“My walk through the cemetery was an acquaintance with local history.” — Christopher S. Wren Copy Share Image
“In general the assumption of all of us, child or adult, was that this was a new country and that a new… — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image
I think a lot of what I was taught, gathered, and learned is worth keeping. Heritage and "wisdom" and simply personal family… — Gary Gygax Copy Share Image
As soon as I moved to Princeton in 1978, I became fascinated by local history, much of it Revolutionary War-era; and I… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
“Tremble had a secret. Underneath his dreary exterior, he was quite interesting. When his penchant for investigating the area's past was indulged,… — Christopher Fowler Copy Share Image
A masterly analysis of how political interests, economic circumstances, development strategies, and local history have shaped what are surprisingly different versions of… — Nancy Birdsall Copy Share Image
The cosmic calendar compresses the local history of the universe into a single year. If the universe began on January 1st it… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“For years, walking round London, I had been aware of the actual land, lying concealed but not entirely changed or destroyed, beneath… — Gillian Tindall Copy Share Image
“They ended up at the Old Corner Bookstore, which Brian had read about in a tour guide to Boston. "Longfellow and Hawthorne… — Caroline B. Cooney Copy Share Image
“Nothing truly beautiful without its element of strangeness, nothing whole without its own incongruity, these (Jacksonville-area pioneer house) ruins sand up from… — Tim Gilmore This Kind of City Ghost stories and psychological landscapes Copy Share Image
“My father was a man of iron will. He had a red beard and eyes like caves. He married my mother sensibly… — Robert Nye Copy Share Image
“Remember that a little learning can be a pleasant thing. Italy gives much, in beauty, gaiety, diversity of arts and landscapes, good… — Kate Simon Copy Share Image
“On a spring day in 1988…a Massachusetts man who collected books about local history was rummaging through a bin in a New… — Allison Hoover Bartlett Copy Share Image
