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Here is a selection of New England Books, DVD’s and interesting stuff! |
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Boston and Maine in the 19th Century—Railroad |
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This city's storied sports history includes dynasties and underdogs, heroes and goats, triumphs and curses - and curses reversed. Taken together, the Red Sox, Patriots, Celtics, Bruins, and Revolution provide drama enough. But then there's also Boston's unrivaled college scene, Olympic heroes, surprising amateurs and scrappy high school and little league teams battling to conclusions that are simply too spectacular to leave off this list. In Not Till the Fat Lady Sings, the respected writers and photographers of The Boston Globe recall the most fantastic finishes in all of Boston sports, presenting them in a way that is both nostalgic and contemporary, with fresh insight into why these moments matter. They take you back to when Doug Flutie launched The Pass, John Havlicek stole the ball, Bobby Orr leaped into legend, and Carl Yastrzemski made folks believe an impossible dream. They bring you the stories of marathoners, boxers, golfers, and many other great athletes, past and present. And they chronicle the heartbreak as well as the joy, because Bostonians know better than anybody that Yogi Berra was right when he said, "It ain't over till it's over." That's the message Doug Flutie delivers in his revealing foreword to this book, and it's what powers a special introduction written by Dan Shaughnessy, who has seen every kind of finish in his quarter century as a celebrated Globe sports columnist. Not Till the Fat Lady Sings is about overcoming adversity and having the guts to go for the big play. Its pages remember why Boston will always believe in miracles: they've happened. |
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Boston Harbor (MA) (Postcard History Series) (Paperback) |
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Genealogies of the Early Families of Weymouth, Massachusetts 2 Volumes Hardcover |
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Dictionary of American Family Names This hefty set purports to outline the etymology of 70,000 American family surnames. The introduction claims that more than 85 percent of Americans will be able to locate their family name in these volumes. The population sample for compiling this resource was 88.7 million, roughly one-third of all U.S. inhabitants. Names are ordered alphabetically across the three volumes, with each entry containing the frequency of the name's occurrence, etymology, languages, spelling variants, typology (identifying when the name denotes a place, occupation, status, or forebear), regions in which the name appears, and cross-references. The entries are clear and lucid, without reliance on confusing abbreviations or symbols. As the helpful general introduction indicates, the Dictionary is intended only to be a starting point for etymological or genealogical research. This introduction also has brief but informative sections about names in specific regions or time periods (ancient Rome, for example), and hereditary, patronymic, habitational, topographic, and seasonal names. A second introductory section, "Surnames, Forenames, and Correlations: Some Facts and Figures," explains the survey population as well as the normalization and presentation of the data. A third opening segment, "Introductions to Surnames of Particular Languages and Cultures," is particularly helpful in its specificity, providing information on surname history in regions ranging from the British Isles to East Asia, in addition to chronicling immigration patterns. Anyone can benefit from this information, whether they find their actual family name here or not. Each one of these introductory chapters contains its own bibliography, though it should be noted that many of the sources listed in the regional sections are not in English. The introductory chapters provide more than 100 pages of helpful advice for researchers both using these volumes as well as going beyond them for further investigation. Additionally, clear structure and layout make this work a great source for lightning-quick reference into the origins of one's family name. The Dictionary of American Family Names is a useful tool for both the beginning and advanced researcher and is recommended for academic and large public libraries. RBB |
