New England

The schooner Bowdoin was designed and built in 1921 in Maine under the direction of naval officer and explorer Donald MacMillan. She is the only American schooner built specifically for Arctic exploration, and has sailed above the Arctic circle 29 times...

From the 1880s to the end of World War I, the fashionable resort of Bar Harbor attracted thousands of summer visitors with the money and leisure to pursue "the simple life on a grand scale," as A. Atwater Kent put it. They came to rusticate,...

An often overlooked segment of Maine (and American) history is the story of women in the working class dance industries. Generally looked upon with a gasp of shock, burlesque and vaudeville dancing, and later taxi dancing and marathon dancing, were often...

Mount Katahdin, in Baxter State Park, is Maine's highest mountain. It is also the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail. Tucked away in the remote North Woods, it is an adventure seeker's paradise. Hiking, climbing, backpacking, snowshoeing,...

Every spring, for thousands of years, the rivers that empty into the North Atlantic Ocean turn silver with migrating fish. Among the crowded schools once swam the King of Fish, the Atlantic salmon. From New York to Labrador, from Russia to Portugal,...

Mainers on the Titanic traces the stories of passengers on that fateful ship who had ties to Maine. Many of them were wealthy summer visitors to Bar Harbor, but there were other residents of state aboard as well. Their tales are retold, along with what...

In October 1947, Maine experienced the worst fire disaster in its history. Climaxing months of drought, fires raged across more than 200,000 acres. Nine communities were practically leveled and four others severely damaged. Fifteen people lost their...

The beautiful carriage roads of Mount Desert Island fit so perfectly into the land it seems as though they have always been there. Actually, they are the result of decades of planning and painstaking effort on the part of philanthropist John D...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781596292642Author Cliff McCarthyFormat PaperbackPage Count 127Imprint History Press (SC)Publisher History Press (SC)Weight(grams) 286g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781596292239Author Theresa BarboFormat PaperbackPage Count 158Imprint History Press (SC)Publisher History Press (SC)Weight(grams) 161g

In Detestable and Wicked Arts, Paul B. Moyer places early New England's battle against black magic in a transatlantic perspective. Moyer provides an accessible and comprehensive examination of witch prosecutions in the Puritan colonies that discusses how...

Connecticut Characters: 101 Memorable Profiles is a collection of the most popular profiles and colorful accounts written by long-time columnist Randall Beach. His columns were written over a span of 40 years and are fondly remembered by many New Haven...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781493066018Author Patricia W. HarrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Globe Pequot PressPublisher Rowman & Littlefield

From robbing graves, to calling their neighbors "scum", to penning hot takes about the fantastic firewood situation in New England, the intrepid founding fathers and mothers of New England were way more complex and colorful than we've been led to believe...

From the revolutionary camaraderie of the Colonial taverns to the saloons of the turn of the century; from Prohibition-a period rife with class politics, social reform, and opportunism-to a trail of nightclub neon so vast, it was called the "Conga...

The New England landscape has long been battered by some of the most intense weather in US history. Discover the legendary storms that have devastated New England, including: the Great New England Hurricane of 1938 that killed 564 people; the Worcester...

At the 400th anniversary of the pilgrims' arrival (1620-2020), it's time to look back, commemorate, and reflect on what New England has meant to its people, and to the world. New England at 400: From Plymouth Rock to Present Day describes how every...

Here is the sweep of life in the flinty corner called New England, where Protestant outcasts started from scratch on rocky land surrounded by mountains and cold shoreline. Through their work and devotion New England grew into the most industrious,...

From its beginnings New London's history is bound to the sea. Income from the whaling industry alone was fabulous. Yet the history of this unusual city at the mouth of the Thames, is one of many endeavors. Robert Decker has brought it all together, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467156431Author James L ParrFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint History PressPublisher History PressWeight(grams) 9g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467134163Author Margie WalkerFormat PaperbackImprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams) 272g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467128278Author Raymond SinibaldiFormat PaperbackPage Count 95Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 291gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467126069Author James A. GayFormat PaperbackPage Count 127Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 318g

Mill Power documents the making of a national park that changed the concept of what a national historical park could be. For a time in the 1800s, Lowell was Massachusetts's cosmopolitan, must-see second city. The city's industrial model was as high-tech...

In a series of distinguished novels Gerald Warner Brace has given us pictures of life along and near the New England coast. Between Wind and Water is the distillate of sixty years of living and cruising and sailing along the Maine coast. Each chapter...

From the Preface: In the 1700s, American colleges like Yale were hotbeds of intellectual activity that lead the country to revolution. According to author Louis Tucker, this volume is a study that "seeks to assess the role of Yale College in the...

The fascinating history of the coastal town-from fishing village to gay mecca How did a sleepy New England fishing village become a gay mecca? In this dynamic history, Karen Christel Krahulik explains why Provincetown, Massachusetts-alternately known as...

This is an indispensable reference for the lighthouse enthusiast, required reading for those interested in maritime history, and a necessity for anyone who loves Cape Cod. Step back in time and observe the lighthouses and lightships that marked the...

Insubordinate Spirit is a unique exploration into the life of Elizabeth Winthrop and other seventeenth-century English Puritans who emigrated to the rough, virtually untouched wilderness of present-day New England. Excerpts from newly discovered personal...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738576824Author Janet M DalyFormat PaperbackPage Count 95Imprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams) 165g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738565354Author Kathryn M SeversonFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams) 165g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738545424Author Richard a DuffyFormat PaperbackImprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams) 249g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738537689Author Bruce D HealdFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams) 174g

A university press is a curious institution, dedicated to the dissemination of learning yet apart from the academic structure; a publishing firm that is in business, but not to make money; an arm of the university that is frequently misunderstood and...

George Washington Prize Finalist Winner of the Society of the Cincinnati Prize "Fascinating... Hinderaker's meticulous research shows that the Boston Massacre was contested from the beginning... [Its] meanings have plenty to tell us about America's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467104579Author Paul C ClericiFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467103572Author Russell C. ShaddoxFormat PaperbackPage Count 127Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 318g

With intriguing photos and lively writing, What's in a Picture makes it clear that historic photographs can be a super source of present-day insight and entertainment. As a magazine feature in Down East and now here as a collection of 50 photographs and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780881508598Author Robert FinchFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Countryman Press Inc.Publisher WW Norton & Co

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467124584Author L. F. BlanchardFormat PaperbackPage Count 95Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 229mm...