LOCAL HISTORY RESOURCES - Local Historical Resources
Local &
Regional History
Essex County Region of Lower Merrimack River Valley, Massachusetts, USA
Labaree, Benjamin W.; “Patriots
& Partisans: The Merchants of
Thernstrom, Stephan; “Poverty
& Progress”,
Merrimack River History
The History of the Marine Society of Newburyport ,
MA
Maritime History of the Merrimac: Shipbuilding, Robert K. Cheney, Newburyport Press, Inc., 1964
The Merrimack, Raymond P. Holden, Rinehart & Co., Inc., NY, 1958
Mariner Cheney, My Dad, Harriet Cheney Nealand-Staley, Newburyport Press, Inc., 1992
Revolutionary
War Era
Hamilton, Edith; “When
Tyranny Trembled”, Dorrance & Co.,
Marquand, John P.; “Lord
Timothy Dexter of
Civil
War Era
O’Connor, Thomas H.; “Civil
War
Mayer, Henry; “All On
Fire: William
Lloyd Garrison and the Abolition of Slavery”, St. Martin’s
Woodwell, Roland H.; “John
Greenleaf Whittier: A Biography”, DBL
Commercial Printers,
Pullen, John J.; “A Shower of Stars” (The story of the Medal of Honor and the 27th ME Vol. Rgt.)
Horwitz, Tony; “Confederates in the Attic”, Vintage Books, NY, 1999.
Seafaring
/ Fishing
Philbrick, Nathaniel; “In
the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship
Kurlansky, Mark; “Cod”, Penguin Books, NY, 1997.