All posts tagged "fiction"
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18.7K12New HampshireRobert Rogers Writes 28 Rangers Rules
More than 250 years ago, Robert Rogers wrote 28 rangers rules for guerilla warfare that are still being used by the U.S....
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12.9K5Arts and LeisureRose Wilder Lane, the Secret Behind the Little House Books
In 1931, 44-year-old Rose Wilder Lane saw a manuscript of a book called Pioneer Girl. It told the story of a homesteader...
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7.8K7Crime and ScandalMurderous Joseph Knapp Inspires Poe, Hawthorne
On May 14, 1830 Joseph Knapp, Sr., of Wenham, Mass., received a letter from Charles Grant of Belfast, Maine, demanding $350. Otherwise,...
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13.3K4Crime and ScandalFiction Becomes Fact – Murder on the Herbert Fuller
In July 1896, the Herbert Fuller put to sea from Boston with 11 people on board. The barkentine was loaded with lumber,...
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4.7K9Arts and LeisureTabitha Tenney – New Hampshire’s First Best Selling Author
For the 50 years after 1799, Tabitha Tenney of Exeter was the best-selling novelist in the country, though she wasn’t necessarily proud...
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9.2K3Arts and LeisureDorothy West Gets Rediscovered by Jacqueline Onassis
Dorothy West at 88 lived quietly in the Martha’s Vineyard village of Oak Bluffs when Jacqueline Onassis encouraged her to finish her...
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