101 Glimpses of Long Island's North Shore
Richard Panchyk

Offering 101 of the most iconic images of the people and places that have come to define the North Shore, local historian and author Richard Panchyk has created a volume sure to inspire the next generation of Eggers.

101 Glimpses of New Haven
Colin M. Caplan

With a breadth of architectural range fitted to the length of its intellectural heritage, New Haven's elegance deserves 101 glimpses.

A Bit of Earth in the Somerset Hills: Growing Up in a Small New Jersey Town
Gordon Thomas Ward

Combining the enchantment of youth with nostalgic memories of the landscape of Somersetin, New Jersey, author Gordon Ward recalls in brilliant detail the Bernardsville neighborhood in which he grew up. A Bit of Earth in the Somerset Hills, is a neighborhood tale that will resonate with all whose growing-up years were filled with a sense of place.

A Brief History of Old Newbury: From Settlement to Separation
Bethany Groff

Author Bethany Groff introduces the compelling personalities that shaped the history of Old Newbury up until 1764, when Newburyport received its independence from the mother town. From the scandalous exploits of Dr. Henry Greenland to the self-sacrificing courage of founding families like the Emerys, Dummers and Pikes, experience the verve of this early New England town.

A Day in the Life of Hull: You Don't Have to Catch Fish to Go Fishin'
John Galluzzo

Hull’s geography and powerful ties to the sea create the need for professions that few can imagine. Within its small population can be found lobstermen, harbormasters, some of the bravest Coast Guardsmen in the country and more. What do these people do in an average day? Is there even such a thing as an average day? Award-winning author John Galluzzo sampled a day in the life of these extraordinary Hull residents to find out.

A Guide to Historic New Haven, Connecticut
Colin M. Caplan

Written by New Haven native Colin M. Caplan, author of New Haven (Then & Now) and an active member of the local architecture and preservation community. He founded Magrisso Forte, a design-based consulting firm dedicated to fostering awareness of New Haven’s cultural resources. This book details eighteen walks and nine guided driving/biking tours around the city.

A Guide to Historic Plymouth
James Baker

Enjoyable walking and driving tours of this renowned Pilgrim settlement, each packed with fascinating details and historic facts. Written by Plymouth resident and historian James W. Baker, former director of research and senior historian at Plimoth Plantation, and current curator at the Alden House Historic Site in Duxbury, MA.

A History of Connecticut's Golden Hill Paugussett Tribe
Charles Brilvitch

Like all of New England’s indigenous people, western Connecticut’s Paugussett tribe has suffered injustice and fought determinedly to preserve their cultural identity. In A History of Connecticut’s Golden Hill Paugussett Tribe, author Charles Brilvitch passionately chronicles the tribe’s struggles and fascinating history through the Victorian era to the present, and traces their traditions and ongoing determination to preserve an irreplaceable and vanishing culture.

A History of Mystic, Connecticut: From Pequot Village to Tourist Town
Leigh Fought

Tucked away in a natural port, Mystic has long been home to seagoing adventure. Former Mystic Seaport librarian Leigh Fought relates the compelling story of this coastal community. The decline of commercial whaling ended Mystic's shipbuilding boom, yet the town recovered, transforming itself into a charming tourist destination that has enchanted millions.

A History of the Boston and Maine Railroad: Exploring New Hampshire's Rugged Heart by Rail
Bruce D. Heald

On June 27, 1835, New Hampshire chartered the Boston & Maine Railroad, and a juggernaut was born.From the gravity-defying Mount Washington Cog Railway to logging transport trains to the famous Depression-era Snow Train, A History of the Boston & Maine Railroad traces the fascinating history of New England's most renowned railway.

A History of Westbury, Long Island
Richard Panchyk

Author Richard Panchyk narrates the dramatic transformation of Westbury, a once-agricultural hamlet founded in 1670 by Quakers. Little more than a country town until the early twentieth century, Westbury changed overnight as titans of industry and finance embarked on a frenzied pace of building and development—mansions, resorts, even a racetrack and an airport—catapulting the community into modern times.

