The Two Loves of Annie Fields
The Boston marriage of "Widow" Fields
Irvin Cobb Catches Fire in Portsmouth
His coverage of the 1905 Treaty of Portsmouth kicked off a smoking career
Tales of Ike Partington’s Kitten
Not your G-rated Puss in Boots
John Lord: The Boy Who Hated Portsmouth
Famed 19th-century lecturer found this city harsh and pretentious
Alex Herlihy Talks About His History of Rye, NH
120 years after Rev. Parsons, a new history of a seacoast town debuts.
Poet Robert Dunn Tackles Immortality
Portsmouth's "Penny Poet" cashes out
When William Met Celia
Late in life, William Dean Howells briefly described his first meeting with Celia Thaxter.
How Mr. Fields Saved “The Scarlet Letter”
Without Mr. Fieldsm you might never have written the term paper
Political Poems for the Common Man
Sam Walter Foss distrusted politicians and rich folks, trusted common folks
A True Fan of the Aldrich House Museum
A souvenir of a memorial to a novel about bad boys in POrtsmouth
Pat Wall Talks about “Beyond Freedom”
Enslaved in Portsmouth, freed in Boston, two books for children