Evan Thomas on John Paul Jones
Our interview with the bestselling biographer
Three Women Hanged in Portsmouth
NH’s first two executions rarely discussed, still troubling
The Return of the Comet Zipper
What memories are locked inside a model airplane kit?
Miss Nancy Underhill Swept Off Star Island in 1848?
Suicide, accident, or a massive rogue wave? Write your own ending.
Submerged: Making the USS Squalus Movie
An interview with director James Keach about his close-to-history submarine drama
The Skeleton in My Closet was Real
For most families, the skeleton in the closet is a metaphor.
Is This Really Lady Wentworth?
Martha Hilton Wentworth Wentworth was her name
Longfellow’s “Lady Wentworth” of Portsmouth, New Hampshire
May-December romance or cringeworthy scandal?
Sing Along with Frank Jones Brewery Song
Rare printed campaign lyrics claim that Jones Ale drives away all pain
Why I Avoid Fake Pirates
They evoke a spirit of the past that never happened and teach us nothing
In My Father’s Wallet
Two dollars in cash and two precious discoveries
Portsmouth Lyceum was TEDx of the 1800s
Between the church and the theater was the educational Lyceum Movement