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Images from the Past specializes in regional books on historical topics of national and even international interest. Both text and illustrations are designed to anchor stories in the context of their time and place; photographs, maps, engravings, and sketches help readers imagine the stories unfolding; and captions provide a parallel narrative thread. The whole resembles a rewarding interpretive exhibit.

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Searching for Thoreau: On the Trails and Shores of Wild New England
by Tom Slayton

Searching for Thoreau: On the Trails and Shores of Wild New England
Written by Tom Slayton
Searching for Thoreau vividly transports the reader to the places in New England that were most important to the great American writer/naturalist Henry David Thoreau in 10 vigorous essays that range from Walden Pond to the shores of Cape Cod and the heights of Mount Katahdin in northern Maine. The author, Tom Slayton, recounts his first-hand experiences comparing them to Thoreau's from 150 years earlier; he also compares their observations on the places themselves and their reflections on the causes of change, all with ample use of excerpts from Thoreau's writings. - written by Tom Slayton
Paperback: $18.95.

 Searching for Thoreau: On the Trails and Shores of Wild New England (Paperback)
$18.95

Mighty Giants: An American Chestnut Anthology

Mighty Giants: An American Chestnut Anthology
copublished with The American Chestnut Foundation
Chris Bolgiano, Editor
Glenn Novak, Contributing Editor
Foreword by Bill McKibben
Mighty Giants: An American Chestnut Anthology is the inspiring story of an American symbol and the struggle to save it from the brink of extinction, the saga of a unique and exceptional tree that supported a way of life, that fed and sheltered our ancestors, and "touched almost every phase of our existence." It is ultimately a story of how people, working together, can harness the power of community, scientific knowledge, and our growing awareness of the workings of nature to make a difference.
- copublished with The American Chestnut Foundation
(Paperback) $24.95 (Hardcover) $49.50

 Mighty Giants: An American Chestnut Anthology
available through The American Chestnut Foundation

Country Editor: Henry Beetle Hough and the Vineyard Gazette  
 Written by Phyllis Méras

Country Editor: Henry Beetle Hough and the Vineyard Gazette
Written by Phyllis Méras
The first biography of Henry Beetle Hough, nationally respected editor of the weekly Gazette, award-winning author, and dedicated conservationist, Country Editor focuses on Martha's Vineyard from 1925, when Hough and his wife received the Vineyard Gazette as a wedding present, to 1985. An Afterword recounts the Houghs' legacy in the continuing battle to protect the Island. - written by Phyllis Méras
Paperback: $21.95; Hardcover: $35.00.

 Country Editor: Henry Beetle Hough and the Vineyard Gazette (Paperback)
$21.95

 Country Editor: Henry Beetle Hough and the Vineyard Gazette (Hardcover)
$35.00

Boston's French Secrets: Guided Walks That Reveal Boston's French Heritage

Boston's French Secrets: Guided Walks That Reveal Boston's French Heritage
Written by Rhea Hollis Atwood
The first book published on Boston's French heritage, past and present, reveals surprising French connections in its history, culture, architecture and personalities. - written by Rhea Hollis Atwood. Paperback: $19.95

 Boston's French Secrets: Guided Walks That Reveal Boston's French Heritage (PB)
$19.95

One of Ourselves: John Fitzgerald Kennedy in Ireland

One of Ourselves: John Fitzgerald Kennedy in Ireland
Written by James Robert Carroll
The day-by-day, hour-by-hour story of Kennedy's June 1963 visit to Ireland - where he went, who he met, and what it revealed about the man and the country. - written by James Robert Carroll. Hardcover: $24.95

 One of Ourselves: John Fitzgerald Kennedy in Ireland (HC)
$24.95

Ronald Reagan and His Ranch

Ronald Reagan and His Ranch: The Western White House, 1981-1989
Written by Peter Hannaford
An intimate portrait of the Western White House - the Reagan Ranch, Rancho del Cielo, in Santa Barbara - written by long-time Reagan friend and associate, Peter Hannaford.
Hardcover: $24.95

 Ronald Reagan and His Ranch (HC)
$24.95

One Came Back

One Came Back (Un Revenant): A Franco-American Civil War Novel
Translated by Margaret S. Langford in collaboration with Claire Quintal
The first published translation into English of Un Revenant, an 1884 romantic adventure by Rémi Tremblay, a French-Canadian author who turned his own experiences as a teenaged enlistee in the Civil War into a story of two fascinating heroes.
Hardcover: $35.00
Paperback: $18.95

 One Came Back (HC) $35.00

 One Came Back (PB) $18.95

Calvin Coolidge

The Quotable Calvin Coolidge: Sensible Words for a New Century
by Peter Hannaford
Excerpts from Coolidge's writings and speeches are eloquent on a broad range of topics and quite to the point for our times as well as his own.
Hardcover: $19.50 

