Foster, David R.

Summary: In 1977 David Foster took to the woods of New England to build a cabin with his own hands. Along with a few tools he brought a copy of the journals of Henry David Thoreau. Foster was struck by how different the forested landscape around him was from the one Thoreau described more than a century earlier. The sights and sounds that Thoreau experienced on his daily walks through 19th-century...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2001

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.3 FOS

Raum, Elizabeth

Summary: "This book explores the people, places, and history of the New Hampshire Colony"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a capstone imprint 2017

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 974.2 RAU

Summary: "Whether you want to eat lobster in Maine, climb New Hampshire's White Mountains, or go skiing in Vermont, the local Fodor's travel experts in Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire are here to help! Fodor's Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Fodor's Travel, a division of MH Sub I, LLC, dba Internet Brands 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.4 MAINE FOD

Faust, Drew Gilpin

Summary: "Drew Gilpin Faust writes about coming of age in a conservative Southern family in postwar America"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FAUST, DREW GILPIN FAU

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1 available in Adult, Call number: B FAUST FAU

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio Faust

Thoreau, Henry David

Summary: Henry David Thoreau wrote four full-length works, collected here in a single volume. Interweaving natural observation, personal experience, and historical lore, they reveal his brilliance not only as a writer, but as a naturalist, scholar, historian, poet, and philosopher. "A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers" is based on a boat trip taken with his brother from Concord, Massachusetts to...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Literary Classics of the United States 1985

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 THO

Rumrill, Alan F.

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Publisher / Publication Date: A.F. Rumrill 1990

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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-GEN 929.5 RUM

Holbrook, Jay Mack.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Holbrook Research Institute 1981

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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.3742 Holbr

Jackson, Ronald Vern.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Accelerated Indexing Systems 1976

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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 929.3742 NEW

Jackson, Ronald Vern.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Accelerated Indexing Systems 1977

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Jackson, Ronald Vern.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Accelerated Indexing Systems 1978

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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 929.3742 NEW

Yomtov, Nelson

Summary: New Hampshire is nicknamed the Granite State for its many granite quarries, but the state offers much more than just durable construction materials. Readers will find out what makes the state so special, from its unique local culture to its rich history as one of the first states.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 974.2 YOM

Glatt, John.

Summary: In 1968, rock promoter Bill Graham launched the Fillmore East in New York City and the Fillmore West in San Francisco, changing music forever. For three years, every major rock band played the Fillmores, performing legendary shows: Jimi Hendrix, the Grateful Dead, Santana, Jefferson Airplane, Led Zeppelin, Cream, the Allman Brothers, and many more. Author John Glatt tells the story of the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780 GLA

Weatherford, Carole Boston

Summary: A true story of determination and groundbreaking achievement follows eighth grade African American spelling champion MacNolia Cox, who left Akron, Ohio, in 1936 to compete in the prestigious National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., only to be met with prejudice and discrimination.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023

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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J 921 COX

Committee for a New England Bibliography

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Publisher / Publication Date: G. K. Hall 1979

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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.374

Montgomery, Sy

Summary: The National Book Award Honor-winning author of "How to Be a Good Creature" documents the story of California's wild condors and how diligent scientists, volunteers and citizens have worked to save the species from extinction.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 598.9 MON

Schoen, Allen M.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuester 1995

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.089 SCH

Williams, Kathryn

Summary: Seventeen-year-old Jess Morgan discovers her great-great-aunt's diaries, leading her on a quest to uncover whether Aunt Anna was actually a Romanov princess. Includes author's note.

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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WIL

Fischer, David Hackett

Summary: "The narrative is constructed around two thematic lines. One story centers on the American patriot Paul Revere; the other, on British General Thomas Gage."

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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1994

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.3311 FIS

Gross, Robert A.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Hill and Wang 1976

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.27 GRO

Weir, Alison

Summary: "Packed with dramatic true stories from one of European history's most romantic and turbulent eras, this epic narrative chronicles the five vividly rendered queens of the Plantagenet kings who ruled England between 1299 and 1399. The Age of Chivalry describes a period of medieval history dominated by the social, religious, and moral code of knighthood that prized noble deeds, military greatness...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 WEI

Phillips, Kevin

Summary: An unconventional assessment of the American Revolution examines the events, politics, economic factors, and military preparations of 1775 that ignited the war and established patriot control over American governance and key territories.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2012

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.3 PHI

Sharfstein, Daniel J.

Summary: "Chronicles the epic clash between General Oliver Otis Howard, who took on a mission in the Pacific Northwest to force Native Americans onto reservations, and the Nez Perce leader Chief Joseph, who refused to leave his ancestral land"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979 SHA