Jere R Daniell

A comprehensive and thoroughly readable history of New Hampshire's turbulent colonial years.

"In this book you'll find the rituals, traditions, and history of town meeting in New England, particularily in New Hampshire. You'll meet the characters who keep the drama cracking, from silent knitters to rabble-rousers, from deep-rooted hoary historians to transplants, from across-the-board-cutters to homespun philosophers. You'll dip into the literature--poems, novels, short stories, essays--some by famous writers and some by writers who may be...