This image is the cover for the book Legendary Locals of New Hampshire's Lakes Region, Legendary Locals

Legendary Locals of New Hampshire's Lakes Region, Legendary Locals

There are few places in America that have such a rich variety of landscape and scenery as the Lakes Region of New Hampshire: from the summer calm of Squam Lake to the robust white winter mountaintops of the Gunstock Mountain Resort. So it is no surprise that the people who call it home reflect the same wide palette of humankind--from the pre-Revolutionary War surveyors who first marked their initials on a rock at Weirs Beach to Bob Lawton, the current owner of the world's largest arcade; from one of George Washington's inner circle to Ernest Thompson, the award-winning author of On Golden Pond. The Lakes Region draws them--or grows them--all, because it has it all.

Ray Carbone

Join local writer Ray Carbone as he introduces readers to some of the Lakes Region's most famous denizens, some unsung heroes, and more than a few surprisingly mostly unknown characters. Carbone is the editor of The Lakes Region of New Hampshire: Four Seasons, Countless Memories, and he maintains a popular local blog. He is a regular contributor to New Hampshire Public Radio's website, as well as the Boston Globe, New Hampshire magazine, New England Boating, New Hampshire Union Leader, New Hampshire Business Review, and other regional media outlets.

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