NEW HAMPSHIRE BOOK COLUMN

By Eleanor O'Donnell

Enright, Sharon A. OUTDOOR RECREATION IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE: FROM HIKING TRAILS TO PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS. Skyline Publishing, P.O. Box 611, Londonderry, N.H. 03053-0611. E-mail: set434@earthlink.net. 1999. $10.95 (Libraries 20% discount, $8.75); plus $3.00 shipping and handling. ISBN 0-9671884-1-5
Arranged by county, this resource book lists recreation areas for each town, their location, and sporting and natural activities available. Telephone numbers for the recreation areas are included, along with websites for organizations.

Gamrat, Betsy A. FABRIC BY MAIL: A LIST OF MAIL ORDER FABRIC SOURCES, INCLUDING A SPECIALTY INDEX. Order from Betsy A. Gamrat, 8 Muldoon Drive, Hudson, N.H. 03051-5212. Tele. 881-9175. 1998. $5.00, plus $1.00 shipping and handling. 10 or more copies, $3.50 per copy.
An alphabetical list of companies that sell fabric and/or sewing supplies through the mail. The specialty index identifies companies of interest. Issued twice yearly.

Karn, Ronald Dale, editor. INDIAN NEW ENGLAND, 1524-1674: A COMPENDIUM OF EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS OF NATIVE AMERICAN LIFE. Branch Line Press, 13 Cross Street, Pepperell, MA 01463. 1999. $12.95 ISBN 0-942147-07-3
Drawn from 22 sources written between 1524 and 1674, this selection of extracts from surviving accounts chronicled by the explorers, soldiers and observers who made first contact with the Native Americans, provides for the general reader a fascinating look at the New England Indians and their way of life.

McCall, Junietta Baker. GRIEF EDUCATION FOR CAREGIVERS OF THE ELDERLY. Haworth Press. 1988. $29.95 ISBN 0-7890-0498-4
Based on the knowledge she gained from nineteen years working with elderly residents, the Director of Pastoral Services, New Hampshire Hospital, has written a book about grief and loss and working with people who are elderly and dying.

McCollum, Audrey. TWO WOMEN, TWO WORLDS: FRIENDSHIP SWEPT BY WINDS OF CHANGE. Hillwinds Press, Etna, N.H. Distributor: Enfield Distribution Co., P.O. Box 699, Enfield, N.H. 03748. June 1999. $16.00 ISBN 0-9666896-0-7
The author, a psychotherapist now living in New Hampshire, first became acquainted with Pirip Kuru in 1983 when she visited Papua, New Guinea. During subsequent trips a friendship was formed with this native woman, who was struggling to lead traditional women into the modern world. This extremely readable book explores the social life and customs of the highland natives, the bonds and tensions between women and men, the Western European influences on indigenous people, and challenges our ideas about progress.

McGraw, Kathi L. REPLACE THE TURF FROM WHENCE IT WAS HACKED. Order from the author, P.O. Box 39, Jackson, N.H. 03846-0039. 1998. $19.95 ISBN 0-9667296-0-9
This interesting book is subtitled A reminiscence of Victorian resort life and the beginnings of golf on the east side of the White Hills. The author was researching the beginnings of the Wentworth Golf Course in Jackson in preparation for its centennial. Looking through the old newspapers, Among the Clouds, and The White Mountain Echo, she became fascinated by the Victorian lifestyle of tourists. Extracts the illustrations from these newspapers and journals make this era come alive.

Morrison, Roy. THE LOGGER'S OF WARNER. Essential Book Publishers, P.O. Box 114, Warner, N.H. 03278. Tele. 1-888-874-6904. 1998. $9.95, plus $1.50 shipping and handling. ISBN 0-9658903-1-7
Collection of narrative prose poems. Morrison describes life in a rural community, the activities of friends and neighbors, the birth of his child, and the loggers of Warner.

Noon, Jack. OLD SAM'S THUNDER. Moose Country Press. 1998. $16.00 ISBN 096422136-5
The townspeople of Barston Falls, the fictional town located a bit north of Norwich, Vermont, want to honor their leading senior citizen, Old Sam Barston, by "acquiring" a cannon for the Fourth of July celebration. The little-known practice of cannon-stealing between towns in the early 19th century was the inspiration for this lively tale.

Plymouth Historical Society. PLYMOUTH. Arcadia. (Images of America series) 1998. $14.99 ISBN 0-7524-0518-7
Pictorial history of Plymouth, gateway to the White Mountains, covering the 1840s through the 1960s.

Pore, Sally G., and Kathlyn L. Reed. QUICK REFERENCE TO SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY. Aspen Publishers. 1999. ISBN 0-8342-1278-1
A quick reference to those disorders, syndromes and conditions seen among clients of speech-language pathologists. Although intended as a source of information for professionals, the text will also be informative and helpful to lay people. There is a description of each disorder, a list of speech and language characteristics associated with it, results of recent studies, prognosis, and a list of cited references. Sally Pore, a Concord resident, is a New Hampshire State Library staff member.

REFLECTIONS: A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF PELHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE. Order from Pelham 250th Anniversary Committee, Inc., P.O. Box 306, Pelham, N.H. 03076. 1998. $35.00, plus $5.00 shipping & handling. ISBN 1-57864-041-5
Pelham, located in the southeast corner of New Hampshire, was incorporated in 1746, a few years after the boundary dispute with Massachusetts reached a settlement. Up to now, no comprehensive history of the town has been published. This pictorial work brings the community's history to life, with photograph of the buildings, farms, and its people.

Rumrill, Alan F. J.A. FRENCH'S CHESHIRE COUNTY. Arcadia. (Images of America series) 1998. $18.99 ISBN 0-7385-0015-1
J.A. French has become known as Cheshire County's preeminent photographer of the nineteenth century. This visual history of the region contains more than 200 of his photographs, to which carefully researched text has been added by Historical Society of Cheshire County executive director, Alan F. Rumrill.

Sprigg, June. SIMPLE GIFTS: A MEMOIR OF A SHAKER VILLAGE. Knopf. 1998. $22.00 ISBN 0-679-45504-3
As a college student the author spent three summers as an intern at the Canterbury Shaker Village where she got to know the surviving Shaker women. Her experiences there had a profound effect on her life and work. In this book, she chronicles the daily life of the village in the 1970s, and using old records and journals she brings to life the generations of Canterbury Shakers from the eighteenth century to the present, including their customs, architecture, and spirituality. Sprigg is the author of several books on the Shakers.

Weygandt, Cornelius. SEVEN WONDERS OF SANDWICH; SELECTIONS FROM THE NEW HAMPSHIRE BOOKS. Published for the Sandwich Historical Society by Peter E. Randall, Box 4276, Portsmouth, N.H. 03802. 1998. $11.00
Cornelius Weygandt, a long-time Sandwich summer resident, wrote about the town in four of his books, The White Hills, New Hampshire Neighbours, November Rowen, and The Heart of New Hampshire. Excerpts from all four books are included in this anthology, which will give the contemporary reader a glimpse of what Sandwich was like in the first half of the twentieth century.