Food for the dead [[electronic resource] ] : on the trail of New England's vampires / / Michael E. Bell |
Autore | Bell Michael E., Ph. D. |
Edizione | [Wesleyan pbk. ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Middletown, Conn., : Wesleyan University Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (392 p.) |
Disciplina | 398.450974 |
Soggetto topico |
Diseases and history
Folklore - New England Vampires - New England |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8195-7171-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- ; ch. 1. This awful thing -- ; ch. 2. Testing a horrible superstition -- ; ch. 3. Remarkable happenings -- ; ch. 4. The cause of their trouble lay before them -- ; ch. 5. I am waiting and watching for you -- ; ch. 6. I thought for sure they were coming after me -- ; ch. 7. Don't be a rational adult -- ; ch. 8. Never strangers true vampires be -- ; ch. 9. Ghoulish, wolfish shapes -- ; ch. 10. The unending river of life -- ; ch. 11. Relicks of many old customs -- ; ch. 12. A ghoul in every deserted fireplace -- ; ch. 13. Is that true of all vampires? -- ; ch. 14. Food for the dead -- ; appendix A. Chronology of vampire incidents in New England -- ; appendix B. Children of Stukeley and Honor Tillinghast -- Notes -- Works sited -- Index -- About the author. |
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Bell Michael E., Ph. D.
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The Making of New England [[electronic resource] /] / by Samuel Adams Drake |
Autore | Drake Samuel Adams <1833-1905.> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Scituate, Mass., : Digital Scanning, 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-58218-397-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
THE MAKING OF NEW ENGLAND 1580-1643; PREFACE.; CONTENTS.; I. Westward Ho!; THE MYSTIC COAST OF CODFISH; THE LAND CALLED NORTH VIRGINIA; GOSNOLD'S COLONY OF 1602; GOSNOLD'S COLONY-Continued.; THE FIRST WINTER.-DE MONTS' COLONY, 1604; POPHAM COLONY,1607; DISCOVERY OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN, 1609; INDIAN LEGENDS; THE COLONY OF MADAME DE GUERCHEVILLE,1613; DISCOVERY OF BLOCK ISLAND, 1614,; THE NAMING OF NEW ENGLAND, 1614-1616; Interlude.; THE DOOM OF THE RED MEN; THE GREAT CHARTER OF NEW ENGLAND; II. Coming to Stay.; THE ARK OF NEW ENGLAND, 1620; EXPLORING THE WILDERNESS; THE FIRST ENCOUNTER
THE LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS.ON PLYMOUTH ROCK; LIFE IN THE OLD COLONY; LIFE IN THE OLD COLONY-Continued.; III. Historic Stepping-Stones.; FIRST COMERSINBOST ON BAY, 1621-1626; THE WEYMOUTH COLONY,1622; A LEGEND OF PEDDOCK'S ISLAND; MORTON OF MERRY-MOUNT, 1625; PIONEERS OF MAINE, 1623-1630; PIONEERS OF MAINE-Continued.; THE ISLES OF SHOALS; PIONEERS OF NEWHAMPSHIRE, 1623 -1629; PIONEERS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE-Continued.; CAPE ANN, 1624; INDIAN TRAITS; IV. Coming of the Puritans.; THE COLONY AT SALEM; THE GREAT EMIGRATION, 1630; THE SETTLERS AT CHARLESTOWN; BOSTON EXPLORED AND SETTLED THE PILGRIMS OF BOSTONHEART OF THE COMMONWEALTH; TOWN AND COLONY; INDIAN CHARACTER; V. Outswarms from the Mother Colony.; PIONEERS OF CONNECTICUT, 1635; PIONEERS OF CONNECTICUT-Continued.; RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS, 1636-1637; WARWICK PLANTATION; RHODE ISLAND PLANTATIONS; THE PEQUOT WAR, 1637; VI. The Era of Progress.; FOUNDING OF HARVARD COLLEGE; FIRST PRINTING-PRESS; ANCIENT AND HONORABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY; NEW HAVEN COLONY,1638; MARTHA'S VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET; DISCOVERY OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS; DEATH OF MIANTONIMO; THE COLONISTS AT WORK; PROGRESS IN THE OLDER COLONIES CONFEDERACY OF 1643LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.; SITE OF FIRST NEW ENGLAND COLONY; ANCIENT SYMBOL OF NEW ENGLAND; COAST OF CODFISH; BRETON FISHERMAN; NOROMBEGA, 1582; SIR HUMPHREY GILBERT; THE FIRST SHIP; SETTING SAIL; JUAN VERRAZANO; FISHING SHALLOP OF THE TIME; SHIP AT ANCHOR; WHAT GOSNOLD DID; MAKING A WIGWAM; CUTTYHUNK, GOSNOLD'S ISLAND; SASSAFRAS PLANT; CANOE; TARGET, SWORD AND WOLF-HOOK; INDIAN SNOW-SHOE; WHERE DE MONTS SETTLED; POWDER FLASK; THE HABITATION AT ST. CROIX; INDIAN HUNTER ON SNOW-SHOES; DISCOVERY CROSS; SAGADAHOC, OR KENNEBEC; APPROACH TO THE KENNEBEC; AN EXPLORING PARTY FOOT SOLDIER OF 1607ARROW-HEADS; CHAMPLAIN'S ROUTE; THE BATTLE AT LAKE CHAMPLAIN; INDIAN VILLAGE; HURON TOTEM; MT. DESERT ISLAND; SHIP UNDER SAIL; BLOCK ISLAND; MOHEGAN HEAD, BLOCK ISLAND; CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH; POSITION OF THE NEW ENGLAND TRIBES; THE MAYFLOWER; TWO PILGRIMS; PILGRIM HALBERD; INDIAN SAGAMORE'S GRAVE; FORDING A RIVER; PLYMOUTH BAY AND HARBOR; LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS; LANDMARKS OF PLYMOUTH; MEMORIAL OVER FOREFATHERS' ROCK; GOV. CARVER'S CHAIR; FULLER CRADLE; KITCHEN FIREPLACE; IRON POT AND PEWTER PLATTER; SPECTACLES; FLAX SPINNING-WHEEL; STANDISH'S SWORD; RELICS OF THE PILGRIMS HER WEDDING-SLIPPER |
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The Making of New England [[electronic resource] /] / by Samuel Adams Drake |
Autore | Drake Samuel Adams <1833-1905.> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Scituate, Mass., : Digital Scanning, 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
ISBN | 1-58218-397-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
THE MAKING OF NEW ENGLAND 1580-1643; PREFACE.; CONTENTS.; I. Westward Ho!; THE MYSTIC COAST OF CODFISH; THE LAND CALLED NORTH VIRGINIA; GOSNOLD'S COLONY OF 1602; GOSNOLD'S COLONY-Continued.; THE FIRST WINTER.-DE MONTS' COLONY, 1604; POPHAM COLONY,1607; DISCOVERY OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN, 1609; INDIAN LEGENDS; THE COLONY OF MADAME DE GUERCHEVILLE,1613; DISCOVERY OF BLOCK ISLAND, 1614,; THE NAMING OF NEW ENGLAND, 1614-1616; Interlude.; THE DOOM OF THE RED MEN; THE GREAT CHARTER OF NEW ENGLAND; II. Coming to Stay.; THE ARK OF NEW ENGLAND, 1620; EXPLORING THE WILDERNESS; THE FIRST ENCOUNTER
THE LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS.ON PLYMOUTH ROCK; LIFE IN THE OLD COLONY; LIFE IN THE OLD COLONY-Continued.; III. Historic Stepping-Stones.; FIRST COMERSINBOST ON BAY, 1621-1626; THE WEYMOUTH COLONY,1622; A LEGEND OF PEDDOCK'S ISLAND; MORTON OF MERRY-MOUNT, 1625; PIONEERS OF MAINE, 1623-1630; PIONEERS OF MAINE-Continued.; THE ISLES OF SHOALS; PIONEERS OF NEWHAMPSHIRE, 1623 -1629; PIONEERS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE-Continued.; CAPE ANN, 1624; INDIAN TRAITS; IV. Coming of the Puritans.; THE COLONY AT SALEM; THE GREAT EMIGRATION, 1630; THE SETTLERS AT CHARLESTOWN; BOSTON EXPLORED AND SETTLED THE PILGRIMS OF BOSTONHEART OF THE COMMONWEALTH; TOWN AND COLONY; INDIAN CHARACTER; V. Outswarms from the Mother Colony.; PIONEERS OF CONNECTICUT, 1635; PIONEERS OF CONNECTICUT-Continued.; RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS, 1636-1637; WARWICK PLANTATION; RHODE ISLAND PLANTATIONS; THE PEQUOT WAR, 1637; VI. The Era of Progress.; FOUNDING OF HARVARD COLLEGE; FIRST PRINTING-PRESS; ANCIENT AND HONORABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY; NEW HAVEN COLONY,1638; MARTHA'S VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET; DISCOVERY OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS; DEATH OF MIANTONIMO; THE COLONISTS AT WORK; PROGRESS IN THE OLDER COLONIES CONFEDERACY OF 1643LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.; SITE OF FIRST NEW ENGLAND COLONY; ANCIENT SYMBOL OF NEW ENGLAND; COAST OF CODFISH; BRETON FISHERMAN; NOROMBEGA, 1582; SIR HUMPHREY GILBERT; THE FIRST SHIP; SETTING SAIL; JUAN VERRAZANO; FISHING SHALLOP OF THE TIME; SHIP AT ANCHOR; WHAT GOSNOLD DID; MAKING A WIGWAM; CUTTYHUNK, GOSNOLD'S ISLAND; SASSAFRAS PLANT; CANOE; TARGET, SWORD AND WOLF-HOOK; INDIAN SNOW-SHOE; WHERE DE MONTS SETTLED; POWDER FLASK; THE HABITATION AT ST. CROIX; INDIAN HUNTER ON SNOW-SHOES; DISCOVERY CROSS; SAGADAHOC, OR KENNEBEC; APPROACH TO THE KENNEBEC; AN EXPLORING PARTY FOOT SOLDIER OF 1607ARROW-HEADS; CHAMPLAIN'S ROUTE; THE BATTLE AT LAKE CHAMPLAIN; INDIAN VILLAGE; HURON TOTEM; MT. DESERT ISLAND; SHIP UNDER SAIL; BLOCK ISLAND; MOHEGAN HEAD, BLOCK ISLAND; CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH; POSITION OF THE NEW ENGLAND TRIBES; THE MAYFLOWER; TWO PILGRIMS; PILGRIM HALBERD; INDIAN SAGAMORE'S GRAVE; FORDING A RIVER; PLYMOUTH BAY AND HARBOR; LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS; LANDMARKS OF PLYMOUTH; MEMORIAL OVER FOREFATHERS' ROCK; GOV. CARVER'S CHAIR; FULLER CRADLE; KITCHEN FIREPLACE; IRON POT AND PEWTER PLATTER; SPECTACLES; FLAX SPINNING-WHEEL; STANDISH'S SWORD; RELICS OF THE PILGRIMS HER WEDDING-SLIPPER |
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New England and the Maritime provinces [[electronic resource] ] : connections and comparisons / / edited by Stephen J. Hornsby, John G. Reid |
Autore | Hornsby Stephen J. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (424 p.) |
Disciplina | 971.505 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
HornsbyStephen <1956->
ReidJohn G. <1948-> |
Collana | McGill-Queen's Studies in Ethnic History |
Soggetto topico | HISTORY / Canada / General |
Soggetto non controllato |
New England
Maritime Provinces |
ISBN |
1-282-86332-0
9786612863325 0-7735-7266-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Pre-European Dawnland: Archaeology of the Maritime Peninsula""; ""3 Spaces of Power in the Early Modern Northeast""; ""4 Passamaquoddy Identity and the Marshall Decision""; ""5 New England Soldiers in the St John River Valley, 1758-1760""; ""6 Before Borderlands: Yankees, British, and the St John Valley French""; ""7 Comparative Economic Advantage: Nova Scotia and New England, 1720-1860's""; ""8 Humbert's Paradox: The Global Context of Smuggling in the Bay of Fundy""
""9 Variations on a Borderlands Theme: Nativism and Collective Violence in Northeastern North America in the Mid-Nineteenth Century""""10 Nova Scotia and the American Presence: Seeking Connections Without Conquest, 1848-1854""; ""11 The Command of Money in Shaws' Borderlands, 1859-1887""; ""12 Re-Examining the Economic Underdevelopment of the Maritime Provinces: A Case Study of Portland, Maine, and Saint John, New Brunswick""; ""13 Maine-Maritimes Folklore: The Lumberwoods Connection"" ""14 Canadian and American Policy Making in Response to the First Multi-Species Fisheries Crisis in the Greater Gulf of Maine Region""""15 More Buck for the Bang: Sporting and the Ideology of Fish and Game Management in Northern New England and the Maritime Provinces, 1870-1900""; ""16 The ""Boston States"": Region, Gender, and Maritime Out-Migration, 1870-1930""; ""17 Borderlands, Baselines, and Big Game: Conceptualizing the Northeast as a Sporting Region""; ""18 The Epic of Greater North America: Themes and Periodization in North American History"" ""19 Peeping Through the Cracks: Seeking Connections, Comparisons, and Understanding in Unstable Space""""Notes""; ""Index""; |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782182603321 |
