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Book Monadnock Summer

    Book Details:
  • Author : William Morgan
  • Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
  • Release : 2011
  • ISBN : 1567924220
  • Pages : 162 pages

Download or read book Monadnock Summer written by William Morgan and published by David R. Godine Publisher. This book was released on 2011 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating look into a special corner of New England summer home architecture: the many styles of homes in Dublin, New Hampshire. The small, high, mountain town of Dublin, New Hampshire was known as an artistic and literary retreat in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. Less well known, but equally fascinating, is Dublin's claim as home to just about every architectural style and several major domestic architects of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. On its slopes, overlooking deep, spring-fed Dublin Lake and the looming Mount Monadnock, we find a virtual encyclopedia of building styles, ranging from the plain and unadorned to the most ornate and ambitious. A list of the architects who plied their trade in this small town would include Charles A. Platt, Peabody & Stearns, Rotch & Tilden, Henry Vaughan, and Lois Lilley Howe. In this immensely readable and enjoyable survey, veteran architectural historian William Morgan takes the reader on a verbally vivid and visually varied tour of the terrain, concentrating not only on the traditional and expected examples that crop up in Dublin as often as elsewhere, but also on the eccentric, unusual, and often unique extravaganzas that pepper its slopes. For Dublin was a place which for a century had both the money and the taste to indulge architects of all stripes and styles, and to give them commissions to design among the most beautiful and original examples their talents could produce.

Book In Summer  Fall Or Winter  You ll Enjoy the Monadnock Region in Southern New Hampshire

Download or read book In Summer Fall Or Winter You ll Enjoy the Monadnock Region in Southern New Hampshire written by Monadnock Region Association (N. H.) and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Murder on Mount Monadnock

Download or read book Murder on Mount Monadnock written by J. S. Winter and published by . This book was released on 2008-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When the 20-year old daughter of vaudeville star Lillie Langtry turns up dead at the bottom of the Black Precipice on Mount Monadnock in the summer of 1910, the Jaffrey police chief rules it an unfortunate accident, but residents of the Halfway House hotel are not so sure."--Publisher's description

Book New Hampshire

    Book Details:
  • Author : Federal Writers' Project. New Hampshire
  • Publisher : US History Publishers
  • Release : 1938
  • ISBN : 1603540288
  • Pages : 670 pages

Download or read book New Hampshire written by Federal Writers' Project. New Hampshire and published by US History Publishers. This book was released on 1938 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Poets of New Hampshire

Download or read book The Poets of New Hampshire written by and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Auk

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1904
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 650 pages

Download or read book The Auk written by and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Annual Report

Download or read book Annual Report written by National Endowment for the Arts and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reports for 1980-19 also include the Annual report of the National Council on the Arts.

Book The WPA Guide to New Hampshire

Download or read book The WPA Guide to New Hampshire written by Federal Writers' Project and published by Trinity University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers’ Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the country’s shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authors—many of whom would later become celebrated literary figures—were commissioned to write these important books. John Steinbeck, Saul Bellow, Zora Neale Hurston, and Ralph Ellison are among the more than 6,000 writers, editors, historians, and researchers who documented this celebration of local histories. Photographs, drawings, driving tours, detailed descriptions of towns, and rich cultural details exhibit each state’s unique flavor. The Granite State has a rich history and varied landscape, beautifully presented in the WPA Guide to New Hampshire. The driving tours highlight the White Mountains, Lake Winnipesaukee, and the coast near Portsmouth. This New Hampshire guide also has traditional photographs of churches, landscapes, and colonial houses which give readers a feel for life in New England in the early 20th century.

Book The Automobile Blue Book

Download or read book The Automobile Blue Book written by and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 1342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Report

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  • Author : New Hampshire. Bureau of Labor
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1906
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 356 pages

Download or read book Report written by New Hampshire. Bureau of Labor and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Biennial Report

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  • Author : New Hampshire. Labor Bureau
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1906
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 356 pages

Download or read book Biennial Report written by New Hampshire. Labor Bureau and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Biennial Report of the Bureau of Labor of the State of New Hampshire

Download or read book Biennial Report of the Bureau of Labor of the State of New Hampshire written by New Hampshire. Bureau of Labor and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Reports

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  • Author : New Hampshire
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1907
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 1626 pages

Download or read book Reports written by New Hampshire and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 1626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Weekending in New England

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  • Author : Betsy Wittemann
  • Publisher : Absolute Press
  • Release : 1993-03
  • ISBN : 9780934260725
  • Pages : 404 pages

Download or read book Weekending in New England written by Betsy Wittemann and published by Absolute Press. This book was released on 1993-03 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Arts and Crafts Architecture

Download or read book Arts and Crafts Architecture written by Maureen Meister and published by University Press of New England. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers the first full-scale examination of the architecture associated with the Arts and Crafts movement that spread throughout New England at the turn of the twentieth century. Although interest in the Arts and Crafts movement has grown since the 1970s, the literature on New England has focused on craft production. Meister traces the history of the movement from its origins in mid-nineteenth-century England to its arrival in the United States and describes how Boston architects including H. H. Richardson embraced its tenets in the 1870s and 1880s. She then turns to the next generation of designers, examining buildings by twelve of the region's most prominent architects, eleven men and a woman, who assumed leadership roles in the Society of Arts and Crafts, founded in Boston in 1897. Among them are Ralph Adams Cram, Lois Lilley Howe, Charles Maginnis, and H. Langford Warren. They promoted designs based on historical precedent and the region's heritage while encouraging well-executed ornament. Meister also discusses revered cultural personalities who influenced the architects, notably Ralph Waldo Emerson and art historian Charles Eliot Norton, as well as contemporaries who shared their concerns, such as Louis Brandeis. Conservative though the architects were in the styles they favored, they also were forward-looking, blending Arts and Crafts values with Progressive Era idealism. Open to new materials and building types, they made lasting contributions, with many of their designs now landmarks honored in cities and towns across New England.

