A Biographical Sketch of Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Both his bad Boy novel and his lively study of Portsmouth history are readable today.
The Candidates at the Fair
Sam Walter Foss tackles local politicans again
The Ballad of the Squalus
From seacoast singer-songwriter John Perrault
Poem: The Vane of the Old North Church
If weathervanes could talk by Charles Brewster
The Fading Fame of John Greenleaf Whittier
From rock star to literary and anti-slavery footnote
“Snow-Bound” Poem Made Whittier Wealthy
John Greenleaf Whittier and the United States were recovering from storny times
Piccola: The Lost Christmas Classic of Celia Thaxter
includes a BONUS study guide on "Little Piccola"
Poet Foss Spoke for the Common Man
Not just a one-hit-wonder poet, but a gifted and comic poet
Eccentric “Pilgrim Stranger” Preached to Congress
Seacoast's Harriet Livermore Was an early female Evangelist
The Poem That Saved Old Ironsides
Oliver Wendell Holmes was only 21 when his little verse went viral
Thomas Laighton was “Lord of the Isles” in 1860
A rare poetic peek at the enigmatic Thomas Laighton
On the Trail of Evangeline
Longfellow's fictional heroine lives on, sort of