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Forgotten on the Kennebec: Abandoned Places and Quirky People
ISBN: 9781496111050 / Angielski / Miękka / 68 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A look at places along Maine's Kennebec River that were once scenes of human activity, but now abandoned. Included are Fort Popham and its overlooked companion, Fort Baldwin; the deserted village of Perkins, on Swan Island; and the stately stone buildings of the Federal arsenal at Augusta. Some of the inhabitants of these sites are profiled: a careeer army sergeant who went to prison for killing a college student; a quirky doctor whos family resided on a picturesque island; and an army ordnance expert, whose family experienced a tragedy at Augusta, Maine. Designed to encourage visits to the...
A look at places along Maine's Kennebec River that were once scenes of human activity, but now abandoned. Included are Fort Popham and its overlooked ...
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68,74 |
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Vital Records of Dover, New Hampshire, Sixteen Eighty-Six to Eighteen Fifty
ISBN: 9781556133336 / Angielski / Miękka / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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92,79 |
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Ghosts of Salem: Haunts of the Witch City
ISBN: 9781626193970 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nestled on the rocky coast of Massachusetts, Salem is a city steeped in history and legend. Famous for its witch trials, the storied North Shore seaport also has a dark history of smugglers and deadly fires. It is considered one of New England's most haunted destinations. Inside Howard Street Cemetery, the ghost of accused witch Giles Corey wanders among the gravestones. Outside the Ropes Mansion, the ghost of Abigail Ropes can be seen peeking out of the windows. The Gardner-Pingree House on Essex Street is host to the spirit of sea captain Joseph White, a man whose murder in 1830 inspired...
Nestled on the rocky coast of Massachusetts, Salem is a city steeped in history and legend. Famous for its witch trials, the storied North Shore seapo...
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77,03 |
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Attack on Orleans: The World War I Submarine Raid on Cape Cod
ISBN: 9781626194908 / Angielski / Miękka / 126 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On the morning of July 21, 1918--in the final year of the First World War--a new prototype of German submarine surfaced three miles off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The vessel attacked an unarmed tugboat and its four barges. A handful of the shells fired by the U-boat's deck guns struck Nauset Beach, giving the modest town of Orleans the distinction of being the only spot in the United States to receive enemy fire during the entire war. On land, lifesavers from the U.S. Coast Guard launched a surfboat under heavy enemy fire to save the sailors trapped aboard the tug and barges. In...
On the morning of July 21, 1918--in the final year of the First World War--a new prototype of German submarine surfaced three miles off the coast of C...
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84,74 |
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The Golden Age of Piracy on Cape Cod and in New England: The Golden Age of Piracy actually had its roots in New England and the largest pirate treasur
ISBN: 9781935616092 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. PIRATES AND THEIR TREASURE IN NEW ENGLAND AND ON CAPE COD. Who were they and why were they here? The Golden Age on Cape Cod in New England was between the years 1690 and 1730 and includes two eras: First is described as the "Pirate Round" the period of the long-distance voyages from the Americas (primarily Providence, RI) to rob Muslim and East India Company targets in the Indian Ocean and Red Sea. This era was followed by the post War of Spanish Succession period and the establishment of a Pirate Republic at New Providence and the Pirate's "Flying "Gang." Pirates have sequestered treasure at...
PIRATES AND THEIR TREASURE IN NEW ENGLAND AND ON CAPE COD. Who were they and why were they here? The Golden Age on Cape Cod in New England was between...
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64,62 |
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Lowell Irish
ISBN: 9781540202307 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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123,27 |
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Hopkinton, New Hampshire, Vital Records, Volume 1
ISBN: 9780788454332 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Birth records typically give the child's name, date of birth, place of birth (or where recorded), parents' names, parents' places of birth, and reference source volume, page and line number. Marriage records typically give the bride's and groom's places of origin, date and place of marriage, bride's and groom's ages and places of birth, whether this is the first marriage, and bride's and groom's parents' names, followed by reference source volume, page and line number. Death records typically give the decedent's date and place of death, place of birth, parents' names, and reference source...
Birth records typically give the child's name, date of birth, place of birth (or where recorded), parents' names, parents' places of birth, and refere...
