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      A Culinary History of Martha’s Vineyard

      Thomas Dresser, Joyce Dresser

      Martha's Vineyard is known as a popular vacation destination with high profile visitors. Below the surface, however, bubbles a culinary melting pot.

      Native Americans, Blacks, European settlers and Azoreans all…

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      Black Homeownership on Martha’s Vineyard

      Thomas Dresser, Richard Lewis Taylor

      Martha's Vineyard has always been a unique island and vacation destination, made even more diverse with the arrival of Black homeowners in the 19th century.

      Early landowners included the formerly…

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      Disaster Off Martha’s Vineyard: The Sinking of the City of Columbus

      Thomas Dresser

      With its rocky coast and treacherous shoals, shipwrecks were a common occurrence in nineteenth-century Massachusetts. Few claimed as many lives as the City of Columbus. The night was clear and…

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      Disaster off Martha’s Vineyard: The Sinking of the City of Columbus

      Thomas Dresser,Thomas Dresser

      With its rocky coast and treacherous shoals, shipwrecks were a common occurrence in nineteenth-century Massachusetts. Few claimed as many lives as the City of Columbus. The night was clear and…

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      Hidden History of Martha’s Vineyard

      Thomas Dresser

      Behind the mansions and presidential vacations of Martha’s Vineyard hide the lost stories and forgotten events of small-town America. What was the island’s role in the Underground Railroad? Why do…

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      Travel History of Martha’s Vineyard: From Canoes and Horses to Steamships and Trolleys

      Thomas Dresser

      Getting to the Vineyard has never been easy. Native Americans built canoes for the journey, and early settlers crossed Vineyard Sound in small sailing packets. Steamships dramatically changed island life…

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      A Travel History of Martha’s Vineyard: From Canoes and Horses to Steamships and Trolleys

      Thomas Dresser

      Getting to the Vineyard has never been easy. Native Americans built canoes for the journey, and early settlers crossed Vineyard Sound in small sailing packets. Steamships dramatically changed island life…

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      Mystery on the Vineyard: Politics, Passion and Scandal on East Chop

      Thomas Dresser

      In the pre, World War II innocence of small-town America, a dapper off-Islander impresses the locals. Drawn to the prettiest girl, he is upset when an elderly woman tries to…

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      Martha’s Vineyard in the Roaring Twenties

      Thomas Dresser

      The Roaring Twenties were filled with a range of events, experiences, fears, laws and advances that impacted Martha's Vineyard. Island residents were involved in rumrunning. Dozens died of the Spanish…

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      The Wampanoag Tribe of Martha’s Vineyard: Colonization to Recognition

      Thomas Dresser

      The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head/Aquinnah are an indigenous people on Martha’s Vineyard. From their legendary giant leader Moshup, Wampanoags can trace their ancestry back more than ten thousand years…

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      Women of Martha’s Vineyard

      Thomas Dresser

      A collection of vignettes about notable women from Martha’s Vineyard.

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      Hidden History of Martha’s Vineyard

      Thomas Dresser

      Behind the mansions and presidential vacations of Martha’s Vineyard hide the lost stories and forgotten events of small-town America. What was the island’s role in the Underground Railroad? Why do…

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      Mystery on the Vineyard: Politics, Passion and Scandal on East Chop

      Thomas Dresser

      In the pre, World War II innocence of small-town America, a dapper off-Islander impresses the locals. Drawn to the prettiest girl, he is upset when an elderly woman tries to…

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      African Americans on Martha’s Vineyard: From Enslavement to Presidential Visit

      Thomas Dresser

      African Americans of Martha’s Vineyard have an epic history. From the days when slaves toiled away in the fresh New England air, through abolition and Reconstruction and continuing into recent…

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      African Americans on Martha’s Vineyard: From Enslavement to Presidential Visit

      Tom Dresser,Thomas Dresser

      African Americans of Martha’s Vineyard have an epic history. From the days when slaves toiled away in the fresh New England air, through abolition and Reconstruction and continuing into recent…

