Today we’d call it torture, but when the British tortured Ethan Allen in prison they called it ‘harsh treatment.’ On Sept. 25,...
The American Revolution looked much different through British eyes than it did to the rebels who claimed to fight for liberty and...
The circus bug bit Dexter Fellows early in life. As a boy growing up in Massachusetts he attended the Buffalo Bill Wild...
Over five hours one summer day in 1856, 75-year-old Hannah Jumper and 200 women rampaged through the streets of Rockport, Mass., smashing...
It’s a rich man’s world. It was as true in the 1700s as it is today, and there were plenty of colorful...
Practically any place in New England could become a novel, given the region’s strong literary tradition and distinctive landscape. Good writers tell...