All posts tagged "characters"
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9.0K5New England PlacesSix New England Places That Appear in a Novel
Practically any place in New England could become a novel, given the region’s strong literary tradition and distinctive landscape. Good writers tell...
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4.1KNew HampshireLouis de Rochemont: The New Hampshire Moviemaker Who Took on Hitler in 1938 and Won
Louis de Rochemont had a bone to pick in 1938. In the 1930s, American attitudes toward Nazi Germany and Adolph Hitler were...
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13.0K6MassachusettsIn 1863, Capt. Charles Russell Lowell Shot His Own Soldier. Murder or Duty?
At the outset of the Civil War, Capt. Charles Russell Lowell thought a benefit of being an officer was that he didn’t...
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32.6K1MassachusettsSamuel Adams – The Last Puritan Fights the American Revolution Twice
Samuel Adams, the troublemaking firebrand who stirred the common rabble into supporting the American Revolution, became known as the last Puritan late...
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4.3KArts and LeisureChouses, Jigs and Fetches – Colonial Pranks You Never Heard Of
In the early New England colonies, life was largely spent tending to essentials. But the colonists still managed a few laughs. Colonial...
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8.1K5New England PlacesSix Places New England Films Were Shot
New England films number in the hundreds since the turn of the last century, partly because the region provides such rich material...
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