United States local history

Red Delicious Death

In this latest Orchard mystery, amateur sleuth Meg Corey takes a bite out of crime... Some baby-faced chefs, fresh out of cooking school, are looking to open a restaurant in...

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can tell an ample story: New-England Runaways, 1769-1773

This work marks Joseph Lee Boyle's third volume of colonial New England runaways, as identified in contemporary newspaper ads. (The first two volumes covered the period 1704-1754 and 1755-1768, respectively.)...

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much given to Talk and bad Company: New-England Runaways, 1704-1754

This work is the first of four volumes in a series of New England runaways, as identified in contemporary newspaper ads. The majority of the persons are runaway servants and...

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Stories from the Six Worlds (2nd Edition): Mi'kmaw Legends

In Stories from the Six Worlds, it is their stories, passed down by word of mouth, that best preserve and present Mi'kmaw culture. For in their tales, the People themselves...

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Sugar on Snow

"Sap's rising!" A picture book that pays tribute to the spirit and traditions of rural New England and a reminder of the very real values found on family farms. A...

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Light on Snow

What makes a family? That's what twelve-year-old Nicky Dillon wonders after she and her widowed father discover a wailing abandoned baby in the snow-filled woods near their New Hampshire home....

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Eight Perfect Murders

New York Times bestseller"Swanson rips us from one startling plot twist to the next... A true tour de force." --Lisa Gardner"[A] multilayered mystery that brims with duplicity, betrayal and revenge."...

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All These Beautiful Strangers

"This is going to be big." -Entertainment Weekly"Juicy, clever, and beguiling." -Cecily von Ziegsar, author of the Gossip Girl novelsA young woman haunted by a family tragedy is caught up...

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The Forbidden Garden

"Captivating ...] Herrick weaves a rich tapestry of family lore, dark secrets, and love." --Brunonia Barry, New York Times bestselling author of The Lace Reader and The Fifth PetalPerfect for...

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John Grow of Ipswich, Massachusetts and Some of His Descendants: A Middle-Class Family in Social and Economic Context from the 17th Century to the Pre

Recipient: National Genealogical Society Award for Excellence: Genealogy and Family History Book Category (Honorable Mention, 2021)This engaging and highly readable family history follows ten generations of a mainstream middle-class family...

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Hold You Now

A secret baby and a second chance. From troubled teen to successful contractor, Jake Nichols is used to starting over. From childhood to his recent divorce, he's a pro at...

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Touch You Now

She's gorgeous and determined to be left alone. He's intrigued and intent on inserting himself into her solitary life. When Kane Harmon rescues Halley Ward from the side of the...

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Ethan Frome, Large-Print Edition

One of Edith Wharton's greatest works, this classic novel is a portrait of the simple inhabitants of a 19th-century New England village. Crafted with stark simplicity, Ethan Frome portrays the...

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Mary and William Dyer: Quaker Light and Puritan Ambition in Early New England

Mary Dyer is widely esteemed as one of the "Boston martyrs"- four Quakers hanged by the Massachusetts Bay Colony between 1659 and 1661. When she returned to Boston in 1660,...

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Hudson River Lighthouses

Lighthouses were built on the Hudson River in New York between 1826 to 1921 to help guide freight and passenger traffic. One of the most famous was the iconic Statue...

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The Twisted Thread

When beautiful but aloof Claire Harkness is found dead in her dorm room one spring morning, prestigious Armitage Academy is shaken to its core. Everyone connected to school, and to...

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New England White

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Lemaster Carlyle, the president of the country's most prestigious university, and his wife, Julie, the divinity school's deputy dean, are America's most prominent and powerful African American couple....

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Shadows Over Innsmouth

Enjoy some "good, slimy fun" with this horror anthology that pays tribute to H.P. Lovecraft's eeriest creation--featuring 16 "genuinely frightening" stories from Neil Gaiman, Ramsey Campbell, and more (San Francisco...

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Book 13: The Woodshed Mystery

The Alden Children are staying at the New England farmhouse where their grandfather grew up. There are many legends about the old farm, especially about a woodshed near the house....

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The Mortician's Daughter

A suspended New York City policewoman returns home to a small New England mill town to investigate the murder of her best friend's sonAuthor: Elizabeth BloomPublisher: Mysterious PressPublished: 08/21/2006Pages: 320Binding...

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The Healer's Calling: Women and Medicine in Early New England

This book, the first to describe women medical practitioners other than midwives in the colonial period, emphasizes that medical care was part of every woman's work. The Healer's Calling uses...

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African American Historic Burial Grounds and Gravesites of New England

Evidence of the early history of African Americans in New England is found in the many old cemeteries and burial grounds in the region, often in hidden or largely forgotten...

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Unsolved New England: 20 Cases That Rocked the Region

New England has an alarming underbelly of mystery, murder, and chilling unsolved cases that will shock you. Delve into 20 unsettling incidents of homicide, robberies, missing persons, and strangeness from...

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