Book Forest and Crag

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  • Author : Laura Waterman
  • Publisher : SUNY Press
  • Release : 2019-02-28
  • ISBN : 1438475306
  • Pages : 980 pages

Download or read book Forest and Crag written by Laura Waterman and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2019-02-28 with total page 980 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling story of our ever-evolving relationship with the mountains and wilderness. Thirty years after its initial publication, this beloved classic is back in print. Superbly researched and written, Forest and Crag is the definitive history of our love affair with the mountains of the Northeastern United States, from the Catskills and the Adirondacks of New York to the Green Mountains of Vermont, the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and the mountains of Maine. It’s all here in one comprehensive volume: the struggles of early pioneers in America’s first frontier wilderness; the first ascent of every major peak in the Northeast; the building of the trail networks, including the Appalachian Trail; the golden era of the summit resort hotels; and the unforeseen consequences of the backpacking boom of the 1970s and 80s. Laura and Guy Waterman spent a decade researching and writing Forest and Crag, and in it they draw together widely scattered sources. What emerges is a compelling story of our ever-evolving relationship with the mountains and wilderness, a story that will fascinate historians, outdoor enthusiasts, and armchair adventurers alike. “Just like a good map is essential equipment for any backcountry adventure, Forest and Crag is an essential read for anyone who enjoys spending time in or is charged with the stewardship of the Northeast’s trails and mountains.” — Michael DeBonis, Executive Director, Green Mountain Club “Forest and Crag stands as the most important history of Northeastern mountain exploration. I marvel at the depth of the Watermans’ exhaustive research and the skill in which they synthesized it. Anyone who cares about and writes about mountains laps up these chapters regularly. I reach for this book all the time. The added photographs and prefaces make this new edition from SUNY even better.”— Christine Woodside, editor of Appalachia Journal and author of Libertarians on the Prairie: Laura Ingalls Wilder, Rose Wilder Lane, and the Making of the Little House Books “No other volume weaves together across landscapes and time both the individual stories and broad themes of the history of hiking in the Northeast. It is not, however, its breadth and depth which makes Forest and Cragunique. Rather, it is the Watermans’ gift for storytelling which makes the reader feel that he or she has been invited to pull up a chair and listen, spellbound, to two masters of their craft. In sharing the stories of those who came to the mountains before, the Watermans invite all to join in preserving the future of these iconic landscapes.” — Julia Goren, Education Director and Summit Steward Coordinator, Adirondack Mountain Club PRAISE FOR FOREST AND CRAG “This is a superb, monumental history. The Watermans are adept at the capsule profile, whether of peaks or persons. A gallery of characters unrolls, as diverse as those in a novel by Dickens.” — Paul Jamieson, former editor, The Adirondack Reader “Written with grace, style, and good humor, seasoned with a refreshing sense of wonder, Forest and Crag reads more like a gripping novel than the serious research work it really is.” — Magnetic North “In its quality, comprehensiveness, and regional orientation, Forest and Crag is unprecedented in American letters. It will become a classic in social, intellectual, and environmental history.” — Roderick Frazier Nash, author of Wilderness and the American Mind, Fifth Edition “Forest and Crag presents an incredible gift for today’s hikers—the opportunity to take a thoughtful and vigorous ramble into the past, and to explore the Northeastern mountains of yesteryear. What an adventure—and what better way to contemplate how we shape the region’s future?” — Peter Crane, Mount Washington Observatory “Forest and Crag traces the Northeast’s human and natural history by following the hiking experience from the early adventurers to the more recent development of an environmental ethic. The Watermans tell this story with clear respect and deep joy for the mountains that shaped the stories of the region’s hikers and hiking clubs.” — Mary Margaret Sloan, Chief Operating Officer, Positive Tracks “The Watermans’ true genius is their ability to string all the facts together in a narrative so lively that even the footnotes and endnotes are read as eagerly as one would devour dessert at the end of a good meal.” — Tony Goodwin, coeditor of High Peaks Trails, 14th Edition

Book DK Eyewitness Travel Guide  New England

Download or read book DK Eyewitness Travel Guide New England written by Eleanor Berman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DK Eyewitness New England will lead you straight to the best attractions this breathtaking region has to offer. Packed with stunning photography, illustrations and detailed maps, discover the American North East state by state, from the river landscapes of Connecticut to the world class culture of revolutionary Boston. The guide provides all the insider tips every visitor needs, whether you are sailing in infamous Newport, exploring museums of the revolution or hiking across the spectacular Appalachian mountains, with comprehensive listings of the best hotels, restaurants, shops and nightlife in each region for all budgets. You'll find floorplans of all the must-see sites including street-by-street maps of major cities and towns plus reliable information about getting around this incredible region. This guide explores the culture, history, wildlife and architecture, not missing dramatic walks, hikes, and scenic routes, as well as guidance on New England coastal cuisine and making the most of this timeless landscape. With all the sights, open forests, extensive coastline and rich history listed town by town, DK Eyewitness New England is your essential companion.