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Journalist and author Ted Reinstein has reported all around New England for 25 years, telling the colorful stories of this historic yet ever-changing corner of America.
Journalist and author Ted Reinstein has reported all around New England for 25 years, telling
the colorful stories of this historic yet ever-changing corner of America. Now, he condenses
his countless travels into a single, unique labor of love: a journey through the heart and soul
of New England, meeting the most memorable people—and their unlikely stories—all along
the way. People whose struggles, toughness, triumphs, and humor not only define the very
essence of New England, but represent the timeless best of America as well.
In all six states, in their own words, the stories unfold. From a stalwart surfer on New
Hampshire’s tiny seacoast, to Maine’s “Slim” Andrews and his one-man museum, to the
Vermonter who builds extraordinary havens in the trees for those without hope of reaching
them. Meet a couple in the Berkshire Hills determined to save a place they were told doesn’t
exist, and a cartoonist in Rhode Island who found an ingenious way for an entire city to say
goodnight to those who need to hear it most.
It's a legendary part of America that’s often caricatured, but rarely caught with such real-life
candor and intimacy. Indeed, the Old Mainer in the tired-old joke was wrong: you can get
there from here. And along the way, see New England in a whole new light, through the
stories of some everyday Americans you’ll never forget.
AGE GROUP: | Adult |
EVENT TYPE: | Literature & Author Events |
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The Frances Perkins Branch, formerly known as the Greendale Branch Library, is housed in an architecturally distinguished building, funded in part by Andrew Carnegie and built in 1913.