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Bright Leaf House Stories: The Meanings of Home in a New England Town

Name: House Stories: The Meanings of Home in a New England Town
Brand: Bright Leaf
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Product Description Historic houses adorned with plaques populate New England like nowhere else in the country. These plaques note the construction year and original owner of the house, but they tell nothing about the rich lives of the people who lived there. In House Stories, Beth Luey takes readers on a virtual walking tour of several historic houses in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, a small New England coastal town, inviting us in to learn each house's secrets.Through letters and diaries, church and business records, newspaper accounts, legal documents, and the recollections of neighbors who knew them, Luey introduces the diverse cast of historical characters who lived in these houses at various times from 1800 to the 2000s, including a Japanese castaway and his rescuer, a self-made millionaire, a seagoing adventurer, a religious pioneer, and an entrepreneurial immigrant. All of the houses are still standing and all but a lighthouse are still called home. In House Stories, Luey asks readers to join her as she considers the multiple meanings of ""home"" for these people and their families. About the Author Beth Luey is author of Expanding the American Mind: Books and the Popularization of Knowledge (University of Massachusetts Press, 2010).

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Brand: Bright Leaf
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1625343108
Category: Books > Subjects > Biography > Historical > Britain > Social & Urban History
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 30 September 2017
Listed Since: 09 May 2017

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