| Berkshires Regional Histories Read about the history of Sheffield, Great Barrington, Route 7 to Pittsfield,
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African
American Heritage...
Levinson, David, editor  This history and guide tells fascinating and important stories about Berkshire life usually overlooked in history books and tourist publications. It profiles the many nationally prominent African American men and women who called the Berkshires home, such as Great Barrington's very own W.E.B. Du Bois, a founder of the NAACP. Learn more |
A Visible Heritage Columbia County, New York: A History in Art & Architecture
by Piwonka, Ruth  Dutch settlers in the 1600s, English manor lords and colonial aristocrats like the Livingstons of Clermont, political and industrial leaders of the new republic, waves of migrations from New England and New York City, the great landscape painters of the Hudson River School like Frederic Church-all left their mark on Columbia County's visible heritage... Learn more |
The Duke of Stockbridge: A Romance of Shay's Rebellion
by Bellamy, Edward  This historic reprint is a blow-by-blow description of all the events that lead up to the famous Shay's rebellion in Sheffield, MA during the Revolutionary War... Learn moreSewing Circles, Dime Suppers, and W.E.B. Du Bois A history of the clinton A.M.E. Zion church by Levinson, David  Sewing Circles, Dime Suppers, and W.E. B. Du Bois is the often heroic tale of a small group of African Americans who founded and have maintained their church in a small new England town for nearly 140 years. The church is the Clinton African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, and the town is Great Barrington, MA —the home town of the leading African American scholar and atibist W. E B. Du Bois. Learn more
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