All posts tagged "fiction"
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26.6K7Crime and ScandalHoratio Alger and the 100-Year-Old Guilty 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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21.1K10IrregularsNew 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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8.5KIrregularsJohnny Tremain Inspired by 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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12.8K8Business 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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