The White Mountain Scrap Book: Early Stories and Legends of the White Mountains of New Hampshire

If you vacationed in the beautiful White Mountain region of New Hampshire in the late 1930s and 1940s, you may have picked up Ernest Bisbee’s souvenir scrap book for just twenty-five cents. Chock full of information about the early history and geologic beauty of the area, and illustrated throughout with black-and-white photos and drawings of legendary characters and famous sites, it surely provided hours of engrossing reading in cabins, cottages, tents, and motels. Revisit a simpler time with this faithful reproduction of a traveler’s souvenir. Ernest Bisbee, born in 1880, was a Lancaster, New Hampshire farmer who supplemented his income by opening a print shop. Fascinated with American history, he created a handful of charming scrap books before his death in 1950.