Indian New England, 1524-1674

A Compendium of Eyewitness Accounts of Native American Life

Edited by Ronald Dale Karr

Much of what we know about New England's native American population at the time of first contact is derived from the accounts of the earliest European explorers, visitors, and settlers. This collection of authentic narratives written between 1524 and 1674 covers every aspect of New England Indian life, including first contacts, family life, work, play, crafts, religious beliefs, and relations with Europeans.

From Bondcliff Books

Our Mountain Trips

Being authentic accounts of camping, packing, and tramping in the White Mountains of New Hampshire: Parts 1 and 2

Edited by Jane English and Ben English, Jr.

THESE two handsome volumes portray the beauty and nature of New Hampshire's White Mountains through the eyes and words of MIT professor Walter H. James and his wife and sister-in-law, avid outdoorsmen and photographers who camped and hiked hundreds of miles through this area with friends and family in the first quarter of the twentieth century. They chronicled their explorations in well-written scrapbook and journal entries, which have been lovingly transcribed and annotated by two of the James's grandchildren, Jane and Ben English. Illustrated with trip maps and account records, sketches and post cards, and hundreds of Walter James's photographs--many of them fine art photos produced from the original glass and film negatives he shot from 1906 on--these are far more than ordinary family journals. Together they offer a wonderful glimpse into outdoor life and history a hundred years ago, as well as a beautiful photographic essay on the White Mountains

From Marker Press . . .

Trying to Do My Duty

The Civil War Letters of Capt. Francis D. Lincoln and Rebecca Cox Lincoln

Edited by Larry Lowenthal and Koren Lowenthal

AFTER languishing in cabinets for over a hundred years the Civil War letters of Capt. Francis D. and Rebecca Cox Lincoln are now brought to light, representing a generation of couples caught up in the maelstrom of the Civil War. Frank's detailed letters to his family record a vivid picture of camp life and conflict, travel, and disease in eastern North Carolina. More remarkably, his wife Rebecca's letters show both the daily routine of the central Massachusetts town of Brimfield and the war's effect. This book uncovers the hopes and anxieties of the Lincolns, their neighbors, and their community: husbands in danger and distress far from home and families, wives left behind to manage farms and businesses while waiting anxiously for letters, children missing their fathers' guidance and security, and a community facing loss, hardship, and the uncertainty of life in wartime.