All posts tagged "memoir"
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4.0KbostonMary Antin, Poster Child for Letting Immigrants Into America
Mary Antin wrote a poem praising George Washington just a few years after she arrived in Boston a poor, 13-year-old Russian Jew...
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17.8K6ConnecticutRevolutionary War Veteran Joseph Plumb Martin Tells of the Soldier’s Life
In 1775 the American Revolution looked like the adventure of a lifetime to a boy of just 14. Joseph Plumb Martin stood...
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5.5KPolitics and MilitaryIn 1776, Revolutionary War Soldier Lemuel Roberts Laughs Off Smallpox
Life in the Continental Army wasn’t all glory. A soldier bore disease and abominable conditions, indifferent and sometimes ineffective leadership and flat...
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7.8K2New HampshireCol. Edward Cross Leads the Fifth New Hampshire ‘Raging Like a Lion’
Tough, hard-fighting Col. Edward Cross wore a red bandanna on his head when he led the men of the Fifth New Hampshire...
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5.5K7MassachusettsCapt. Austin Bearse Befriends Fugitive Slaves
Austin Bearse sailed the waters of the southern coast of America between 1818 and 1830. The sea captain of Barnstable on Cape...
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11.9K6Business and LaborKing of the Log Drives: The New England Riverman
In the vanished days of log drives, the riverman was the most special of the special breed of men who logged the...
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