A History of Worcester: 1674-1848
Kenneth J. Moynihan

Author Kenneth J. Moynihan chronicles the fascinating early history of this bustling junction town and offers readers a front-row view of Worcester’s dramatic, nearly forgotten past.

A Whaling Captain's Life: The Exciting True Account by William Acton for His Son, William
William Acton

This little volume, originally published in 1838, was penned by a whaling captain for his son. Irresistibly collectable, this edition- featuring 112 original black-and-white plates -retains all the charm of the original, including descriptions of successful voyages, whale hunting advice and sailing superstitions.

Alice's Adventures in Cambridge
R.C. Evarts
Illustrated by E.L. Baron, with a New Foreword by The Harvard Lampoon
Nearly a century after its first publication, Alice’s Adventures in Cambridge is still a delight. This new edition features a foreword from The Harvard Lampoon and cleverly reminds us that the peculiarities of prestige and the allure of elitism remain timeless.

Allston-Brighton in Transition: From Cattle Town to Streetcar Suburb
Dr. William P. Marchione

From its founding in the seventeenth century, when it was known as Little Cambridge, to its vibrant streets of today, Allston-Brighton has remained a spirited community just outside Boston. Along the Charles, through Aberdeen, at the market and on the first electric streetcars, this book offers a journey through Allston-Brighton's past.

Andover in the Civil War: The Spirit and Sacrifice of a New England Town
Joan Silva Patrakis

Drawing on journals, letters and newspaper articles, Andover in the Civil War chronicles the journey of these brave men and brings to life the efforts of those who remained on the homefront. Harriet Beecher Stowe and Elizabeth Stuart Phelps were just two Andover citizens who threw themselves wholeheartedly into the Union cause.

Antique Houses of Gloucester: The Families Who Built Them, the Mayor Who Moved Them and the Changing Face of the Harbor Village
Prudence Paine Fish

Become an armchair expert on Gloucester's historic residences and New England's classic building styles. Prudence Paine Fish delivers a masterful survey of Gloucester's captivating old homes and provides an entertaining primer on New England's colonial and nineteenth-century architecture.

Babe & the Kid: The Legendary Story of Babe Ruth and Johnny Sylvester
Charlie Poekel
Foreword by: Julia Ruth Stevens
On the eve of game four of the 1926 World Series, Ruth heard that a young New Jersey boy, Johnny Sylvester, was laid up with a deadly illness. Ruth autographed a ball for Johnny, inscribing it, “I’ll knock a homer for you in Wednesday’s game–Babe Ruth.” The rest was history. Ruth delivered on his promise, and Johnny made a miraculous recovery.

Badge #1: True Stories from a Boston Cop
Frankie DeSario

Frankie DeSario offers a vivid account of his forty year career in the Boston Police Department. From true stories of the mafia and gangland slayings to busing, race riots, thugs and corruption, Frankie reveals what it was like to have a ringside seat at events that made history. Engrossing and revealing from the first page to the last, here is a realworld look at life on the beat and behind the badge.

Belchertown: Bits of History
Collected Writings of Doris and Harvey Dickinson
Edited by Cliff McCarthy and Doris Dickinson
The fifty stories in this charming collection mark the events, places and people that have made Belchertown special. Drawn from the writings of beloved local fixtures Doris and Harvey Dickinson, these tales show how Belchertown holds firm to its New England Yankee traditions in the heart of the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts.

Bellows Falls, Saxtons River and Westminster: A History of Vermont's Most Beloved River Communities
Anne Collins

In this charming volume, historian Anne Collins captures the spirit of Vermont through postcards that celebrate the heritage of Bellows Falls and its environs. Historic homes, fascinating people and the pastoral beauty of days gone by—all are here, along with an intriguing and informative history of the region.

Bolton: Historic Tales
Hans DePold
Foreword by Pamela Sawyer
In this panoramic view of Bolton’s past, DePold retraces the footprints of Mohegan natives, pays homage to the natural, glacier-carved cathedrals of Bolton Notch and calls up the ghosts of the town’s bluecoat boys, lost in the Battle of Antietam.

