United States - State & Local - New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
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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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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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Edith Wharton’s Lenox
$24.99 Add to cartAn insider’s glimpse of the suprirsing, scandalous time famed novelist Edith Wharton called Lenox home.
In 1900, Edith Wharton burst into the settled summer colony of Lenox. An aspiring novelist in her
- Author: Gilder, Cornelia Brooke
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: July 03 2017
- ISBN10: 1467135178
- Language: English
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Marking Stockbridge’s Past
$45.95 Add to cartStockbridge, Massachusetts, a small town located in the southern portion of Berkshire County, has a varied and fascinating history. Some of which are found in the form of monuments, plaques, and marke
- Author: Carr, Maria L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 412
- Publish Date: March 27 2023
- ISBN10: 9798885054768
- Language: English
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It Happened in Vermont: Stories of Events and People That Shaped Green Mountain State History
$16.95 Add to cartFrom a cross-border Confederate attack to the underdressed men from Maple Corner, It Happened in Vermont looks at intriguing people and episodes from the history of the Green Mountain State
- Series: It Happened in
- Author: Bushnell, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1493041363
- Language: English
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Black Lives, Native Lands, White Worlds: A History of Slavery in New England
$25.95 Add to cartShortly after the first Europeans arrived in seventeenth-century New England, they began to import Africans and capture the area’s indigenous peoples as slaves. By the eve of the American Revolution, … [more below]
- Author: Hardesty, Jared Ross
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 198
- Publish Date: August 15 2019
- ISBN10: 1625344570
- Language: English
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Away Off Shore: Nantucket Island and Its People, 1602-1890
$19.00 Read moreA book about a tiny island with a huge history, from the New York Times bestselling author of Valiant Ambition and In the Hurricane’s Eye.
“For everyone who loves Nantucket Island this is the indispens… [more below]- Author: Philbrick, Nathaniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 26 2011
- ISBN10: 0143120123
- Language: English
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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.
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- 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
