New Hampshire Books

I started using these cards last year when my husband and I wanted inspiration for hikes in the nearby Whites. I'm often giving other hikers bits of information off of the cards about views of nearby mtns and lakes, climbing distances between different points etc. When they see how well the cards are designed, they always want a set of their own.

These are the coolest. I hope she does some more sets.

I'm a beginner when it comes to hiking in the White Mountains, so this package of cards and recommendations has come in very handy. We just sit around in the morning in our camp, I read through the cards, and we vote on where to go. I put the guide card in my pocket and we take off, with very detailed descriptions to keep us from getting lost (and as a beginner this is always a problem). The cards contain information and descriptions of various hikes--from easy to difficult--including miles, time, shorter routes, longer routes, and general warnings such as "don't go near ledge--slippery when wet." This book has provided some wonderful hikes for my family--I just wish there were more guides like this. You can easily do all the hikes in one or two seasons.

Dr. William Child was my Great-Great-Great Grandfather. I have read his regimental many times throughout my life. This book is THE history of the Fifth....it is well written and complete in detail.
"Great Grandfather" Child, as he has always been known to me, was a wonderful writer. During his time at war, he also wrote over 160 letters to his wife Carrie, back at home in Bath New Hampshire. All of his letters have reciently been published in a new book titled "Letters from a Civil War Surgeon".

Here's a description of the new book:
"The letters of Dr. William Child, of the Fifth New Hampshire Volunteers, are now published for the first time. With 176 halftones including over 150 pictures of the original letters next to the text transcribed by Dr. Child's descendents, the entire collection is here.

The compassionate strength that gets him through the war makes Dr. Child a writer of wit, humor, candor, understanding, emotion and fact. His writings take us into the war, into his time, as we relive most of the major battles, the struggles, and are given special insights into the politics of his time. His words and honest assessment of the war give us an understanding that can help heal the wounds that still divide us, for he unites the country with letters that have balanced insights. As a witness to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, he writes an eyewitness account that leaves you speechless."

"Letters from a Civil War Surgeon" is also an excellent read!

The 5th New Hampshire Volunteers sustained the greatest loss in battle of any infantry or cavalry unit in the American Civil War. Follow their trials and obsticles in the Seven Days Campaign, Antietam and Fredericksburg, to their glorious victories at Gettysberg, Petersberg and Appomattox. Several photo's, complete roster and muster rolls. A most for any serious Civil War student.

Arcadia press has a great formula taking historic photos and captions to create local history books. It was interesting seeing the early buildings and people and events of Milton in New Hampshire. The captions supplement the photos but are a bit limited in their information in this Arcadia book. It was arranged in a topical fashion rather than chronologically.

This book gives an excellent overview of early small town history. The author gives us insight into the lives of Miltons residents and takes us on a visual tour of our hometown. It's wonderful to see how "our" houses have changed over the past century. The chapter on The New hampshire Farm Museum made me want to tour this amazing set of early farm buildings again, with new eyes. Miss Ricker made me feel like I knew Emma Jones. Excellent book, Highly recommend.

If you are interested in Maine, New Hampshire or Vermont history,then this book is for you. It was fun to see some of the places listed and know where the name came from.

This is a spare but informative little volume that will inform you about the origin of many place names in the nation's three northeasternmost states. Originally published in 1909, the book begins with a preface respectful of the region's aborigines and an introduction that discusses the principal tribes of the area; these are articulate and thoughtful, and a real pleasure to read. There are chapters for each state (Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont) with brief, alphabetically-arranged entries of Native American names, many translated, for cities, towns, rivers, streams, lakes, waterfalls and islands.

The book concludes with a list and short descriptions of the regional tribes, a list of Abnaki words and a bibliography.

The absence of Lisa Carver is a glaring and disappointing omission in this otherwise fine book. She is easily one of the most creative, intelligent and influential artists to come from New Hampshire (Dover, to be exact)in the last century. If you are unfamiliar with her, she recently penned a memoir called "Drugs Are Nice: A Post-Punk Memoir." Read it and discover an incontestable New Hampshire talent!

This is a treasure of interesting stories about the colorful people of New Hampshire.

I just finished the book, and I have to say "Kudos!" to the author. That was a wonderful read. I can't believe you made me fall in love again, not only with the stories, but also with the place. I've been a New England fan for quite some time, although I haven't been able to visit any place there. You painted the town of White Birch so perfectly, I felt like I was there during all these events.

My ultimate favorite is Lambert's Code. I'm not yet married. Honestly, I prefer single man meets single girl, and they fall in love stories. But with this story, I realize that there is a new type of love when you fall in love, get married, and have all the problems you two can share.

Plus, I see myself in Taylor and Elizabeth's shoes too much. Me, career girl? Seems like it.

Thank you for the wonderful read. 5 stars for the books. I hope that you'll have more stories from White Birch!

While reading New Hampshire Weddings I could picture the landscape of the small hometownof the Lambert family, their firends and other local characters who live there. The strong family ties to some of the characters are at the same time wonderful and exasperating. This book is an excellent read.

"Old Sam's Thunder" is a wonderful story which becomes a real page-turner, and it is filled with wonderful New England characters. This book is a wonderful read, and is a worthy sequel to "Big Fish."

This book was very entertaining, the author was very well informed on the area. the tale told was amusing.

This book is a captivating non-fiction that reveals a chilling ghost story that really happened to a young family of four in the 1950's. The book turns into a suspenseful murder mystery as it traces back in time to discover what really happened on the "haunted" property in 1916. The courtroom drama that follows is both riveting and interesting from an historical perspective. But what makes this well written tale so intriguing is that it is a true story.

of Mr and Mrs. Small, the prosecutor and the defense attorney as well as the cottage(or what was left of it). I found myself very disappointed that the author did not include these photographs and because of this I felt the book was incomplete. The story itself was very well written from beginning to end. A very unusual true crime tale. Next time, please use photos to augment a fine story.