Boston Curiosities: A History of Beantown Barons, Molasses Mayhem, Polemic Patriots & the Fluff in Between
Ted Clarke

From the mysterious story of John Jacob Loud, who patented the first ballpoint pen, to the dubious early enterprises of merchant prince turned philanthropist Thomas Perkins, Boston Curiosities offers up a medley of memorable events that give Beantown its celebrated flavor.

Boston Harbor Islands: A History of an Urban Wilderness
David Kales

From pirates’ sanctuaries to military fortifications, Boston’s Harbor Islands have undergone innumerable transformations. Carved by glaciers, the constellation of thirty-odd isles has played an outsized role in Boston’s history and growth. Harbor Islands expert David Kales examines the variety of uses Bostonians have found for their island archipelago.

Boston Miscellany: An Essential History of the Hub
William Marchione

Look back to a time when riots raged through the streets of Boston, when Beacon Hill was a neighborhood of beggars and vagabonds and papal effigies burned on the Boston Common. Meet William Blackstone, the first Bostonian, and John Singleton Copley, portrait artist of the elite. In this compilation by historian William Marchione, discover Boston as it once was—when customs officials were dragged through the sewers and drinking tea was a highly political act.

Boston's Fire Trail: A Walk Through the City's Fire and Firefighting History
Boston Fire Historical Society
Edited by Stephanie Schorow
In Boston's Fire Trail author Stephanie Schorow and members of the Boston Fire Historical Society trace the history of fire in the Hub, and create an intriguing retrospective of this most compelling facet of the city's past.

Bradley Beach Treasures: Reflections of the Jersey Shore
Bette Blum

In a cycle of life as regular as the tides, generations of families have summered in Bradley Beach. Revel in the joys of the Jersey Shore in this new collection of nostalgic stories. Enlivened with essays, anecdotes and photographs, Bradley Beach Treasures offers a rich glimpse of post–World War II life on the New Jersey coast.

Cape Cod Bay: A History of Salt and Sea
Theresa Mitchell Barbo

Author Theresa Mitchell Barbo’s skillful narrative weaves together the natural and cultural histories of the bay, highlighting some of the region’s diverse milestones—from the drafting of the Mayflower Compact in 1620 to the establishment of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant 350 years later.

Cape Cod Shore Whaling: America's First Whalemen
John Braginton-Smith
Duncan Oliver
Drawing on rare documents never before published, whaling journals and diaries, Oliver and Braginton-Smith recreate a bygone age when men fought one another for rights to the sea.

Charlton: Picturing Change
William O. Hultgren and Quentin R. Kuehl

Through never-before-seen images, become witness to a rapidly vanishing rural way of life. Authors Hultgren and Kuehl lovingly document how a town rooted in tradition came to proudly embrace not only its own history, but also the new neighbors who came seeking a slice of home.

Chatham Sea Captains in the Age of Sail
Joseph A. Nickerson Jr.
Geraldine D. Nickerson
Chatham Sea Captains in the Age of Sail chronicles the lives and adventures of twenty-five men who traveled the seas from the eighteenth through the twentieth century. Spurred on by the Industrial Revolution’s demands, these mariners continued their pelagic exploration while pirates, privateers and Confederate raiders tested their mettle.

Colonial Marblehead: From Rogues to Revolutionaries
Lauren Fogle

Carved out of a rocky and forested wilderness, Marblehead, Massachusetts grew into one of the most important fishing ports in the thirteen colonies and lent an able hand in the American struggle for independence. Historian and Marblehead resident Lauren Fogle records the story of this grand old town’s birth and its significant role in building a nation.

Concord and the Dawn of Revolution: The Hidden Truths
D. Michael Ryan

Through a series of compelling essays, this book debunks historical myths associated with Concord and the start of the Revolutionary War, and it salutes those who fought for our nation and became the first heroes of the fledgling United States. These accounts of the “shot heard round the world” present the realities of the American Revolution.

