massachusetts

Describes the history, geography, ecology, people, economy, cities, and sights of the Bay State, Massachusetts.

In order to escape religious persecution, a group of English Separatists set sail for America in 1620, hoping to establish a new colony.

The voyage of the Mayflower is recounted through the eyes of the children on board.

Discusses the geographical, historical, and cultural aspects of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.

Presents an overview of the history of the early American colony of Massachusetts, using primary source materials, with information on its founding, settlement, growth as a colony, and role in the American Revolution.

Her first week at a new school, shy, plain Delia befriends Amandine, not anticipating the dangerous turns their friendship would take.

A history of the colony of Massachusetts relating its settlement, hardships of early settlers, the witch trials, and the incidents that precipitated the Revolution.

Traces the multi-generational story of wintry Blackwell town through the experiences of such characters as a wounded Civil War solider who is saved by a passionate neighbor and a woman who meets a fiercely human historical figure.

Provides biographical information about nineteenth-century American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, and features a series of essays that discuss the structure and style, characters, and major themes of his novel, "The Scarlet Letter.".

An inexplicable death in Haddan, Massachusetts leads to the unraveling of the lives of some of the residents of the small river town.