 The Quotable Calvin Coolidge  (HC) $19.50

Woodrow Wilson

The Real Woodrow Wilson: An Interview with Arthur S. Link, Editor of the Wilson Papers
by James Robert Carroll
Wilson, as the editor of his papers came to know and admire him over three decades of dedicated scholarship, and Link's reflections on the work he had just completed.
Hardcover: $19.50

The Real Woodrow Wilson  (HC) $19.50

White Fire

White Fire
by Stuart Murray
Frontier adventurers in southern Africa battle a secret occult brotherhood and native conspirators for possession of an ancient amulet that has the power to reveal great treasures or to destroy its bearer.
Hardcover: $26.00

 White Fire  (HC) $26.00

Essential Washington

The Essential George Washington: Two Hundred Years of Observations on the Man, the Myth, the Patriot
by Peter Hannaford
A vivid portrait in words of a fascinating and multifaceted man.
Hardcover: $19.50

The Essential George Washington  (HC) $19.50

Washington Farewell

Washington's Farewell To His Officers: After Victory in The Revolution
by Stuart Murray
The triumph and drama of the Revolutionary War in a patchwork of vignettes featuring General Washington's most loyal officers.
Hardcover: $21.00

 Washington's Farewell to His Officers (HC) $21.00

Remains Unknown

Remains Unknown: The Final Journey of a Human Spirit
by Michael J. Caduto
A strange and haunting true tale of bringing one long dead to his final resting place with great compassion.
Hardcover: $15.00

 Remains Unknown (HC) $15.00

America's Song

America's Song: The Story of Yankee Doodle
by Stuart Murray
Our country's military and political history traced through the constantly evolving lyrics of the inveterate tune, "Yankee Doodle."
Hardcover: $21.00

 America's Song  (HC) $21.00

Kipling in Vermont

Rudyard Kipling In Vermont: Birthplace of The Jungle Books
by Stuart Murray
The little-known tale of Kipling's four productive years in America - a time that began in great joy, but ended in profound sorrow.
Hardcover: $29.00 Paperback: $18.95

 Rudyard Kipling in Vermont  (HC) $29.00

 Rudyard Kipling in Vermont  (PB) $18.95

Alligators

Alligators Always Dress For Dinner: An Alphabet Book of Vintage Photographs
by Linda Donigan and Michael Horwitz
Late 19th and early 20th century images are reproduced in sepia duotone for children and collectors. Each two-page spread offers a surprising visual treat. A treasure for keeping.
Hardcover: $25.00

 Alligators Always Dress for Dinner (HC) $25.00

Honor of Command

The Honor of Command: General Burgoyne's Saratoga Campaign, June-October 1777
by Stuart Murray
The dramatic story of the Saratoga Campaign from the perspective of the northern British army's commanding officer, Major General John Burgoyne.
Paperback: $14.95

 The Honor of Command  (PB) $14.95

Letters to Vermont

Letters to Vermont from Her Civil War Soldier Correspondents to the Home Press, Volumes 1 and 2
edited & compiled by Donald Wickman
Tales of campaigns from Louisiana to Virginia, from the Shenandoah Valley to the Carolina Coast, told by those who were there.
Per Volume: Hardcover: $30.00 Paperback: $19.95

 Letters to Vermont Vol. 1 (HC) $30.00

 Letters to Vermont Vol. 2 (HC) $30.00

 Letters to Vermont Vol. 1 (PB) $19.95

 Letters to Vermont Vol. 2 (PB) $19.95

Grandma Moses

Remembering Grandma Moses
by Beth Moses Hickok
A portrayal, not of Grandma Moses's primitive paintings, but the woman herself.
Paperback: $12.95 Audiocassette: $12.00

 Remembering Grandma Moses (PB) $12.95 

 Remembering Grandma Moses (AC) $12.00 

Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell at Home in Vermont: The Arlington Years, 1939-1953
by Stuart Murray
The story of the dynamic years when Rockwell painted some of his greatest works inspired by the "everyday life of my neighbors."
Paperback: $14.95

 Norman Rockwell at Home in Vermont (PB) $14.95 

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Miradero

Lila Vanderbilt Webb's Miradero: Window on an Era
by Robert W. Ganger
The story of Lila Vanderbilt Webb's "mythically grand" life that spanned an era from the Gilded Age to the Great Depression, from Fifth Avenue to bucolic Vermont and then to Palm Beach.
Hardcover: $35.00

 Miradero (HC) $35.00 

Recollections of Reagan

Recollections of Reagan: A Portrait of Ronald Reagan
by Peter Hannaford
Poignant, humorous and fascinating reminiscences about the 40th President from nearly five dozen of his friends, colleagues - even political adversaries!
Hardcover: $17.00

 Recollections of Reagan: A Portrait of Ronald Reagan (HC) $17.00 

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