Connecticut Baseball: The Best of the Nutmeg State
Don Harrison
Foreword by Fay Vincent
As former Commissioner of Baseball Fay Vincent notes in his foreword, Don Harrison has lovingly assembled the best selections from a lifetime spent covering Connecticut’s corner of the game. Read twenty-five interviews from his own forty-three-year career and discover even older traditions that date back to Hartford’s entrance into the majors in the 1870s.

Country Stores of Vermont: A History and Guide
Dennis Bathory-Kitsz

Visiting a country store in Vermont is a unique adventure, since each carries its own particular stock of special wares and memorable characters. Author Dennis Bathory-Kitsz takes readers across the state to the places where locals have been keeping their house keys behind the counter and solving the world’s problems on the front stoop for over two hundred years.

Crime, Corruption and Politics in Hull
John Galluzzo

No one knows Hull history like John Galluzzo. In this volume he shares a selection of tales that will captivate Hull residents and delight the loyal visitors who flock to the area each year to breathe in the sea air and find their place in the sand.

Disaster in Lawrence: The Fall of the Pemberton Mill
Alvin F. Oickle

The destruction was unimaginable. Workers in nearby factories watched with horror as the Pemberton Mill buckled and then collapsed, trapping more than six hundred workers, many of them women and children. Alvin F. Oickle’s riveting account illustrates why, nearly a century and a half later, the Pemberton collapse is still considered one of the worst industrial calamities in American history.

East of Boston: Notes from the Harbor Islands
Stephanie Schorow

For the traveler who might not have a yacht—just a sense of humor and a spirit of adventure—Stephanie Schorow proves you can still embark on a voyage through the Boston Harbor Islands. A practical guide, complete with camping tips and driving directions, her droll travelogue takes the measure of these gloriously wild Edens all within sight of the city’s skyline.

Everyday Life in Truro: From the Indians to the Victorians
Richard F. Whalen

Everyday Life in Truro describes the idyllic days of the Pamet Indians and the storm-lashed hardships of Truro's first families as they worked to carve an enduring settlement amid the sandy soil and dangerous fishing grounds of Cape Cod.

Exeter: Historically Speaking
Barbara Rimkunas

Exeter has been home scores of eccentric personalities— including Dick the fire horse, whose obituary in the town paper ran longer than that of the fire chief, to Revolutionary War surgeon Dr. Windship: thief, fraudster and attempted bigamist. From scandals and Scotsmen to revolutionaries and river rats, discover the many different threads with which Exeter’s vibrant historical tapestry is woven.

Fishermen’s Memorial and Record Book
George H. Procter
Introduction by Joseph E. Garland
A classic collection of memories, records and stories from the famous fishing port of Gloucester, Massachusetts, during the height of its existence.

Fitz H. Lane: An Artist's Voyage Through Nineteenth-Century America
James A. Craig

Art historian James A. Craig calls upon years of research for this revealing look at renowned Luminist painter Fitz H. Lane, a native of Gloucester, Massachusetts. More than just an analysis of Lane’s art, this book describes the man whose life was as mysterious as the striking paintings he created in his prolific career.

Forgotten Tales of Rhode Island
Jim Ignasher

Forgotten Tales digs deep into Rhode Island’s history and unearths little-known stories and folklore that span three centuries. Jim Ignasher delivers a strong dose of local color in this fascinating anecdotal history of the Ocean State.

Frame Up! A Story of Essex, its Shipyards and its People
Dana Story

A charming and personal account of Essex, Massachusetts, its shipyards and its people during a glorious time when Essex was the center of the shipbuilding world.

Ghost Stories and Legends of Eastern Connecticut: Lore, Mysteries and Secrets Revealed
Donna Kent

This captivating book presents tales and legends from Eastern Connecticut’s most haunted locations—dark deeds and lore from New London and Mystic, and stretching all the way to Brooklyn, Windham and Franklin. Like eerie and desperate whispers on the wind, the ghosts of Connecticut’s past reveal their deepest, darkest secrets to author and paranormal investigator Donna Kent as she sheds new light on this collection of spine-tingling legends.

