Following are some items that were mentioned during the 2 May 2013 Fieldstone Common interview with Melinde Lutz Byrne about her book Lost Babes: Fornication Abstracts from Court Records, Essex County, Massachusetts, 1692-1745. Lost Babes: Fornication Abstracts from Court Records, Essex County, Massachusetts, 1692-1745, published by the author (1992), is out of print. You can…
Following are some items that were mentioned during the 25 April 2013 Fieldstone Common interview with Scott C. Steward and Christopher C. Child about the book The Descendants of Judge John Lowell of Newburyport, Massachusetts. Listen to internet radio with Fieldstone Common on Blog Talk Radio The Descendants of Judge John Lowell of Newburyport, Massachusetts,…
Following are some items that were mentioned during the April 2013 interview J.L. Bell discussing the Revolution in New England. This is a make-up broadcast which was originally scheduled for April 18, 2013. The sound quality, unfortunately, has a little bit of an echo but the fascinating topics are well worth the effort.
Following are some items that were mentioned during the 14 February 2013 Fieldstone Common interview with C.S. Manegold, author of Ten Hills Farm: The Forgotten History of Slavery in the North. You can learn more about C.S. Manegold at her website as well as the site dedicated to to the book Ten Hills Farm. Ten…
Following are some items that were mentioned during the 13 December 2012 Fieldstone Common interview with Eve LaPlante, author of Marmee & Louisa: The Untold Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Mother. The companion book for Marmee & Louisa is called My Heart is Boundless which includes original, previously unpublished writings on Abigail May Alcott….
Following are some items that were mentioned during the 29 November 2012 Fieldstone Common interview with Prof. Kenneth A. Lockridge, author of A New England Town: The First Hundred Years. You can learn more about Ken Lockridge from his staff page in the history department at the University of Montana. Following are specific notes from…
A Special Thanksgiving Day Episode THURSDAY, 22 November 2012 at 1:00pm EST Fieldstone Common Host Marian Pierre-Louis interviews Plimoth Plantation culinarian Kathleen Wall about the First Thanksgiving and all the traditions that surround the holiday. After the turkey dinner is over and you’re done playing football, grab a quiet moment and listen as Kathleen and…
Following are some items that were mentioned during the 15 November 2012 Fieldstone Common interview with Heli Meltsner, author of The Poorhouses of Massachusetts. Heli Meltsner is a board member and curator with the Cambridge Historical Society. Feel free to contact Heli through the society. The Cambridge Historical Society is a very active dynamic group….
Following are some items that were mentioned during the 25 October 2012 Fieldstone Common interview with Deborah Navas, author of Murdered by His Wife: An absorbing tale of crime and punishment in eighteenth-century Massachusetts. You can learn more about Deborah Navas and Murdered by His Wife from her author website. Murdered by His Wife was…
Following are some notes on items that were mentioned during the 13 September 2012 interview with Meaghan Siekman, curator of the Fairbanks House (the oldest timber-frame house in America). You can learn more about the Fairbanks House at their website and Facebook page. Next year’s Fairbanks Family Reunion will be held August 10, 2013. The…
The very first episode of Fieldstone Common. Listen as we hear about Massachusetts Troublemakers: Rebels, Radicals and Reformers from the Bay State by Paul Della Valle.
