FC 98 Lost Boston with Anthony Sammarco
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FC 98 Lost Boston with Anthony Sammarco

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Anthony Sammarco, the author of the book Lost Boston. Bio – Anthony Sammarco Since 1997, Anthony Sammarco has taught history at the Urban College of Boston, and his course “Boston’s Immigrants” is based on his book of the same name to highlight the city’s diversity. He…

FC 89 In Search of Sacco & Vanzetti with Susan Tejada
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FC 89 In Search of Sacco & Vanzetti with Susan Tejada

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Susan Tejada, the author of the book In Search of Sacco and Vanzetti: Double Lives, Troubled Times and the Massachusetts Murder Case that Shook the World. Bio – Susan Tejada Susan Tejada is a former writer and editor at the National Geographic Society, where she was…

FC 87  A History of Howard Johnson’s with Anthony Sammarco
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FC 87 A History of Howard Johnson’s with Anthony Sammarco

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Anthony Sammarco, the author of the book A History of Howard Johnson’s: How a Massachusetts Soda Fountain Became an American Icon. Bio – Anthony Sammarco Since 1997, Anthony Sammarco has taught history at the Urban College of Boston, and his course “Boston’s Immigrants” is based on…

FC 83 – Rebecca Dickinson with Marla R. Miller
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FC 83 – Rebecca Dickinson with Marla R. Miller

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Marla R. Miller, author of the book Rebecca Dickinson: Independence for a New England Woman. Bio – Marla R. Miller Marla R. Miller, a historian of early American women and work, has made a career uncovering the lives of women who left little in the way…

FC 74 The Dawn of American Independence with Brian Deming
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FC 74 The Dawn of American Independence with Brian Deming

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Brian Deming, author of the book Boston and the Dawn of American Independence. Bio – Brian Deming Brian Deming grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and has a master’s degree in American history from Northwestern University. He was…

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 64 Artful and Designing Men – A look at Shays’ Rebellion with Gary Shattuck
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FC 64 Artful and Designing Men – A look at Shays’ Rebellion with Gary Shattuck

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Gary Shattuck, author of the book Artful and Designing Men: The Trials of Job Shattuck and the Regulation of 1786-1787. This book explores the topic of Shays’ Rebellion, an uprising of farmers in Massachusetts, that protested unfair tax collection in the economically unstable times following the…

FC 51 From Deference to Defiance with Roger Thompson
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FC 51 From Deference to Defiance with Roger Thompson

Here are some items that were mentioned during the 8 August 2013 Fieldstone Common interview with Roger Thompson about his book From Deference to Defiance: Charlestown, Massachusetts 1629-1692. From Deference to Defiance: Charlestown, Massachusetts 1629-1692, published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS), is available for purchase from NEHGS, Amazon.com and other booksellers. From…

FC 49 The 300th Anniversary of the Old State House with Nathaniel Sheidley
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FC 49 The 300th Anniversary of the Old State House with Nathaniel Sheidley

Here are some items that were mentioned during the 25 July 2013 Fieldstone Common interview with historian Nathaniel Sheidley discussing the 300th Anniversary of the Old State House in Boston. The podcast of the interview is now available. You can learn more about the Old State House at its website. The Old State House was…

FC 39 Judith Sargent Murray & The Sargent House Museum with Barbara Silberman
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FC 39 Judith Sargent Murray & The Sargent House Museum with Barbara Silberman

Following are some items that were mentioned during the 16 May 2013 Fieldstone Common interview with Barbara Silberman about Judith Sargent Murray and the Sargent House Museum in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The podcast of the interview is now available. Listen to internet radio with Fieldstone Common on BlogTalkRadio This interview with Barbara Silberman, president of the…