–has long exerted a powerful influence over artists, writers, eccentrics,
- Author: East, Elyssa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 12, 2010
- ISBN10: 1416587055
- Language: English
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Boston in Transit: Mapping the History of Public Transportation in the Hub
$75.00 Read moreA richly illustrated story of public transit in one of America’s most historic cities, from public ferry and horse-drawn carriage to the MBTA.
A lively tour of public transportation in Boston over the- Author: Beaucher, Steven
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0262048078
- Language: English
