Spinner: People and Culture in Southeastern Massachusetts

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

Spinner Pubns Inc

Book by Thomas, Joseph D., McCabe, Marsha

Biographies & Memoirs

Thomas, Joseph D.

McCabe, Marsha

Regional U.S.

Coffee table book sponsored by the Massachusetts Cranberry Growers' Assn. with a hisgorty of Cranberry culture in photographs.

Cranberry Harvest: A History of Cranberry Growing in Massachusetts

History

Americas

The human drama of the textile industry was at a high point during New England's biggest strike of the 1920s. Meet the people who shaped the industry and the hartworking people who kept it going. Over 300 photos.

The Strike of '28

Business & Money

Georgianna, Daniel

Aaronson, Roberta Hazen

Management & Leadership

Daniel Georgianna

Roberta Hazen Aaronson

Welcome to New Bedford, Massachusetts a city on the Acushnet River and Buzzards Bay, continually rising and falling with the American story. In the first extensive city history to be published in decades, A Picture History of New Bedford in two volumes captures the city s journey with hundreds of photographs and stories. In this first volume, spanning the 1600s to 1925, Spinner Publications traces New Bedford s story from native Wampanoag hunting ground, straight-laced Quaker enclave and world-class whaling powerhouse to Underground Railroad stronghold, prolific textile center and fledgling fishing port. Flip through these pages and find the stories of significant events about the founding of New Bedford, industrialization, war and economic development as well as tales of personal downfalls and triumphs. Read about the native Wampanoag, early settlers, King Philip s War, African American contributions and the Underground Railroad. Witness the waves of immigrants English, Portuguese, French Canadian, Irish, Italian, Cape Verdean, Polish, Jewish and others who shaped the character and culture of the city s architecture, recreation, industry, religions, artwork, politics, literature, language, cuisine and song. Watch New Bedford as it rises to world leader of whaling and textiles. See the ships that brought home the riches. Step inside the mansions on the hill. Enter the workplaces of craftsmen and mill operatives. Listen to the church bell warn of slave catchers. Fight a fire with a hand pump engine. Witness the rowdy Ark Riots. Discover the historical basis of public school issues. Relive the controversy of naked Narcissus, the widening of Purchase Street and the rhythm of Lincoln s lecture. Send off the troops, and welcome them home. Ride along at the horse races, and take a trip on the first ferry, trolley and railroad. Travel back with us and experience New Bedford.

The Picture History Of New Bedford: 1602-1925

Joseph D. Thomas

Marsha L. McCabe

Natalie White

Jay Avila

Alfred H. Saulniers

A compelling story about growing up during the late 1950s and 1960s in a New Bedford working-class family, Blue Collars details the triumphs and tragedies of the close-knit Kilroy family. Told through the eyes of young Fiona “Finn” Kilroy, her story unfolds in the city’s South End, a neighborhood where Portuguese, Irish, French, and Cape Verdean immigrant families lived side-by-side in mostly three-decker tenement houses typical of many New England cities. Finn’s father worked long hours as a loomfixer at the Berkshire Hathaway textile mill along the city’s waterfront and her mother struggled to keep the children healthy, well fed and well dressed. Surrounded by the love of a caring, extended family, Finn’s life seems from the outside to be carefree and idyllic. But a terrible secret haunts her childhood. This is the story of a young girl’s endurance in the face of betrayal and her brave efforts to overcome the shocks that rock her world. Finn's efforts to present a normal face breaks the reader's heart. Her story infuriates – even as her determination to stay strong and survive will inspire every reader. From Finn’s tumultuous childhood to her coming of age, we deeply experience her family’s life of love, abuse, and heartache amidst a backdrop of historical events such as textile strikes and economic and political upheaval that shaped America and this industrial city.

Blue Collars

Literature & Fiction

Catherine McLaughlin

Genre Fiction

Picture the "Whaling City" in the days of Melville's Moby Dick, busy streets lined with shops and counting houses; docks bursting with the activities of whalers. New Bedford is the setting and Not Just Anywhere is the triumphant story of the preservation of this rich slice of New England history. 
Fascinating reading for anyone interested in historic preservation, architecture, urban studies, or regional history, Not Just Anywhere looks at one of the most challenging restoration projects ever attempted in New England - the creation of a living, working museum in our city streets. Readers will learn how individuals and an organization called WHALE banded together during the onslaught of urban renewal and inner city demolition, to stop the bulldozers and preserve a city's unique architectural history.

Not Just Anywhere: The Story of WHALE and the Rescue of New Bedford's Waterfront Historic District

McCalbe, Marsha

Picture the "Whaling City" in the days of Melville's Moby Dick, busy streets lined with shops and counting houses; docks bursting with the activities of whalers. New Bedford is the setting and Not Just Anywhere is the triumphant story of the preservation of this rich slice of New England history.   Fascinating reading for anyone interested in historic preservation, architecture, urban studies, or regional history, Not Just Anywhere looks at one of the most challenging restoration projects ever attempted in New England - the creation of a living, working museum in our city streets. Readers will learn how individuals and an organization called WHALE banded together during the onslaught of urban renewal and inner city demolition, to stop the bulldozers and preserve a city's unique architectural history.

Not Just Anywhere: The Story of W.H.A.L.E. and New Bedford's Waterfront Historic District

Spinner V is the latest addition to the award-winning Spinner series. It contains 12 beautifully woven tales with historic photographs and original illustrations. 
Drawing on oral history, old newspapers and family scrapbooks, "Judgment Day" brings back the days of New Bedford's colorful Mayor Edward C. Peirce, who was convicted of gambling related crimes. It is the story of a man who reached the pinnacle of success, only to be brought down by the opposing forces of his time. In "Between Heaven &amp; Hell," witness the devastation and resolve in the Flint neighborhood when Fall River's cherished Note Dame Church burned to the ground in 1982. 
Spinner has uncovered two extraordinary journals of local and international interest, each with it's own reflections on war and America. In "Unforgettable Days," Natalie Kaplan recounts her girlhood in Russia, her work as a young nurse in the Red Army, and her emigration to New Bedford. "The Fall River Nanny" is the diary of a young Englishwomen, Annie Ward, who came to America in 1914 to work in the house of a mill owner. Her bittersweet journal recalls the romance and gaiety of Fall River, but is laced with anguish as her homeland and her loved ones are drawn into World War I. 
Two area institutions remind us of the strength and character that can be developed as a result of childhood struggles. In "At St. Mary's Doorstep," Raymond Rivard tells about his teenage years as a resident of St. Mary's Home for Children in New Bedford. "Children of Sol-e-Mar" is a fond recollection of life at a South Dartmouth hospital for crippled children in the days before penicillin. 
In "Heritage Harvest," the culinary Worlds of the Indians and settlers mix, bringing us the johnnycake, the clambake and more. A special feature, "Milton Silvia: As I Saw It," showcases a treasury of photographs taken during Milt's long career with The Standard-Times. In "Trolley Days," pictures and personal accounts bring back city streetcars, while "The Progress of Bloomerism" tracks the coming of the new fashion in the 1850's. Finally, "Rum Running in Westport" tells what life was like in Westport during Prohibition. 
This is the world of Spinner: words and photographs, oral history and journals. It is a world we all have in common as human beings.

Spinner: People and Culture in Southeastern Massachusetts, Volume V

Ward, Annie

ACKERMAN, John

Champlin, Ken

Silvia, Milton

Woodhouse, Christine

Paul, Davison

Sherman, Carrie

Romaniello, Kerry Downey

Robson, John K.

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