Ghosts of Newport: Spirits, Scoundrels, Legends and Lore
John Brennan

Today’s Newport attracts countless visitors, yet the city harbors echoes of a dark and turbulent past. In Ghosts of Newport, author John T. Brennan takes the reader behind the scenes to explore the history-drenched haunts—such as the Jailhouse Inn, Astors’ Beechwood and White Horse Tavern—made notorious by their ghostly phenomena.

Glastenbury: The History of a Vermont Ghost Town
Tyler Resch

From mysterious murders and curious development schemes to the township's eventual annexation by the U.S. Forest Service, Glastenbury narrates the ultimately redemptive tale of a community that lost its political status, only to gain a national forest.

Glimpses of Medford: Selections from the Historical Register
Edited by Barbara Kerr

Medford's homegrown historians recall its past, from the early days to the night that Paul Revere stopped in Medford Square on his ride. Walk down Ship Street during the shipbuilding era, ride the Boston and Lowell Railroad and meet Medford's fascinating residents, from Victorian milkmen to the Lawrence Light Guard.

Hamilton, Massachusetts: Myths, Legends & a Few Quirky Characters
Annette V. Janes

From the Native American sagamore seeking refuge from tribal raids to the foreign prince who came to participate in a Myopia polo match, Hamilton has always been a magnet for interesting events and fascinating characters. Pairing scrupulous research with wildly entertaining local anecdotes, Annette V. Janes paints a charming historical picture of “the Hamlet.”

Haunted Portland: From Pirates to Ghost Brides
Roxie J. Zwicker

After several devastating fires, the city of Portland adopted the motto “I shall rise again.” Yet, as author Roxie J. Zwicker demonstrates in Haunted Portland, this declaration could just as easily apply to the city’s numerous spooks and specters! Follow Zwicker as she expertly navigates this storied Yankee seaport’s collection of creepy graveyards, tragic shipwrecks, eerie lighthouses and more.

Haunted Portsmouth: Spirits and Shadows of the Past
Roxie Zwicker

Before Portsmouth was a charming seaside community, it was a rough-and-tumble seaport. Hauntings expert Roxie Zwicker takes readers on an eerie tour of the nation’s third-oldest city, where buildings and street corners teem with ghostly stories and legends.

Haunted Providence: Strange Tales from the Smallest State
Rory Raven

Author Rory Raven has collected stories and tales drawn from the history and folklore of one of the oldest cities in the nation. From restless spirits and shadowy strangers to vampires and historical enigmas, this collection explores the events and untold tales that have made Providence strangely unique, and uniquely strange.

Haunted Pubs of New England: Raising Spirits of the Past
Roxie J. Zwicker

New England’s colonial-era pubs played a paramount role in late eighteenth-century society. Interviewing dozens of pub owners and employees, Roxie Zwicker illuminates chilling tales in which bartenders have their drinks mysteriously upended, waitresses find dining room objects scattered about bizarrely and other staff and patrons catch glimpses of ghostly shadows.

Haunted Yarmouth: Ghosts and Legends from the Cape
Paul Cote
The Historical Society of Old Yarmouth
Inspired by Ella Bray’s 1937 book, All Around the Common, this collection of stories explores the unexplained in historic Old Yarmouth. From the shore-whaling ghosts of Barnstable and the owners of the Liberty Hill Inn, who found a disembodied leg during renovations, to the strange happenings at Edward Gorey’s house, the interviews and accounts from local residents paint a portrait of Cape Cod unlike any other.

Hauntings of the Hudson River Valley: An Investigative Journey
Vincent T. Dacquino

Follow Vin Dacquino as he interviews local experts, explores areas where hauntings may have occurred—such as Carmel’s legendary Smalley’s Inn—and digs deep into historical archives to open new windows into the lives and possible afterlives of these three mysterious characters. The truth is out there, hidden in remote, tucked-away corners of the valley…are you ready to uncover it?

