Practically any place in New England could become a novel, given the region’s strong literary tradition and distinctive landscape. Good writers tell...
The oldest lighthouse in the country would have been in New England had the British not blown it up during the American...
When Dover mill girls went on strike against the Cocheco Manufacturing Co., they said their bosses secretly ‘abused and insulted’ them by calling...
James DeWolf died the second richest man in America after accumulating a fortune from buying, selling and – in one case –...
The American Revolution in 1780 didn’t stop Harvard professor Samuel Williams from venturing behind British lines in Maine to observe a total...
Sitting on the Canadian border didn’t insulate St. Albans, Vt., from Confederate attack during the American Civil War. Canadians viewed New England...