Hornsby Stephen J.
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New England and the Maritime provinces [[electronic resource] ] : connections and comparisons / / edited by Stephen J. Hornsby, John G. Reid |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (424 p.) |
Disciplina | 971.505 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
HornsbyStephen <1956->
ReidJohn G. <1948-> |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
Soggetto non controllato |
New England
Maritime Provinces |
ISBN |
1-282-86332-0
9786612863325 0-7735-7266-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Pre-European Dawnland: Archaeology of the Maritime Peninsula""; ""3 Spaces of Power in the Early Modern Northeast""; ""4 Passamaquoddy Identity and the Marshall Decision""; ""5 New England Soldiers in the St John River Valley, 1758-1760""; ""6 Before Borderlands: Yankees, British, and the St John Valley French""; ""7 Comparative Economic Advantage: Nova Scotia and New England, 1720-1860's""; ""8 Humbert's Paradox: The Global Context of Smuggling in the Bay of Fundy""
""9 Variations on a Borderlands Theme: Nativism and Collective Violence in Northeastern North America in the Mid-Nineteenth Century""""10 Nova Scotia and the American Presence: Seeking Connections Without Conquest, 1848-1854""; ""11 The Command of Money in Shaws' Borderlands, 1859-1887""; ""12 Re-Examining the Economic Underdevelopment of the Maritime Provinces: A Case Study of Portland, Maine, and Saint John, New Brunswick""; ""13 Maine-Maritimes Folklore: The Lumberwoods Connection"" ""14 Canadian and American Policy Making in Response to the First Multi-Species Fisheries Crisis in the Greater Gulf of Maine Region""""15 More Buck for the Bang: Sporting and the Ideology of Fish and Game Management in Northern New England and the Maritime Provinces, 1870-1900""; ""16 The ""Boston States"": Region, Gender, and Maritime Out-Migration, 1870-1930""; ""17 Borderlands, Baselines, and Big Game: Conceptualizing the Northeast as a Sporting Region""; ""18 The Epic of Greater North America: Themes and Periodization in North American History"" ""19 Peeping Through the Cracks: Seeking Connections, Comparisons, and Understanding in Unstable Space""""Notes""; ""Index""; |
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New England's crises and cultural memory : literature, politics, history, religion, 1620-1860 / / by John McWilliams [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | McWilliams John P (John Probasco) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 366 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 810.9/358 |
Collana | Cambridge studies in American literature and culture |
Soggetto topico |
American literature - New England - History and criticism
Politics and literature - New England - History Religion and literature - New England - History Literature and history - New England - History |
ISBN |
1-107-14704-2
