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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 Read moreA 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
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Going Up the Country: When the Hippies, Dreamers, Freaks, and Radicals Moved to Vermont
$19.95 Add to cartHow the counterculture movement changed Vermont–and America
Going Up the Country is part oral history, part nostalgia-tinged narrative, and part clear-eyed analysis of the multifaceted phenomena colle
- Author: Daley, Yvonne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 294
- Publish Date: January 07 2020
- ISBN10: 0819579718
- Language: English
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Fatal Forecast: An Incredible True Tale of Disaster and Survival at Sea
$18.99 Add to cartNow in paperback, a true story as spellbinding and harrowing as The Perfect Storm, “marvel- ous and terrifying” (Los Angeles Times)–published to herald the arrival of Tougias’s new hardcover, The Fin… [more below]
- Author: Tougias, Michael J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 09 2009
- ISBN10: 0743297040
- Language: English
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Ghosts of Salem: Haunts of the Witch City
$19.99 Add to cartNestled on the rocky coast of Massachusetts, Salem is a city steeped in history and legend. Famous for its witch trials, the storied North Shore seaport also has a dark history of smugglers and deadly… [more below]
- Series: Haunted America
- Author: Baltrusis, Sam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 12 2014
- ISBN10: 1626193975
- Language: English
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Connecticut 169 Club: Your Passport & Guide to Exploring Connecticut: New 5th Edition
$29.95 Add to cartEvery one of Connecticut’s 169 towns has a story shaped by its geography and its people–the first inhabited the state more than 10,000 years ago, the Dutch traders, English settlers, and Africans–en… [more below]
- Author: Podskoch, Martin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 0997101962
- Language: English
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The Atlas of Boston History
$43.00 Add to cartFew American cities possess a history as long, rich, and fascinating as Boston’s. A site of momentous national political events from the Revolutionary War through the civil rights movement, Boston has… [more below]
- Author: Seasholes, Nancy S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 10 2019
- ISBN10: 022663115X
- Language: English
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Acadia National Park
$23.99 Read moreMost histories of Acadia National Park chronicle the contributions of men in acquiring land, and while these contributions were critical, women also played a pivotal role. Some funded memorial paths, … [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Anne M. Kozak
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: May 22 2023
- ISBN10: 146710986X
- Language: English
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Covered Bridges of New Hampshire
$39.95 Read moreAn engaging and well-illustrated history of the covered bridges in New Hampshire, featuring historical photos of each bridge paired with color images.
The author partnered with bridgewrights, timber f
- Author: Chandler, Kim Varney
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1942155522
- Language: English
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The Lobster Coast: Rebels, Rusticators, and the Struggle for a Forgotten Frontier
$20.00 Add to cart“A thorough and engaging history of Maine’s rocky coast and its tough-minded people.”–Boston Herald
” A] well-researched and well-written cultural and ecological history of stubborn perseverance.”–U- Author: Woodard, Colin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 26 2005
- ISBN10: 0143035347
- Language: English
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The Boston Massacre: A Family History
$21.99 Add to cart“Historical accuracy and human understanding require coming down from the high ground and seeing people in all their complexity. Serena Zabin’s rich and highly enjoyable book does just that.”–Kathlee
- Author: Zabin, Serena
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0063275899
- Language: English
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Northeaster: A Story of Courage and Survival in the Blizzard of 1952
$28.95 Read moreA vivid and gripping story of an epic Maine snowstorm that tested the very limits of human endurance.
A National Bestseller For many, the past few years have been defined by climate disaster. Stories- Author: Pelletier, Cathie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1639363416
- Language: English
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A History of Boston
$55.00 Add to cartBoston is today one of the world’s greatest cities, first in higher education, hospitals, life science companies, and sports teams. It was the home of the Great Puritan Migration, the American Revolut
- Author: Dain, Daniel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 832
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 1942155611
- Language: English
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The Girls Who Fought Crime: The Untold True Story of the Country’s First Female Investigator and Her Crime Fighting Squad
$18.99 Read moreFor fans of Margot Lee Shetterley and Liza Mundy comes an inspiring feminist tale of a woman who dedicated her entire life to the New York Police Department, upending the patriarchy and the status quo
- Author: Eder, Mari
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 08 2023
- ISBN10: 172828337X
- Language: English
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Gilded: How Newport Became America’s Richest Resort
$21.99 Add to cartA beautifully written history of high society in Newport, Rhode Island, from the acclaimed author of Party of the Century
Newport is the legendary and beautiful home of American aristocracy and the she
- Author: Davis, Deborah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 01, 2011
- ISBN10: 1118014014
- Language: English
