A fascinating guidebook that reveals the true story of the Salem witch trials and describes more than fifty important sites you can visit today. This edition updates the original 2002 edition.
Author and artist Scott Clowney highlights, through beautifully detailed line drawings, iconic buildings and buildings off the beaten path that give shape to historic New York City.
Here are some of the more than fifty New England holiday traditions traced and described in this enchanting treasury:• Charles Follen and the Christmas Tree Church• Flying Santa, Silent Santa, and Sec
In this follow-up book to Historic Buildings of Washington, D.C., author and artist Scott Clowney highlights, through beautifully detailed line drawings, iconic buildings and buildings off the beaten
"Where’s the Bathroom?" is the latest creation from the award-winning team of author Ed Shankman and illustrator Dave O’Neill. It’s a universal question from kids of all ages who really have to go! In
To celebrate the centennial of the National Park Service, children’s author-illustrator Martha Day Zschock has created Journey Around Our National Parks from A to Z. Discover the fascinating story of
One of the best-known Boston politicians of our times recalls the life of the controversial but beloved mayor, congressman, and governor James Michael Curley. Curley was the greatest Irish-American po
Third in a series that began with Allison's "A Short History of Boston," this concise narrative covers four colorful centuries. Here are the key events in Cape Cod history, with over twenty personal p
D'Entremont, founder of Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse and president of the American Lighthouse Foundation, presents profiles of some of the most dramatic shipwrecks Maine's coast has to offe
On court days in colonial New England, folks gathered from miles around to listen as local magistrates convened to hear cases. In the abundant records extant from these hearings, we experience the pas
