Cultural Region/New England
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Green Mountain Farm
$20.99 Add to cartIn 1934, in the depths of the Great Depression, Elliott Merrick and his wife, Kate, bought a ramshackle farm on a Vermont hillside for $1,000. Merrick, a young writer with a healthy dose of idealism a… [more below]
- Author: Merrick, Elliott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 222
- Publish Date: September 24 2012
- ISBN10: 0881504351
- Language: English
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New Hampshire Book of the Dead:: Graveyard Legends and Lore
$21.99 Add to cartNew Hampshire’s historic graveyards, from Portsmouth to North Conway, have bizarre and eerie stories to offer their visitors. Graveyards often invoke fear and superstition among the living, but the de… [more below]
- Author: Zwicker, Roxie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 02 2012
- ISBN10: 1609497562
- Language: English
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The Myth and Reality of Slavery in Eastern Connecticut: The Brownes of Salem and Absentee Land Ownership
$21.50 Add to cartThe Myth and Reality of Slavery in Eastern Connecticut: The Brownes of Salem and Absentee Land Ownership tells the story of absentee landlords and slavery in the region prior to the American Revolutio
- Author: Stark, Bruce P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 300
- Publish Date: January 02 2023
- ISBN10: 9798218000899
- Language: English
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Half Full in Maine: The History and Bright Future of 10,000 Years of Optimism Down East & everywhere else
$21.99 Add to cartThe world is not going to hell. Least of all Maine. Tempting evidence to the contrary notwithstanding, we are actually living in a golden age of optimism.
Hat tip to Mainers including thank-you-for-th
- Author: Meiners, Willem
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: March 01 2023
- ISBN10: 9798218156800
- Language: English
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Marblehead Myths, Legends and Lore
$21.99 Add to cartFind stories of magic and witches, sailors, pirates and shipwrecks and more in this book filled with folks with great stories and interesting lives.
Author and Marblehead Museum & Historical Society di
- Series: American Legends
- Author: Matthias Peterson, Pam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 31 2007
- ISBN10: 1596292563
- Language: English
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Deer Diaries
$16.95 Add to cartJohn Ford, retired Maine game warden, returns with book 3 of tales from his long career as a game warden in Maine. Each of them are filled with actual events and experiences, written as short stories,… [more below]
- Author: Ford, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 284
- Publish Date: August 25 2015
- ISBN10: 1943424063
- Language: English
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Forgotten Tales of Vermont
$14.99 Add to cartThere’s more to Vermont than maple syrup and covered bridges. A book about Vermont’s history will likely bring to mind such topics as Abenaki Indians, the Green Mountain Boys and the state’s famed cov… [more below]
- Series: Forgotten Tales
- Author: Alexander, William M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1596294655
- Language: English
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God, War, and Providence: The Epic Struggle of Roger Williams and the Narragansett Indians Against the Puritans of New England
$18.99 Add to cartThe tragic and fascinating history of the first epic struggle between white settlers and Native Americans in the early seventeenth century: “a riveting historical validation of emancipatory impulses f… [more below]
- Author: Warren, James A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 18 2019
- ISBN10: 1501180428
- Language: English
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Once Upon a Time, The Mad River Valley
$23.99 Add to cartMore than a book, this is a time capsule of simpler times in the Mad River Valley. Photos of tiny villages, how we lived, buildings and the people of a bygone era will tug at nostalgic hearts and enli
- Author: Eurich, Kevin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 70
- Publish Date: November 30 2023
- ISBN10: 9798989510603
- Language: English
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Explorer’s Guide Maine
$23.95 Read moreExplorer’s Guide Maine is back for the 19th time, providing readers with everything they need to know for making their next trip to Maine the best one yet. This comprehensive, fully up- to- date edit
- Series: Explorer’s Complete #0
- Author: English, Nancy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: July 02 2019
- ISBN10: 1682683095
- Language: English
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If These Walls Could Talk: New England Patriots: Stories from the New England Patriots Sideline, Locker Room, and Press Box
$17.95 Read moreThe New England Patriots are one of the most successful teams in the NFL, with five Super Bowl championships and a perpetual playoff presence. Author Scott Zolak, as a broadcaster and former player fo… [more below]
- Series: If These Walls Could Talk
- Author: Howe, Jeff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 02 2018
- ISBN10: 1629374423
- Language: English
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David Thomson: First Yankee
$12.00 Add to cartA man of many talents, Thomson was a builder, an explorer, a businessman and an apothecary. In 1620, when the Mayflower landed at Plymouth Rock, Thomson had already made numerous trips to the coast of
- Author: Newall, Barbara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 142
- Publish Date: February 11 2020
- ISBN10: 1950381323
- Language: English
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The Truth about Baked Beans: An Edible History of New England
$34.00 Add to cartForages through New England’s most famous foods for the truth behind the region’s culinary myths
Meg Muckenhoupt begins with a simple question: When did Bostonians start making Boston Baked Beans? Sto- Series: Washington Mews Books
- Author: Muckenhoupt, Meg
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 25 2020
- ISBN10: 1479882763
- Language: English
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Hiking Maine: A Guide to the State’s Greatest Hiking Adventures
$24.95 Add to cartExperience hikes into historic towns, along the rugged coastline, and through Acadia National Park.
- Series: State Hiking Guides
- Author: Westrich, Greg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: April 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1493041894
- Language: English
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Connecticut Off the Beaten Path(R): Discover Your Fun
$28.42 Add to cartTired of the same old tourist traps? Whether you’re a visitor or a local looking for something different, Connecticut Off the Beaten Path shows you the Nutmeg State with new perspectives on timeless d… [more below]
- Series: Off the Beaten Path
- Author: Pietrzyk, Cindi D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: April 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1493037617
- Language: English
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Chowdaheadz: A Wicked Smaaht Guide to All Things Boston
$16.95 Read moreAre you wondering if it’s going to be a scortcha? Ever bang a uey? Which way to Bunkah Hill? Chowdaheadz: A Wicked Smaaht Guide to All Things Boston is a fun reference to Boston speak, the Boston way … [more below]
- Author: Gormady, Ryan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 12 2017
- ISBN10: 1493024779
- Language: English
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The Enduring Shore: A History of Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, and Nantucket
$26.99 Add to cartEven before the Pilgrims landed in 1620, Cape Cod and its islands promised paradise to visitors, both native and European. In Paul Schneider’s sure hands, the story of this waterland created by glacie
- Author: Schneider, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 05 2000
- ISBN10: 0805067345
- Language: English
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Another Bullshit Night in Suck City: A Memoir
$17.95 Read moreNick Flynn met his father when he was working as a caseworker in a homeless shelter in Boston. As a teenager he’d received letters from this stranger father, a self-proclaimed poet and con man doing t… [more below]
- Author: Flynn, Nick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: September 17 2005
- ISBN10: 0393329402
- Language: English
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Hiking Maine’s 100 Mile Wilderness: A Guide to the Area’s Greatest Hiking Adventures
$19.95 Add to cartMaine’s 100 Mile Wilderness is one of the most famous sections of the Appalachian Trail – a 97-mile stretch and the longest section on the AT without a paved road crossing or a town. This guide will i
- Author: Westrich, Greg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493069713
- Language: English
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Martha’s Vineyard Tales: From Pirates on Lake Tashmoo to Baxter’s Saloon
$22.00 Add to cartStep back in island time into a time-capsule of Martha’s Vineyard history–the quirky, the gritty, the whimsical, and the hard-to-believe. This collection of stories and unique historical photographs … [more below]
- Author: Baer, Chris
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1493034693
- Language: English