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107,90 |
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Hopkinton, New Hampshire, Vital Records, Volume 2
ISBN: 9780788454349 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Birth records typically give the child's name, date of birth, place of birth (or where recorded), parents' names, parents' places of birth, and reference source volume, page and line number. Marriage records typically give the bride's and groom's places of origin, date and place of marriage, bride's and groom's ages and places of birth, whether this is the first marriage, and bride's and groom's parents' names, followed by reference source volume, page and line number. Death records typically give the decedent's date and place of death, place of birth, parents' names, and reference source...
Birth records typically give the child's name, date of birth, place of birth (or where recorded), parents' names, parents' places of birth, and refere...
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144,59 |
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History of the Colony of New Haven to Its Absorption Into Connecticut, 2nd Edition
ISBN: 9781556132247 / Angielski / Miękka / 806 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A comprehensive account of the development of the six towns that comprised the Colony: Branford, Guilford, Milford, New Haven, Stamford and Southold (LI), ending with their absorption into Connecticut in 1664. There is a large amount of biographical data woven into the main text. Has about 130 pages of genealogical data for the towns mentioned above plus Stratford, Fairfield, Norwalk, New London and Saybrook.
A comprehensive account of the development of the six towns that comprised the Colony: Branford, Guilford, Milford, New Haven, Stamford and Southold (...
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241,69 |
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Essex County Deeds, 1681-1684, Abstracts of Volume 6, Copy Books, Essex County, Massachusetts
ISBN: 9780788455025 / Angielski / Miękka / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume consists of abstracts from the sixth copy book of the Essex County Deed Books. These records are a rich source of names complete with details of the transactions and the properties involved. Records contain (as available) the full names of both the buyer and the seller in bold type, the date of the transaction, a description of the property including its location, payment(s), and (as available) witnesses. The full-name index is a bonus for researchers.
This volume consists of abstracts from the sixth copy book of the Essex County Deed Books. These records are a rich source of names complete with deta...
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92,79 |
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Between Land and Sea: The Atlantic Coast and the Transformation of New England
ISBN: 9780674281417 / Angielski / Twarda / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of the largest estuaries on the North Atlantic coast, Narragansett Bay served as a gateway for colonial expansion in the seventeenth century and the birthplace of American industrialization in the late eighteenth. Christopher Pastore presents an environmental history of this watery corner of the Atlantic world, beginning with the first European settlement in 1636 and ending with the dissolution of the Blackstone Canal Company in 1849. Between Land and Sea traces how the Bay's complex ecology shaped the contours of European habitation, trade, and resource use, and how littoral... One of the largest estuaries on the North Atlantic coast, Narragansett Bay served as a gateway for colonial expansion in the seventeenth century an... |
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185,34 |
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American Passage: The Communications Frontier in Early New England
ISBN: 9780674289918 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. New England was built on letters. Its colonists left behind thousands of them, brittle and browning and crammed with curls of purplish script. How they were delivered, though, remains mysterious. We know surprisingly little about the way news and people traveled in early America. No postal service or newspapers existed--not until 1704 would readers be able to glean news from a "public print." But there was, in early New England, an unseen world of travelers, rumors, movement, and letters. Unearthing that early American communications frontier, American Passage retells the story of... New England was built on letters. Its colonists left behind thousands of them, brittle and browning and crammed with curls of purplish script. How ... |
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185,34 |
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Eden on the Charles: The Making of Boston
ISBN: 9780674416833 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Drinking a glass of tap water, strolling in a park, hopping a train for the suburbs: some aspects of city life are so familiar that we don t think twice about them. But such simple actions are structured by complex relationships with our natural world. The contours of these relationships social, cultural, political, economic, and legal were established during America s first great period of urbanization in the nineteenth century, and Boston, one of the earliest cities in America, often led the nation in designing them. A richly textured cultural and social history of the development of...
Drinking a glass of tap water, strolling in a park, hopping a train for the suburbs: some aspects of city life are so familiar that we don t think twi...
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93,06 |
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Why Rhode Island Matters!: First in Independence, Industry, Art & Innovation
ISBN: 9781887671040 / Angielski / Miękka / 62 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Why Rhode Island Matters showcases fascinating vignettes of Rhode Islanders who have been visionary leaders in art, business, innovation, industry, and tourism.
