NEW HAMPSHIRE COLUMN BOOKS

by Eleanor O'Donnell

Allen, Mary Emma. WRITING IN MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE & VERMONT: GUIDE TO PUBLISHERS, WRITERS GROUPS, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND MORE... Writer's World Press. 1997. $16.95 ISBN 0-9631441-5-4
This is the first reference work to focus on writing activities in the Tri-State area. Information is included on regional publishers, book, magazine, and greeting card markets; writing for the theater; writers' groups and workshops; awards, competitions and grants; community education resources; and a publisher's subject index.

Basch, Marty. THE WHITE MOUNTAIN RIDE GUIDE. Top of the World Communications. P.O. Box 731, Intervale, N.H. 03845. 1998. $12.95.
Marty Basch, author of Against the Wind and Above the Arctic Circle has written another bike book. This guide covers 40 bicycle rides in the White Mountains, including maps, ride descriptions, and driving directions. Listing of White Mountain bike shops and helpful tips.

ALONG THE CONNECTICUT RIVER: FAIRLEE/WEST FAIRLEE, ORFORD, BRADFORD, PIER-MONT, NEWBURY, AND HAVER-HILL. Arcadia. (Images of America series) 1996. $16.99 ISBN 0-7524-0493-8
The Connecticut River serves as a border between New Hampshire and Vermont. Towns from both of these states are included in this visual history of the area. Photographs were contributed by local historical societies.

Brown, Dan. DIGITAL FORTRESS. St. Martin's Press. 1998. $24.95
Dan Brown of Exeter has written a fast-moving technological thriller. A former employee of the National Security Agency (NSA) has created a program that would break all the codes in the agency's computer. The search for the codebreaker leads to Spain, where anyone who comes in contact with him is murdered. A real page turner!

Clayton, John. IN THE CITY. Clayton Place Publishing. 1993. $11.95 ISBN 0-9650684-0-4; FACES AND PLACES IN THE CITY. Peter E. Randall. 1995. $14.95 ISBN 0-9650684-1-2; STARK REALITIES IN THE CITY. Peter E. Randall. 1997. $14.95 ISBN 0-9650684-2-0 John Clayton's columns in the Manchester Union Leader takes a look at Manchester, its people, and the city's history. These three compilations of his columns are enjoyable reading from the man who hosts New Hampshire Crossroads.

Duchesne, Helen. IN THEIR TIME. Bear Mountain Cove Press. Bristol, N.H. Available from author, R.R. 1, Box 428, Bristol, N.H. 03222. 1997. $11.95 ISBN 0-9661940-0-4
A collection of the author's columns, originally published in the Andover Beacon, chronicle her mother's early life growing up on a farm in the early part of the 20th century.

Fuller, Mary Lou. A HORSE IN THE LADIES ROOM. Kalm Publishing. P.O. Box 544, Fitzwilliam, N.H. 03447. 1997. $14.95 ISBN 0-9657894-0-3
Enoch "Red" Fuller was innkeeper of the Fitzwilliam Inn for ten years, until his untimely death in 1973. His wife worked beside him as his apprentice and hostess. Readers will enjoy this behind-the-scenes look at operating an Early American inn, facing challenges from both the building and its guests.

Gilmore, Lyman. DON'T TOUCH THE POET: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JOEL OPPENHEIMER. Talisman House Publishers. 1998. $21.95. ISBN 1-883689-64-3
The turbulent 1950's and 1960's are viewed through the life of Greenwich Village poet, essayist, and short story writer Joel Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer spent the last six years of his life teaching at New England College. His biographer, a fellow teacher at the college, lives in Antrim.

Hall, Donald. WITHOUT. Houghton Mifflin. 1998. $22.00 ISBN 0-395-88408-X
In this collection of elegiac poems written after the death of his wife, poet Jane Kenyon, Hall describes life without her.

Lange, Willem. TALES FROM THE EDGE OF THE WOODS. University Press of New England. 1998. $10.95 ISBN 0-87451-859-8
Attending a prep school in Massachusetts was Lange's first experience of living in New England. Since then he has been collecting and writing stories about the region and observations about its people. His weekly column, A Yankee Notebook, appears in several New England newspapers.

LIVING & CAREGIVING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. Barbara A. Salvatore. Project Director. Community Services Council of New Hampshire. Available from N.H. Helpline, 2 Industrial Park Drive, Concord, N.H. 03301. Tel. (603) 225-9694. Free, $3.00 shipping and handling.
This guide for elders and care-givers is must reading for anyone who is concerned about elderly relatives or planning ahead for their own later years. This book aims to help seniors and others understand the aging process, the challenges of caregiving, and New Hampshire's system of services for elders and caregivers.

March, Arthur F. Jr. FRANCONIA AND SUGAR HILL. Arcadia. (Images of America series) 1997. $16.99 ISBN 0-7524-0845-3
The first photograph in this book shows a view from Sugar Hill across to the Franconia Mountains. The beauty of the scenery brought tourists to the area, and Sugar Hill provided many of the grand summer hotels. This pictorial history covers both towns from 1840-1940.

Nichols, Harris W. TALES OF AN OUTDOORSMAN. Published by the author, 80 West Village Road, Milan, N.H. 03588. Sherwin Dodge Printers. 1997. $12.95
The author's love of the outdoors shines through this autobiography, which is written in a journal entry style. The book is divided into six parts, covering his schooldays, work, army life during World War II, employment with the State of New Hampshire, hunting and fishing, and life in a small town. Nichols was a town selectman in Milan for over twenty-seven years.

Noyes, Alice. AROUND HOOK-SETT: HOOKSETT AND AUBURN. Arcadia. (Images of America series) 1997. $16.99 ISBN 0-7524-0836-4
The town of Hooksett was created from parts of several other towns, Goffstown, Dunbarton, and Chester (now Auburn). The Merrimack River divides the town, which harnessed the waterpower for its mills and factories. Pictures of the 1936 flood show how the town was affected by that disaster. In Auburn, Lake Massabesic lured many people to its peace and tranquility. Its fine white sands were used by early glassblowers.

Starbuck, David R., and Scott T. Swank. A SHAKER FAMILY ALBUM. University Press of New England. 1998. $19.95 ISBN 0-87451-847-4
Photography was a popular hobby among the Canterbury Shakers. Many of the images in this collection were not intended for publication. The pictures in this book were carefully chosen from archival photos and a drawful of snapshots saved by Eldress Bertha Lindsay. They reveal the Shaker community at work and play.

Traunstein, Russ. HARVEST OF SEASONS: A SELECTION OF POEMS. Colophon Press. 1997. $9.95 ISBN 1-891415-05-0
In 1993, after being nominated by Jane Kenyon, the late Russ Traunstein was named the first recipient of the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts' Discovery Award. This first collection of his work displays his sensitivity and talent as a poet.

YANKEE MAGAZINE'S GREAT WEEKEND GETAWAY IN NEW ENGLAND: FAVORITE DRIVING TOURS FROM YANKEE'S EDITORS. Yankee/Globe Pequot Press. 1998. $14.95 ISBN 0-7627-0367-9
Many of the tours in this book originated in the Yankee Traveler newsletter. The New Hampshire section includes the Upper Connecticut River Valley, North Conway and Jackson, the North Country, around Lake Winnipesaukee, the Monadnock region, and the city of Portsmouth.