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Excerpt from Historic Hadley: A Story of the Making of a Famous Massachusetts TownOve of one's own town is one of the dominant motives underlying good citizenship. The ori gin, growth, and development of a typical New England town, covering two centuries and a half, is a theme on which any thoughtful person may profitably dwell. In these busy days, however, few people have the time necessary to read a ponderous volume. For the many rather than...

Excerpt from Historic Homes of AmherstThe Village of Northampton was at this time the home Of a notable family of Strongs, descendants Of Elder John Strong, who was born in Taunton, Eng., sailed from Plymouth in 1630, settled in Dorchester, and afterward made his home in Wind sor, Connecticut. In 1659 he removed to Northampton, where he lived for forty years and became a leader in the town and in the church. He was a man of wealth, a tanner by...

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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from Ye Amherst Girl of Ye Olden TymeThese customs, with many others as novel in their way, prevailed at the beginning of the century, when the oldest persons now living were yet too young to under stand them. The country had but recently buried many heroes of the Revolution, and the spirit of the fathers had descended in four - fold measure upon their children, as, with a heroism worthy of their sires, they compelled the stony hillsid...

Excerpt from Little Plays From American History for Young FolksThe 1660 costume can be found in any illustrated United States history. Wide collars and cuffs and a broad sash worn over a little boy's coat with bloomers and shoe buckles make the men's costumes easy to arrange.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an importan...

Excerpt from Early Days in the Connecticut ValleyThe American Selection of Lessons in Reading and Speaking, by the same distinguished author, who sagely advises in his preface to the latter: Begin with the infant in his cradle - Let the first word he lisps be Washington.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important his...

* WINNER of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work * Alice Walker, author of the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning The Color Purple—"an American novel of permanent importance" (San Francisco Chronicle)—crafts a bilingual collection that is both playfully imaginative and intensely moving.Presented in both English and Spanish, Alice Walker shares a timely collection of nearly seventy works of passionate and powerful poe...

Excerpt from La Fayette Christopher Columbus the Long Knives in Illinois, Brief Plays for the YoungThe historical incidents of these scenes are taken from La Fayette's accounts in his memoirs and letters, from the Maryland Historical Society papers and Scharf's Chronicles of Baltimore.The words of La Fayette's toast to America in Act III are from a beautiful letter of his to Congress. Many of his speeches throughout the play are quotations fro...

A natural evolution from the earlier, much-acclaimed collection In Love & Trouble, these fourteen provocative and often humorous stories show women oppressed but not defeated. "[Walker] shrinks from no moral or emotional complexity, and she writes consummately skillful short stories” (Alice Adams, San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle).

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Excerpt from Mary Mattoon and Her Hero of the RevolutionZigzag marks upon the deed, which was duly witnessed and executed. Thus passed forever from the possession of the River Indians these happy hunting grounds of their fathers.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-o...

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Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

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