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Cape Cod Libraries
9781467152655
Regular price $23.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Literary New Hampshire
9781467153782
Regular price $23.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%New Hampshire's literary roots are long and rich, with names like Robert Frost, Celia Thaxter and Willa Cather beckoning book lovers.
Travel to Cornish and discover the connections between one of the state's premier novelists, Winston Churchill, and the British statesman of the same name. Experience north country beauty in Littleton, birthplace of Eleanor Porter, who introduced a new word into the English language. Learn how Newport native Sarah Josepha Hale became one of the most influential writers of her time. Follow young black novelist Harriet Wilson from Milford and the belated recognition of her groundbreaking book.
Local author Gary Crooker reveals the stories and places behind these and many more lettered luminaries.
Stephen King's Maine
9781467157148
Regular price $24.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Much of Western Maine reads like a Stephen King novel.
The dense dark woods and backcountry ponds. The century-old houses with gravel driveways and immense flower gardens, acres of farmland miles from a highway. Serpentine country roads dotted with farmstands, and picturesque main streets lined with battered pickups. Places where-especially during the dark and rainy days of October and November—things can get downright spooky.Â
Author Sharon Kitchens identifies the locations that serve as the basis for King’s fictional towns of Castle Rock, Jerusalem’s Lot, Derry, and Haven. Drawing on historical materials and conversations with locals and people who know King, the author sheds light on daily life in places that would become the settings for Carrie, Salem’s Lot, The Dead Zone, Cujo, IT, and 11/22/63.
The House of the Seven Gables
9781467126458
Regular price $24.99 Sale price $19.00 Save 24%The House of the Seven Gables is an American icon. It is one of the nation's oldest homes and one of its first historic house museums.
Built in 1668, it is a unique and well-restored first period house displaying many preserved 17th- and 18th-century architectural features. Three generations of the seafaring Turner family lived in the home before the American Revolution. In the 19th century, the author Nathaniel Hawthorne was hosted in the house by his cousin, and the setting encouraged his literary genius. After this famous association, the house attracted tourists even before it opened to the public when the artistic Upton family called the mansion home. In 1910, Caroline Emmerton, an enterprising philanthropist, opened the home to raise money to help local immigrants. She restored the structure and brought other historic houses from Salem to the property.
The Inspiring Life of Eudora Welty
9781626190009
Regular price $16.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%The Ohio Literary Trail
9781467149341
Regular price $21.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%< i>The Ohio Literary Trail: A Guide offers something unique for the armchair traveler and the road warrior alike.
The Ohio Literary Trail celebrates the Buckeye State's role in shaping culture and literature worldwide. Along the trail, developed by the Ohioana Library Association, lie historic homes, museums, library collections, and historical markers honoring great authors, poets, and influencers of the literary landscape. Following the state's five geographic regions for convenient self-guided tours, curious explorers can walk in the footsteps of Harriett Beecher Stowe and poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. They can view renowned collections of comics, picture book art, and Nancy Drew-themed artifacts. Or they can tour the home and farm of Pulitzer Prize-winner and conservationist Louis Bromfield. Betty Weibel, one of the trail's creators, offers this guide to those looking for the literary treasures of Ohio.