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Hidden History of New Hampshire, Hidden History

A collection of colorful stories about some of New Hampshire’s most notable newsmakers and remarkable historic events. Includes photos.

Hidden in the cracks and crevices of the Granite State are the stories of pioneers who pursued their passions, creating legacies along the way. Compiled by a Smithsonian researcher and former Boston Globe contributor, this treasury includes tales of:   the mountain man who became an innkeeperthe “Bird Man” who took his passion to the White Housethe gentleman who ascended the highest peak in the Northeast in a steam-powered locomobilethe story of one skier’s dramatic win at the 1939 “American Inferno” Mount Washington racethe Shaker Meetinghouse, built in just one day, in complete silencethe gallant efforts to save the Old Man of the Mountainand much more

D. Quincy Whitney

In addition to her work as a Smithsonian Institution Researcher, Whitney was the arts feature writer for Boston Globe, NH Weekly for thirteen years (1987-2000). She recently completed a two year fellow at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and has written numerous articles on a wide range of topics for several local and national publications. Whitney also worked for several years as a Sales and Marketing Representative for three publishing firms between 1977 and 1981: Harper & Row (Wisconsin Territory), Random House College Division (New England Territory), and DC Health (New York City Territory).

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