FC 71 Cambridge Cameos with Roger Thompson
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FC 71 Cambridge Cameos with Roger Thompson

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Roger Thompson, author of the book Cambridge Cameos: Stories of Life in 17th Century New England. Roger is our first Fieldstone Common guest to make a second appearance on the show. He first appeared discussing his book From Deference to Defiance: Charlestown, Massachusetts 1629-1692. Roger lives in…

FC 70 Post Roads and Iron Horses with Richard DeLuca
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FC 70 Post Roads and Iron Horses with Richard DeLuca

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Richard DeLuca, author of the book Post Roads and Iron Horses: Transportation in Connecticut from Colonial Times to the Age of Steam. Bio Richard DeLuca earned a Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree from Manhattan College in New York, and a Master of Science degree in transportation…

FC 69 Remembering Adamsville Oral History Project with Marjory O’Toole
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FC 69 Remembering Adamsville Oral History Project with Marjory O’Toole

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Marjory O’Toole, editor of the book Remembering Adamsville which is the culmination of a village-wide oral history project. Bio Marjory O’Toole is the full-time Managing Director of the Little Compton, Rhode Island Historical Society and a part-time student in the John Nicholas Brown Public Humanities Program…

FC 68 Colonial New England Speech with Joan Bines
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FC 68 Colonial New England Speech with Joan Bines

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Joan Bines, author of the book Words They Lived By: Colonial New England Speech, Then and Now. Bio Joan Bines received her BA from Brandeis University and her doctorate from the University of Virginia in American diplomatic history. After teaching for many years, she became director…