Cultural Region/New England
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Blackbeard and Other Pirates of the Atlantic Coast
$18.95 Add to cartThey were bold, arrogant, brutal. They strode the rolling deck of a ship more easily than the tame streets of a town. They were wealthy–some beyond the wildest dreams of the governors and kings who f
- Author: Roberts, Nancy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 204
- Publish Date: January 21 1993
- ISBN10: 194946718X
- Language: English
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Burlington
$19.95 Add to cartThe first history of the Green Mountain State’s largest city, home of the state university, and commercial and retail center for a majority of Vermonters, and enjoyed by the Quebecois who live just ac
- Series: Images from the Past
- Author: Feeney, Vincent
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 29 2015
- ISBN10: 1884592643
- Language: English
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Judge Sewall’s Apology: The Salem Witch Trials and the Forming of a Conscience
$14.99 Add to cartThe most evocative and richly contextualised account of the Salem Witch trials in print.
The Salem witch trials of 1692 have assumed mythical status. Immortalised by Arthur Miller’s ‘The Crucible’, the
- Author: Francis, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 19 2016
- ISBN10: 1841156779
- Language: English
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A History of Howard Johnson’s: How a Massachusetts Soda Fountain Became an American Icon
$21.99 Add to cartLearn more about the “Father of the Franchise Industry” in this illuminating history about the Howard Johnson restaurant franchise and the man behind it all.
Howard Johnson created an orange-roofed emp
- Series: American Palate
- Author: Sammarco, Anthony Mitchell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 13 2013
- ISBN10: 1609494288
- Language: English
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How Maine Changed the World
$30.95 Add to cartCelebrating Mainers’ Amazing Ingenuity
As Down East Books celebrates 50 years of great book publishing, it seems appropriate to reflect upon
the contributions Maine has made that have had significant cu… [more below]- Author: Griffin, Nancy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: October 20 2017
- ISBN10: 1608936317
- Language: English
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Wildfire Loose: The Week Maine Burned
$17.95 Add to cartIn October 1947, Maine experienced the worst fire disaster in its history. Wildfire Loose describes how the fires started and spread so quickly through rural villages, down Millionaire’s Row in Bar Ha… [more below]
- Author: Butler, Joyce
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 17 2014
- ISBN10: 1608932966
- Language: English
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Beacon Hill, Back Bay and the Building of Boston’s Golden Age
$21.99 Add to cartVenture back to the Boston of the 1800s, when Back Bay was just a wide expanse of water to the west of the Shawmut Peninsula and merchants peddled their wares to sailors along the docks. Witness the b… [more below]
- Author: Clarke, Ted
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 13 2010
- ISBN10: 1596291613
- Language: English
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Marblehead, Volume I
$39.99 Add to cartMarblehead, Massachusetts, is a proud community steeped in history, and many fine images of its past still survive today. Paintings from the colonial period and engravings from the mid-nineteenth cent… [more below]
- Author: Wright, John Hardy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: November 06 1996
- ISBN10: 1531642128
- Language: English
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In the Shadow of the Dam: The Aftermath of the Mill River Flood of 1874
$20.95 Add to cartEarly one May morning in 1874, in the hills above Williamsburg, Massachusetts, a reservoir dam suddenly burst, sending an avalanche of water down a narrow river valley lined with factories and farms. … [more below]
- Author: Sharpe, Elizabeth M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 10 2007
- ISBN10: 1416572643
- Language: English
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Keep Cooking–the Maine Way
$18.95 Add to cartMaine Sunday Times columnist Marjorie Standish’s readers clamored for a second cookbook, after the success of Cooking Down East. Here are more of her readers’ favorites.
- Author: Standish, Marjorie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 01 1996
- ISBN10: 892723912
- Language: English
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Common Ground: A Naturalist’s Cape Cod
$18.99 Add to cartWhen Common Ground was first published, Annie Dillard praised Robert Finch’s essays for “their strength, subtlety, and above all their geniality.” New readers will have a chance to discover that Finch… [more below]
- Author: Finch, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 158
- Publish Date: January 22 2013
- ISBN10: 0393311791
- Language: English
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American Spring: Lexington, Concord, and the Road to Revolution
$24.99 Add to cartA vibrant look at the American Revolution’s first months, from the author of the bestseller The Admirals.
When we reflect on our nation’s history, the American Revolution can feel almost like a foreg- Author: Borneman, Walter R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: April 14, 2015
- ISBN10: 031622099X
- Language: English
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What’s Cooking at Moody’s Diner
$12.95 Add to cartHere is a larger, redesigned edition of a tried-and-true classic cookbook inspired by the favorite Maine diner of travelers and natives alike! Like its famous namesake eatery, this cookbook almost nee… [more below]
- Author: Genthner, Nancy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0892726318
- Language: English
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Fenway 1946: Red Sox, Peace, and a Year of Hope
$31.58 Add to cartFenway 1946 celebrates the city, the team, and the spirit of that wonderful 1946 season in Boston–a season, as usual, that broke fans’ hearts–as America returned to peacetime pastimes. And none was
- Author: Connelly, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1493067400
- Language: English
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Vegan Soul Food Cookbook: Plant-Based, No-Fuss Southern Favorites
$24.99 Add to cartSoul food goes vegan–101 plant-based takes on comfort food classics
If you love classic soul food but are hungry for options that don’t rely on meat or dairy, the Vegan Soul Food Cookbook is here to d
- Author: Jenkins-El, Nadira
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 178
- Publish Date: September 14 2021
- ISBN10: 1638788111
- Language: English
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Devil’s Rooming House: The True Story of America’s Deadliest Female Serial Killer
$19.95 Add to cartThe Devil’s Rooming House is the first book about the life, times, and crimes of America’s most prolific female serial killer. In telling this fascinating story, M. William Phelps also paints a vivid
- Author: Phelps, M. William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1493050125
- Language: English
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Day Trips(r) New England: Getaway Ideas for the Local Traveler
$19.95 Add to cartRediscover the simple pleasures of a day trip with Day Trips New England. This guide is packed with hundreds of exciting things for locals and vacationers to do, see, and discover within a two-hour dr… [more below]
- Series: Day Trips from Washington, D.C.: Getaway Ideas for the Local Traveler #4
- Author: Olia, Maria
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 428
- Publish Date: July 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1493053515
- Language: English
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Quiet Water New Hampshire and Vermont: Amc’s Canoe and Kayak Guide to the Best Ponds, Lakes, and Easy Rivers
$19.95 Read moreEnjoy days of exploring the flat-water lakes, ponds, and rivers of New Hampshire and Vermont with this new guide from AMC’s Quiet Water series. Great for families, anglers, and canoeists and kayakers
- Series: AMC Quiet Water
- Author: Hayes, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 13 2010
- ISBN10: 1934028355
- Language: English
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Marblehead’s First Harbor: The Rich History of a Small Fishing Port
$34.99 Add to cartThe true beauty and fury of the Atlantic Ocean are known only by the rugged individuals who have made their living from the sea. In the seventy-five years from the American Revolution to the middle of… [more below]
- Author: Bishop, Hugh Peabody
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 306
- Publish Date: November 18 2011
- ISBN10: 1540231143
- Language: English
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Abandoned Vermont and New Hampshire: Forgotten in the Mountains
$24.99 Read moreAbandoned Vermont and New Hampshire: Forgotten in the Mountains brings readers on a trip through the winding roads of mountainous areas where understated abandonment is crumbling in the small, rural a… [more below]
- Series: America Through Time
- Author: Desrosiers, Marie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: March 27 2023
- ISBN10: 1634994558
- Language: English