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      Martha’s Vineyard: A History

      Thomas Dresser,Tom Dresser

      Martha’s Vineyard is cherished by many as a summer paradise, but few know of its rich past. Descendants of the first Native American inhabitants still reside on the Vineyard. Once…

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      Martha’s Vineyard: A History

      Thomas Dresser,Tom Dresser

      Martha’s Vineyard is cherished by many as a summer paradise, but few know of its rich past. Descendants of the first Native American inhabitants still reside on the Vineyard. Once…

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      The Wampanoag Tribe of Martha’s Vineyard: Colonization to Recognition

      Thomas Dresser,Tom Dresser

      The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head/Aquinnah are an indigenous people on Martha’s Vineyard. From their legendary giant leader Moshup, Wampanoags can trace their ancestry back more than ten thousand years…

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      Women of Martha’s Vineyard

      Thomas Dresser,Tom Dresser

      Generations of women have traveled to Martha’s Vineyard to find solace in its calming waves and varied shoreline. Many prominent and capable women set down roots, contributing to the fabric…

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      Music on Martha’s Vineyard: A History of Harmony

      Thomas Dresser,Jerold Muskin

      Discover the long history and proud tradition of music on Martha’s Vineyard.

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      Martha’s Vineyard in the American Revolution

      Thomas Dresser

      As an isolated island outpost, Martha’s Vineyard faced some unique challenges during the American Revolution. Neutrality was maintained at the start of the war due to the impact of the…

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      Music on Martha’s Vineyard: A History of Harmony

      Thomas Dresser,Jerold Muskin

      Martha’s Vineyard has a rich musical legacy that stretches back to the earliest drumbeats of the Wampanoags and the whaling chanteys of the nineteenth century. Returning Civil War veterans formed…

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      Whaling on Martha’s Vineyard

      Thomas Dresser

      Martha’s Vineyard became an integral part of the whaling industry at the beginning of the eighteenth century and inspired a lasting romantic enthusiasm for life on the open ocean. From…

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      Whaling on Martha’s Vineyard

      Thomas Dresser

      Martha’s Vineyard became an integral part of the whaling industry at the beginning of the eighteenth century and inspired a lasting romantic enthusiasm for life on the open ocean. From…

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      Martha’s Vineyard in World War II

      Thomas Dresser,Herb Foster,Jay Schofield

      The small, tightknit island community of Martha’s Vineyard was irrevocably transformed by World War II. From rationing and blackouts to a military presence in Chilmark, the war was brought home…

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      Martha’s Vineyard in World War II

      Thomas Dresser,Herb Foster,Jay Schofield

      The small, tightknit island community of Martha’s Vineyard was irrevocably transformed by World War II. From rationing and blackouts to a military presence in Chilmark, the war was brought home…

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      The Rise of Tourism on Martha’s Vineyard

      Thomas Dresser

      Now known as a resort community and vacation destination, Martha’s Vineyard was once a simple fishing and whaling community. From the popularity of the Methodist Campground, founded in 1835, the…

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      Martha’s Vineyard in the American Revolution

      Thomas Dresser,Manager,Edgartown Books

      As an isolated island outpost, Martha’s Vineyard faced some unique challenges during the American Revolution. Neutrality was maintained at the start of the war due to the impact of the…

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      The Quimby Manuscripts

      Horatio W Dresser

      This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

      This work is in the "public…

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      The Quimby Manuscripts

      Horatio W Dresser

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      Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver: Honoring the Work of Leon R. Kass

      For more than forty years Leon R. Kass has been a prolific and distinguished writer, an outstanding teacher of the humanities, and a wise interpreter of the moral implications of…

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      Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver: Honoring the Work of Leon R. Kass

      For more than forty years Leon R. Kass has been a prolific and distinguished writer, an outstanding teacher of the humanities, and a wise interpreter of the moral implications of…

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