New England Historical Society

The New England Historical Society exists to promote interest in New England history and tell the fascinating stories that are unique to our region. Visit us at NewEnglandHistoricalSociety.com

Lost Towns of the Swift River Valley: Drowned by the Quabbin The Maine Lobster Boat: History of an Iconic Fishing Vessel Indivisible: Daniel Webster and the Birth of American Nationalism
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New for Christmas 2022

Born Hungry: Julia Child Becomes the French Chef
The British Are Coming (Young Readers Edition)
Little Naturalists: Teddy Roosevelt Loved the Outdoors
How to Survive Middle School: World History: A Do-It-Yourself Study Guide
Courage Like Kate: The True Story of a Girl Lighthouse Keeper
Becoming Emily: The Life of Emily Dickinson
The Astronomer Who Questioned Everything: The Story of Maria Mitchell
Legendary Escapes
Road Trip!: Camping with the Four Vagabonds: Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, and John Burroughs
Rescuing JFK: How Solomon Islanders Rescued John F. Kennedy and the Crew of the PT-109
We Fought for Freedom: The Story of Our American Revolution
A Young People's History of the United States: Revised and Updated
Unsolved Case Files: The 500 Million Dollar Heist: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Thirteen Missing Masterpieces
Indigenous America
New England's Hidden Past: 360 Overlooked, Underappreciated and Misunderstood Landmarks Bar Harbor Babylon: Murder, Misfortune, and Scandal on Mount Desert Island
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New England Historical Society Books

First Dads: Parenting and Politics from George Washington to Barack Obama
A Brief Guide to Maritime Strategy
My Enemy's Tears: The Witch of Northampton
When the Irish Invaded Canada: The Incredible True Story of the Civil War Veterans Who Fought for Ireland's Freedom
Household Gods: The Religious Lives of the Adams Family
Red Star Over the Pacific, Second Edition: China's Rise and the Challenge to U.S. Maritime Strategy
Diverse Gashes: Governor William Bradford, Alice Bishop, and the Murder of Martha Clarke Plymouth Colony 1648
Adrift: A True Story of Tragedy on the Icy Atlantic and the One Who Lived to Tell about It
A Distinct Alien Race: The Untold Story of Franco-Americans: Industrialization, Immigration, Religious Strife
The Civilian Conservation Corps: A Guide to Their Works in Rhode Island
New England Pie: History Under a Crust
The Case of the Piglet's Paternity: Trials from the New Haven Colony, 1639-1663
Lost Wonderland: The Brief and Brilliant Life of Boston's Million Dollar Amusement Park
Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World Voices Waiting to Be Heard: Nineteen Eyewitness Accounts of Arnold's 1775 March to Quebec. Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution
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New England History

Insisting on the Impossible: The Life of Edwin Land Black Sun: The Brief Transit and Violent Eclipse of Harry Crosby Treadmill to Oblivion
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Biography

Hitty, Her First Hundred Years
The Amistad Mutiny
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Make Way for Ducklings
Black Civil War Soldiers: The 54th Massachusetts Regiment
Miss Rumphius: Story and Pictures
The Hundred Dresses (1-Simul)
Ocean-Born Mary
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Sarah Whitcher's Story
The Bear That Heard Crying
Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie
Music Was It: Young Leonard Bernstein
Johnny Tremain: A Newbery Award Winner (Anniversary)
King George: What Was His Problem?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You about the American Revolution