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The Way That Water Enters Stone
Author: Dufresne, JohnDate: 1991 (1997)Publication: NortonLanguage : enFind in a library: 21677261Collection of short stories from native of Worcester, Massachusetts and professor of creative writing at Florida International University. Author of the novels "Louisiana Power & Light" (1994), "Love Warps the Mind a Little" (1997), "Requiem, Mass." (2008), and several other works of prose.Tags Baton Rouge LA, Boston MA, Community: Customs and Social Life, Death and Disaster, Family, Florida, Gorham ME, Irish Americans, Lake Winepesaukee NH, Leominster MA, Literary Works, Literary Works -- Fiction, Literary Works -- Short fiction, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Old Orchard Beach ME, Orono ME, Providence RI, Saco ME, Sanford ME, Scarborough ME, Violence, Worcester MA -
Buffleheads
Author: Martin, Jane E.Date: 2012 SpringLanguage : enSource : Full text @ Michigan Quarterly ReviewFind in a library: 1757375Short fiction piece that finds Liliane coming upon the news of a suicide within the family of a former relative, gripped still by the emotions and tensions surrounding the suicide of her own sister - her tie to this other family - decades earlier. -
A Study of Textile Mill Closings in Selected New England Communities
Author: Devino, W. StanleyDate: 1966Publication: University of Maine PressLanguage : enFind in a library: 238142A study of the 1950s closings of selected textile mills from all six New England states, explorations of their local and regional economic impacts, and analyses of community adjustments to economic change. Local recovery measures taken to compensate for losses in labor, industry, and government income. Studies take into account the varying economic settings of the New England communities at hand, including their potential for economic development, their capacity to provide work opportunities to former millworkers, and their ability to withstand out-migration. Data is compiled from interviews with community members and state and local government statistics. Based on the following textile centers in their respective industrial cities: Saco-Lowell Shops, Bates Manufacturing Company, and Pepperell Manufacturing Company in Biddeford, Saco, and Sanford, Maine; Textron, Incorporated (previously Nashua Manufacturing Company) in Nashua, New Hampshire; the Fort Dummer mill (Berkshire Hathaway, Incorporated) in Brattleboro, Vermont; the Berkshire mills (Berkshire Hathaway, Incorporated) of Adams, Massachusetts; Wauregan Mills, Incorporated of Wauregan, Connecticut.Tags Adams MA, Arctic RI, Biddeford ME, Brattleboro VT, Business and Economics, Central Village CT, Clyde RI, Connecticut, Crompton RI, Danielson CT, Death and Disaster, Government and Politics, Labor History, Lippit RI, Maine, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, Moosup CT, Nashua NH, Natick RI, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Old Orchard Beach ME, Pawtuxet River Valley, Phoenix RI, Plainfield CT, Providence RI, Quinebaug River Valley, Rhode Island, Riverpoint RI, Saco ME, Sanford ME, South Carolina, Vermont, Wauregan CT, West Warwick RI -
Floribec : espace et communauté
Author: Tremblay, RémyDate: 2006Publication: Les Presses de l'Université d'OttawaLanguage : frFind in a library: 753328626Une étude sociogéographique sur le Floribec: les communautés touristiques québécois qui avaient habité en masse - ou passé les vacances - à Hollywood, Florida pendant les mois d'hivers depuis les années 1970. Floribec comme éspace, communauté, phénomène. Les lieux physiques saillants et l'organisation spatiale/géographique de Floribec; "l'espace d'appartenance" sociale de Floribec; les liens culturels entre Floribec et Québec, entre les "Floribecois" et les Québécois, et au sein de la communauté elle-même. -
The Way That Water Enters Stone
Author: Dufresne, JohnDate: 1991 (1997)Publication: NortonFind in a library: 20th century; New England; Louisiana; FloridaTags Baton Rouge LA, Boston MA, Community: Customs and Social Life, Death and Disaster, Family, Florida, Gorham ME, Irish Americans, Lake Winepesaukee NH, Leominster MA, Literary Works, Literary Works -- Fiction, Literary Works -- Short fiction, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Old Orchard Beach ME, Orono ME, Providence RI, Saco ME, Sanford ME, Scarborough ME, Violence, Worcester MA