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Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Description
"Carafoli helps you explore the Italian enclaves in New England and the evolution of Italian-American cuisine. He profiles people, places, and communities to provide a book that is part historical record, part travelogue, and part cookbook-- and an altogether fascinating glimpse into the region's rich Italian heritage." --
Author
Publisher
Globe Pequot
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"The lives of notorious bad guys, perpetrators of mischief, visionary-if misunderstood-thinkers, and other colorful antiheroes, jerks, and evil doers from history all get their due in the short essays featured in these enlightening, informative, books. Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in New England History features twenty short biographies of nefarious characters, from Charles W. Morse, serial monopolist, cheat, liar, and swindler, to Emeline Meaker...
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Jamie Sayen approaches the story of northern New England's undeveloped forests from the viewpoints of the previously unheard: the forest and the nonhuman species it sustains, the First Peoples, and, in more recent times, the disenfranchised human voices of the forest, including those of loggers, mill workers, and citizens who, like Henry David Thoreau, wish to speak a kind word for nature.
From 1988 to 2016 paper companies sold their timberlands...
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Series
Library of New-England history ; no. 3
Publisher
J. K. Wiggin and Wm. Parsons Lunt
Pub. Date
1867.
Language
English
Author
Series
Library of New-England history ; no.IV
Publisher
J. K. Wiggin & W. P. Lunt
Pub. Date
1867.
Language
English
18) Puritan family and community in the English Atlantic world: being "much afflicted with conscience"
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Series
Publisher
Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Puritan Family and Community in the English Atlantic World examines the dynamics of marriage, family, and community life during the 'Great Migration' through the microhistorical study of one Puritan family in 1638 Rhode Island. Connecting migration studies, family and community studies, religious studies, and political philosophy, Puritan Family and Community in the English Atlantic World will be of great interest to scholars of the English Atlantic...
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Language
English
Description
From the author of the "New York Times" bestseller "Assassination Vacation" comes an examination of the Puritans, their covenant communities, deep-rooted idealism, political and cultural relevance, and their myriad oddities.
To this day, America views itself as a Puritan nation, but author Vowell investigates what that means--and what it should mean. What was this great political enterprise all about? Who were these people who are considered the...
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Language
English
Description
The harrowing story of one of America's first and costliest wars—featuring a new foreword by bestselling author Nathaniel Philbrick
At once an in-depth history of this pivotal war and a guide to the historical sites where the ambushes, raids, and battles took place, King Philip's War expands our understanding of American history and provides insight into the nature of colonial and ethnic wars in general. Through a careful...