Hawthorne's Haunts in New England
John Hardy Wright

Loose the latchstring and peer into the places where Nathaniel Hawthorne passed back and forth from nineteenth century New England to the fertile country of his imagination. From Salem to Bowdoin College, and through Lenox and Concord, Salemite John Hardy Wright trails the famous author to his “old accustomed chambers” and reveals the inspiration behind an American literary legend in this pictorial biography.

Hawthorne's Lenox: The Tanglewood Circle
Cornelia Brooke Gilder
Julia Conklin Peters
Slip into the fascinating social scene Nathaniel Hawthorne encountered in the drawing rooms and on the croquet lawns of Lenox’s country retreats. Nurturing the lively exchange of ideas on everything from art to abolition, Lenox’s cottages played host to a community that enlightened a nation.

Herreshoff Yachts: Seven Generations of Industrialists, Inventors and Ingenuity in Bristol
Richard V. Simpson

From 1893 to 1920, the Herreshoff clan designed and built a succession of undefeated Cup sailboats. Their mastery was so unchallenged that Cup enthusiasts refer to the era as simply “the Herreshoff Period.” While others have focused on the yachts themselves, author Richard Simpson tackles the achievements of seven generations of Herreshoff's.

Hidden History of New Hampshire
D. Quincy Whitney

From the gentleman who ascended the highest peak in the Northeast in a steam-powered locomobile to the Shaker Meetinghouse which was built in just one day, in complete silence, Whitney’s compilation of stories makes for a colorful narrative of some of New Hampshire’s most notable newsmakers and remarkable historic events.

Hidden History of the Boston Irish: Little-Known Stories from Ireland's "Next Parish Over"
Peter F. Stevens

In Hidden History of the Boston Irish, Peter F. Stevens offers an entertaining and compelling portrait of the Irish immigrant saga and pays homage to the overlooked, yet significant, episodes of the Boston Irish experience.

Historic Bristol: Tales from an Old Rhode Island Seaport
Richard V. Simpson

Author Richard V. Simpson offers up a diverse sampling of fascinating stories that explore Bristol's every facet-from early investigations into possible Viking settlements on the peninsula to the nationally famous Fourth of July celebration, and from the antics of local politicians to the yachts and sailors that have brought the town glory and renown.

Historic Churches of Somerset County, New Jersey
Frank L. Greenagel

In this profusely illustrated guide to all of the 18th and 19th century churches and meetinghouses in Somerset County, Frank Greenagel delves into the history of Somerset’s religious buildings. This definitive guide will allow readers to “look anew” at the churches Somerset, providing information for curious congregation members and historians alike.

Jewish West Hartford: From City to Suburb
Betty N. Hoffman

West Hartford, Connecticut, enjoys one of the nation’s most vibrant Jewish communities. In Jewish West Hartford, Betty Hoffman captures the universal themes of the American Jewish experience, including assimilation and suburbanization.

Lewisboro Ghosts: Strange Tales and Scary Sightings
Maureen Koehl

On the easternmost edge of Westchester County, memories of eerie incidents and haunted happenings flow through the generations like the currents of the nearby Hudson River. Read Maureen Koehl’s Lewisboro Ghosts to discover the spooky stories and supernatural sightings that linger in this tucked-away corner of the lower Hudson Valley.

Lexington, Massachusetts: Treasures from Historic Archives
Richard P. Kollen

As history’s raw material, documents serve as our gateway into the past. In this exciting new book, Lexington historian and archivist Richard Kollen places these treasured relics within their historical context to reveal a bygone society. Kollen provides a portrait of colonial and post-Revolution life, from the infamous Battle of Lexington to misconstrued Puritanical marriage.

Lifesavers of the South Shore: A History of Rescue and Loss
John Galluzzo
Foreword by Ralph Shanks
Read John Galluzzo’s enthralling account of the Life-Saving Service and meet legends like Joshua James, whose surfboat, Nantasket, once saved twenty-nine men from six boats in a grueling thirty-six hours.