1-280-54076-1 0-511-21465-0 0-511-21644-0 0-511-21107-4 0-511-32724-2 0-511-48560-3 0-511-21284-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Plantation and settlement. Of corn, no corn, and Christian courage -- Thomas Morton: phoenix of New England memory -- Trying Anne -- pt. 2. Time of troubles. Headnote -- A cloud of blood: King Philip's War -- The axe at the root of the tree: scarlet governors and gray champions -- Race, war, and white magic: the neglected legacy of Salem -- pt. 3. Revolution. Headnote -- Boston revolt and Puritan restoration: 1760-1775 -- Shots heard round the world -- Abolition, "white slavery," and regional pride -- Epilogue: "bodiless echoes." |
Altri titoli varianti | New England's Crises & Cultural Memory |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457202403321 |
McWilliams John P (John Probasco)
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New England's crises and cultural memory : literature, politics, history, religion, 1620-1860 / / by John McWilliams [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | McWilliams John P (John Probasco) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 366 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 810.9/358 |
Collana | Cambridge studies in American literature and culture |
Soggetto topico |
American literature - New England - History and criticism
Politics and literature - New England - History Religion and literature - New England - History Literature and history - New England - History |
ISBN |
1-107-14704-2
1-280-54076-1 0-511-21465-0 0-511-21644-0 0-511-21107-4 0-511-32724-2 0-511-48560-3 0-511-21284-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Plantation and settlement. Of corn, no corn, and Christian courage -- Thomas Morton: phoenix of New England memory -- Trying Anne -- pt. 2. Time of troubles. Headnote -- A cloud of blood: King Philip's War -- The axe at the root of the tree: scarlet governors and gray champions -- Race, war, and white magic: the neglected legacy of Salem -- pt. 3. Revolution. Headnote -- Boston revolt and Puritan restoration: 1760-1775 -- Shots heard round the world -- Abolition, "white slavery," and regional pride -- Epilogue: "bodiless echoes." |
Altri titoli varianti | New England's Crises & Cultural Memory |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784437003321 |
McWilliams John P (John Probasco)
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Yankee colonies across America : cities upon the hills / / Chaim M. Rosenberg |
Autore | Rosenberg Chaim M. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (347 p.) |
Disciplina | 974 |
Soggetto topico | New Englanders - History |
ISBN | 1-4985-1984-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Pages:1 to 25; Pages:26 to 50; Pages:51 to 75; Pages:76 to 100; Pages:101 to 125; Pages:126 to 150; Pages:151 to 175; Pages:176 to 200; Pages:201 to 225; Pages:226 to 250; Pages:251 to 275; Pages:276 to 300; Pages:301 to 325; Pages:326 to 347 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797949403321 |
Rosenberg Chaim M.
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Yankee colonies across America : cities upon the hills / / Chaim M. Rosenberg |
Autore | Rosenberg Chaim M. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (347 p.) |
Disciplina | 974 |
Soggetto topico | New Englanders - History |
ISBN | 1-4985-1984-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Pages:1 to 25; Pages:26 to 50; Pages:51 to 75; Pages:76 to 100; Pages:101 to 125; Pages:126 to 150; Pages:151 to 175; Pages:176 to 200; Pages:201 to 225; Pages:226 to 250; Pages:251 to 275; Pages:276 to 300; Pages:301 to 325; Pages:326 to 347 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819652603321 |
Rosenberg Chaim M.
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