I used this guide while mountain biking in the White Mountains. It provides very detailed descriptions of a variety of off road trails and logging roads, as well as many road rides. The ratings help to determine whether you can handle the conditions of each ride, and the very complete directions minimize the loss of time searching for trail heads. A very well written guide that is small enough to be taken along in a shirt pocket.

1.From Marty's descriptions of routes I could visualize the roads he was describing. I've hiked the Whites for years and was familiar with many of the roads but never cycled on them. 2.I planned a week tour in the Whites before getting Marty's guide. Many of the loops covered the same roads I planned on using. The basic route was Marty's triple notch century with lots of loops. Marty's rides were an excellent check on my routes and improved my routes. 3.Marty's descriptions are filled with yellow from my highlighter as I took advantage of his experience with cycling in the Whites. His book was a great resource in planning my routes.

Rules of Attraction is a first-person narrative that alternates between a few egocentric, hedonistic college students as they become intertwined in a love triangle. There isn't a dull moment in the book in large part due to the story and Ellis' provocative style of writing. The characters are quite shallow and far from morally inclined, to the point where some will readers get sick to their stomaches. This is Ellis' intention though as the underlying message of his writing is a critique of the moral state of modern culture. Unfortunately, his themes tend to split his critics often due to misunderstanding. The book is amazing and important. Read it!

I bought this book almost exactly 20 years ago, back in 1988. The first time I read it, my reaction was: this is a real piece of trash. On the surface, it appeared that Ellis put almost no effort into this book, that it was just a stream of consciousness regurgitation with little or no cohesion or substance. What a difference 20 years makes! TROE is perhaps the most well worn book in my collection--one I've read over and over and over. Despite its relative thinness, TROE is a masterpiece in multiple literary dimensions: setting, characterization, social commentary, and (yes) even plot. One of the most overlooked (underrated) aspects of his book is the different spin each character puts on the same event. This makes it one of the only books that realistically illustrates how we all see the world through our own prism--especially as young adults. As a college professor, I have some insight into how today's students think and act. Aside from a few references to the Internet, this book would describe college life today just as well as it did in 1986. Well done, Mr. Ellis, well done.

After reading "Less Than Zero" I was excited to give another Bret Easton Ellis novel a try, and this turned out to be one of those books I never wanted to end. Every page was full of something interesting and thought provoking and what at times seemed shocking also seemed like the harsh, honest truth. And this has become one of my favorite novels that I know I'll read over and over again.

The events are intriguing, the use of different narrators is great and very effective, and the writing style is perfect. Ellis really knew his characters well and had me believing these were real people.

And as always in the three Ellis novels I've read (Less Than Zero, The Rules of Attraction, Glamorama), I felt some disgust towards the characters' actions yet admired them at the same time and part of me wanted to live their wild and eccentric lives.

The characters in "The Rules of Attraction" all use alcohol and drugs without a second thought, sleep with the most convenient person available and have no idea what they want to do with their lives. Not only are the main characters of Sean, Lauren and Paul aimless and careless of searching for a purpose in love and life, but the entire school of Camden seems to be exactly the same way. While Ellis may go a bit overboard with his portrayal of existential ennui at American colleges, there is more than a grain of truth in what he shows us about this country's young people. I would recommend this book for any kid about to go off to college so they know how *not* to be like while they are there, and for any adult who has bittersweet memories of their own college experiences.

If you were a WASPy, spoiled, vacuous student of a liberal-arts college in the mid-'80s and you jumped from one empty relationship to another and mulled obsessively over every mundane detail in your aimless life while thinking in run-on sentences, this book was written just for you. But I can't imagine possibly being interested, much less intrigued, by The Rules of Attraction. Ellis' second novel is only notable for being almost entirely unexceptional.

Most of this story is recounted in a first-person narrative by central characters Paul, Lauren and Sean, among a handful of other friends, relatives and acquaintances. They spend most of their time ingesting all manner of drugs, legal and otherwise. They jump into bed with whoever looks good at the moment. They usually avoid anything resembling responsible behavior by habit. And when they aren't whining over every minor misfortune that befalls them, they're trying desperately to fool themselves (and us) into believing that the few positive aspects of their lives are so much more engrossing than they actually are.

In terms of accuracy and structure, there isn't anything particularly objectionable about this story. What exists of the plot was cunningly conceived, and the dialogue is entirely authentic. Ellis possesses a very keen wit, but it's utilized far too infrequently; for every hilarious incident that's depicted here, there are a half-dozen that very nearly put me to sleep. These characters are realistic, decadent, impulsive and thoroughly boring. The story moves along at a lively pace, but these people are so self-absorbed and their respective tellings of each sequence are so pedestrian that slogging through this rather short book is quite a chore. Even contradictions found in comparison of any two self-serving, entirely subjective accounts of a common episode aren't terribly engaging.

The most frustrating aspect of this story is that the only interesting characters here are confined to its periphery: flighty Victor, fastidious Patrick (Bateman, the titular antagonist of the much more entertaining "American Psycho") and Eve, Paul's emotionally estranged mother. If these characters had been afforded a greater share of the narrative, this book might have been a much more engaging read.

Setting aside the minutia of this critique, it must be noted that this entire genre of popular fiction has been rendered obsolete by the Internet. At any time, I can access a wealth of blogs scribed by self-obsessed wretches who are every bit as dysfunctional as the spoiled brats of this banal, miserable volume, most of whom have much more intriguing exploits to relate. I can read about and laugh at their pathetic lives for free and this book doesn't convey anything profound either, so of what use it it?