Univ. Press of New England
On the Spur of Speed
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In volume four of the Frost series, J.E. Fender provides a new insight into a seldom-seen Revolutionary War battle, a detailed look ...Read Review
Marie Blythe
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Originally published in 1983, Marie Blythe is a captivating tale of the titular character’s life experiences, a modern Bildungsroman. Marie is a French ...Read Review
Where the Rivers Flow North
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This reissue of Mosher’s 1978 story collection was my introduction to the author’s work; it deserves a much wider audience outside New ...Read Review
My Story Being This
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The 1770s Rhode Island setting and community of free people of color is wonderfully evoked in this “writing book” of a woman whose ...Read Review
Gun Ball Hill
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In 1774 coastal Maine, after the beloved Mowlan family is massacred by Tories disguised as Indians, family and friends gather to mourn. Their isolated ...Read Review
Our Lives, Our Fortunes
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According to his website, Fender set out to create a fictional American naval hero to rival British captains Hornblower and Aubrey. In this ...Read Review
Rebecca Wentworth’s Distraction
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When Englishman Daniel Sanborn takes his first portraiture commission in Portsmouth, Virginia, he doesn’t expect his subject, a mere child, to be ...Read Review
The Romance of Eleanor Gray
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When twenty-year-old Eleanor Gray takes her first position as teacher in western Massachusetts’s East Becket, she considered it to be an “adventure ...Read Review
