New England

This is a comprehensive history of the beginnings, trials, and flourishing of Plainville Connecticut. As Gertrude Castle Nystrom wrote in the preface to her father's book, "This history of the beginnings of Plainville, Connecticut, covering the...

Whether it's for their solace and beauty or for the sense of history that seeps from the ground, cemeteries are fascinating places to visit, this guide shows where to find the most interesting and unusual ones in all of New England. Some have headstones...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467140003Author Thomas DresserFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467133951Author James E BensonFormat 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 9781467129237Author Susan Mara BregmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 127Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467122948Author Dick TrustFormat PaperbackImprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams) 299g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467115698Author Tom MajorFormat 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 9781467154437Author Sean BriodyFormat 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 9781467109376Author Mike TorresonFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams)...

Illustrated with well over 200 images drawn from the collections of the Maine Historical Society, the Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Special Collections at the Portland Public Library, the Maine State Museum, local historical societies, private...

Incredible Stories of the Prophets, Vagabonds, Fortune-Tellers, Hermits, Lords, and Poets Who Shaped New England New England has been a lot of things-an economic hub, a cultural center, a sports mecca-but it is also home to many of the strangest...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467124331Author Michael F. ClarkFormat PaperbackPage Count 95Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 295g

Where were we in 1960, where have we come in the years since, how did we get here, and where are we going? These questions guided the 22 speakers in a public lecture series presented by the USM Muskie School that examined Maine's changing economic,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738573960Author Anthony Mitchell SammarcoFormat PaperbackPage Count 95Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 295g

Italian Americans made a significant contribution to Franklin D. Roosevelt's election to the White House in 1932 and to the victory of the Democratic Party in the four subsequent presidential contests. This volume offers a case study of their electoral...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781596292048Author Betty N. HoffmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 272g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467125017Author S. Jane Von TrappFormat PaperbackPage Count 95Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm)...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626194083Author Sally LermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 191Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 290gDimensions(mm) 178mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467121668Author Bonnie StacyFormat PaperbackPage Count 143Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 626g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738562964Author Alan R. EarlsFormat PaperbackPage Count 95Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 299g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738539492Author James Z. KyprianosFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 295g

Twenty of Massachusetts' most catastrophic incidents due to natural and other causes are recounted here. Featured are the 1874 Mill River flood, the blizzard of 1888, the Great Molasses Flood of 1919 in Boston's North End, the 1953 Worcester tornado, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781934028803Author Doug MayerFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Appalachian Mountain Club BooksPublisher Appalachian Mountain Club BooksWeight(grams) 25g

They came to Maine for a job or to reunite with their family or because they fell in love or to attend college here or to flee persecution in their homelands. Although the twenty-five immigrants who tell their stories had widely varying reasons for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467103046Author XiomároFormat PaperbackPage Count 95Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 295g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781493040353Author Stillman RogersFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Globe Pequot PressPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 18g

Medford, Massachusetts, has been a part of Massachusetts history since the 1630s when Governor John Winthrop travelled here, and named a rock in the Middlesex fells after the cheese in his lunch. In the span from that seventeenth century afternoon to the...

Parades tell us something important about American culture and almost every place has a parade tradition. The Best Ever! explores this tradition as enacted in the small cities and towns of New England, events that at once celebrated the skeleton of the...

Wisteria House is a North Andover, Massachusetts landmark, named for the vigorous vine that has flourished on the veranda for more than 150 years. More properly known as the Field-Hodges House, it belonged to only two families. The last owner, Sarah...

People are inexplicably drawn to abandoned places. Believe it or not, New England is home to numerous ghost towns long abandoned, but filled with mystery, unexpected beauty, and a sense that these locations are simply biding their time, waiting for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438490083Author Anthony V. RiccioFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Excelsior EditionsPublisher State University of New York PressWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467150484Author Jane MerrillFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint History PressPublisher History PressWeight(grams) 152g

Maria Baldwin (1856--1922) held a special place in the racially divided society of her time, as a highly respected educator at a largely white New England school and an activist who carried on the radical spirit of the Boston area's internationally...

Stories of witchcraft and demonic possession from early modern England through the last official trials in colonial New England Those possessed by the devil in early modern England usually exhibited a common set of symptoms: fits, vomiting, visions,...

In its 400 years of recorded history, the Charles River has run from Hopkinton to Boston just as marathoners do every April. In that time it has served as the route of settlement for places like Charlestown, Cambridge, Watertown, and Waltham. This book...

Enjoy the South Shore of Massachusetts in breathtaking panoramic images of favorite vistas. From Quincy to Plymouth and Hingham to Foxboro, these magnificent 120-degree images capture the region's beloved scenes. Visit the shore of Quincy Bay and the...

Take a journey through Manhattan neighborhoods with this colorful collection of New York City photographs and postcards. Learn about the history that shaped the Big Apple before the 21st century, and the wealth of trivia that built the "city that...

Can a place be inherently evil? Are the violent and paranormal events so frequently experienced throughout the history of the Bridgewater Triangle mere coincidence or evidence of an unseen, epic battle waged between the forces of good and evil? This is...

Connecticut, proclaimed often by visitors as solely a rest stop along the highway from New York to Boston, is known primarily for its bedroom towns, cows, and strip malls, but it is so much more than that. From tales of its haunted history, curious...