Why Rhode Island Matters showcases fascinating vignettes of Rhode Islanders who have been visionary leaders in art, business, innovation, industry, a...
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32,17 |
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Crafty Bastards: Beer in New England from the Mayflower to Modern Day
ISBN: 9781934598115 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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94,82 |
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History of Jewell Island, Maine
ISBN: 9781494996253 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jewell Island 1524-2014 Your guide to all aspects of the island's history. Includes a special section on Jewell Island legends. Ghost Stories, Pirate Treasure, Indian Attacks, Secret Passages, Mysterious Graveyard, U-boat Sightings, and More "Wonderfully researched, the fullest and best account of an individual Casco Bay isle." (Maine Sunday Telegram) "Peter Benoit has discovered more documented information about Jewell Island than anyone could imagine existed, (the) photographs alone are worth the price of the book... has succeeded in placing another piece into the puzzle of Casco Bay...
Jewell Island 1524-2014 Your guide to all aspects of the island's history. Includes a special section on Jewell Island legends. Ghost Stories, Pirate ...
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History North Bridgewater 1866
ISBN: 9781497586383 / Angielski / Miękka / 788 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. -PREFACE- by Bradford Kingman 1866 The present volume is submitted to the approval and criticism of the public, after many years of laborious toil and research, with the desire that it may add something to preceding history. It was not undertaken for want of other employment, or for pecuniary profit, but has been a severe tax upon the author's time, as well as purse. The work was commenced about twelve years since, without any reference to its publication, but merely for the gratification of a natural curiosity which must arise in the mind of any one who extends his thoughts beyond the people...
-PREFACE- by Bradford Kingman 1866 The present volume is submitted to the approval and criticism of the public, after many years of laborious toil and...
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109,04 |
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Historic Crimes & Justice in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
ISBN: 9781626192379 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first courts handled crimes like lying, idleness and card playing with punishments that ranged from fines to public whipping to death by hanging. Constables kept order until Portsmouth's first police officer took up the shield in 1800. But no force could keep all crime at bay. The court sentenced the beautiful, educated Ruth Blay to hanging on shaky evidence that she might have killed her baby. Business magnate Frank Jones played corrupt politics, succumbed to extramarital temptations and helped make Water Street the red-lighted rum hole destination of the eastern seaboard. Mischievous...
The first courts handled crimes like lying, idleness and card playing with punishments that ranged from fines to public whipping to death by hanging. ...
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84,74 |
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New Hampshire Beer:: Brewing from Sea to Summit
ISBN: 9781626194250 / Angielski / Miękka / 127 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1859, the legendary Frank Jones Brewery was founded in Portsmouth, paving the way for the booming craft beer scene of today. The surge of budding breweries is bringing exciting styles and flavors to thirsty local palates and neighborhood bars from the White Mountains to the seacoast. Join beer scholars and adventurers Brian Aldrich and Michael Meredith as they explore all of the tastes New Hampshire beer has to offer. They've scoured the taps at Martha's Exchange, peeked around the brew house at Smuttynose and gotten personal with the brewers behind Flying Goose and Moat Mountain....
In 1859, the legendary Frank Jones Brewery was founded in Portsmouth, paving the way for the booming craft beer scene of today. The surge of budding b...
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84,74 |
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Legends and Lore of the North Shore
ISBN: 9781626195172 / Angielski / Miękka / 126 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For over three hundred years, stories of witches, sea serpents and pirates have amazed and terrified residents of Massachusetts's North Shore. In the summer of 1692, phantom men were spotted in the fields of Gloucester. Farther north, A" marks the spot for pirate treasure in the marshes of Newbury, while to the east, full moons might bring out the werewolf of Dogtown. The devil himself has burned his mark on the boulder-strewn landscape, while shaggy humanoids have been sighted loping along the coast. From Boston to New Hampshire, Massachusetts's North Shore is filled with remarkable stories...
For over three hundred years, stories of witches, sea serpents and pirates have amazed and terrified residents of Massachusetts's North Shore. In the ...
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77,03 |
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