All posts tagged "fiction"
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9.7K9Arts and LeisureMolly Spotted Elk, From Poverty in Old Town, Maine, to Fame in Paris — and Back
In the fall of 1931, 27-year-old Molly Spotted Elk was far from home and unsure about marrying her French journalist lover. She...
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15.1K10MassachusettsSarah Bagley Avenges the New England Mill Girls
A powerful Massachusetts politician in 1845 learned the hard way not to mess with the mill girls – and especially not with...
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14.5K7Arts and LeisureJaws, Or The Tale of an Unfairly Maligned Shark
The 1974 bestseller Jaws and the blockbuster that followed created such animosity toward sharks that the book’s author became an ardent shark advocate. Twenty-five...
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17.5K7Crime and ScandalHoratio Alger and the 100-Year-Old Secret
Horatio Alger wrote rags-to-riches stories about poor boys who succeed through hard work, often helped by a wealthy benefactor with a guilty...
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13.4K9IrregularsNew Hampshire Legend: Ocean Born Mary
The New Hampshire legend of Ocean Born Mary has pirates, ghosts, a light green silk wedding dress – and some of it...
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4.9KIrregularsJohnny Tremain Inspiration: John Adams’ Boyhood Friend
The classic young adult book Johnny Tremain is still popular 80 years after Esther Forbes first wrote it (despite Walt Disney’s treatment)....
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8.3K7Business and LaborAustin Corbin, The ‘Part-Hog, Part-Shark’ Robber Baron of New Hampshire
In the history of New Hampshire, Austin Corbin stands out as probably the most loathsome blight the state ever produced. So perhaps...
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