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House Stories: The Meanings of Home in a New England Town
Historic houses adorned with plaques populate New England like nowhere else in the country. These plaques note the construction year and original owner of the house, but they tell nothing about the rich lives of the people who lived there. In House Stories, Beth Luey takes readers on a virtual walking tour of several historic houses in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, a small New England coastal town, inviting us in to learn each house's secrets.

Through letters and diaries, church and business records, newspaper accounts, legal documents, and the recollections of neighbors who knew them, Luey introduces the diverse cast of historical characters who lived in these houses at various times from 1800 to the 2000s, including a Japanese castaway and his rescuer, a self-made millionaire, a seagoing adventurer, a religious pioneer, and an entrepreneurial immigrant. All of the houses are still standing and all but a lighthouse are still called home. In House Stories, Luey asks readers to join her as she considers the multiple meanings of "home" for these people and their families.
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House Stories: The Meanings of Home in a New England Town
Historic houses adorned with plaques populate New England like nowhere else in the country. These plaques note the construction year and original owner of the house, but they tell nothing about the rich lives of the people who lived there. In House Stories, Beth Luey takes readers on a virtual walking tour of several historic houses in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, a small New England coastal town, inviting us in to learn each house's secrets.

Through letters and diaries, church and business records, newspaper accounts, legal documents, and the recollections of neighbors who knew them, Luey introduces the diverse cast of historical characters who lived in these houses at various times from 1800 to the 2000s, including a Japanese castaway and his rescuer, a self-made millionaire, a seagoing adventurer, a religious pioneer, and an entrepreneurial immigrant. All of the houses are still standing and all but a lighthouse are still called home. In House Stories, Luey asks readers to join her as she considers the multiple meanings of "home" for these people and their families.
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House Stories: The Meanings of Home in a New England Town

House Stories: The Meanings of Home in a New England Town

by Beth Luey
House Stories: The Meanings of Home in a New England Town
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House Stories: The Meanings of Home in a New England Town

House Stories: The Meanings of Home in a New England Town

by Beth Luey

Overview

Historic houses adorned with plaques populate New England like nowhere else in the country. These plaques note the construction year and original owner of the house, but they tell nothing about the rich lives of the people who lived there. In House Stories, Beth Luey takes readers on a virtual walking tour of several historic houses in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, a small New England coastal town, inviting us in to learn each house's secrets.

Through letters and diaries, church and business records, newspaper accounts, legal documents, and the recollections of neighbors who knew them, Luey introduces the diverse cast of historical characters who lived in these houses at various times from 1800 to the 2000s, including a Japanese castaway and his rescuer, a self-made millionaire, a seagoing adventurer, a religious pioneer, and an entrepreneurial immigrant. All of the houses are still standing and all but a lighthouse are still called home. In House Stories, Luey asks readers to join her as she considers the multiple meanings of "home" for these people and their families.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781625343116
Publisher: Bright Leaf
Publication date: 09/06/2017
Edition description: First Edition
Pages: 200
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Beth Luey is author of Expanding the American Mind: Books and the Popularization of Knowledge (University of Massachusetts Press, 2010).

Table of Contents

PrefaceIntroduction. House and Home1. The Minister and the Maid 2. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood3. The Apple and the Tree4. A Home Above5. Home Is Not a House6. A House for Friends7. You Can't Go Home Again8. The Biggest House in Town9. Homeward Bound10. "Perfectly Safe"NotesIndex

What People are Saying About This

Beth David

A history buff's delight! Beth Luey's smart and easy style makes this book a lot of fun to read. The sheer number of people from the little seaside burg of Fairhaven, Massachusetts, who made their mark on the wider world is astounding. From titans of industry to international diplomats to seafaring feats of international acclaim, the little town has made its mark on the world, and Beth Luey has made sure the world now knows it.

Robert Demanche

Without question, the research in House Stories is extensive and thorough, providing the author with a firm foundation upon which to construct these ten historical accounts. Beth Luey has carefully fashioned a comfortable read about people and place.

Thomas Mason

An engagingly written exemplary study of a local community that will appeal to a broad audience interested in New England history.

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