Northeast

 

Here’s a sampling of recent press coverage in the Northeast:

Fading Ads of New York City

by Frank Jump

The Handwriting on the Wall Says, ‘GiGi Young Originals’

-The New York Times

In a City Fighting Blight, ‘Ghost Signs’ as Portals to a Bygone Era

-The New York Times

Signs of Times Past and Passing

-The Wall Street Journal

The Fading, Old-Timey Ads of New York City

-The Atlantic

Old mayors never die, they just fade away

-Brooklyn Daily

Frank Jump’s ‘Fading Ads of New York City’

-New York Daily News

Bklyn teacher Frank Jump is a true renaissance man’

-New York Daily News

Advertising as Faded Art: Frank Jump Explores New York’s Commercialized Yesteryear

-The New York Observer

Queens native shoots ephemera

-Queens Chronicle

New Book Exposes Seductive Power of Fading Advertising Signs

-BeyondChron.org

Boston Mob

by Beverly Ford & Stephanie Schorow

Quick looks at Joseph Doolin’s ‘South Boston Boy’ and Beverly Ford and Stephanie Schorow’s ‘The Boston Mob Guide’

-The Boston Globe

Q&A: The women behind ‘The Boston Mob Guide’

-WickedLocal.com

DIG THAT: THE BOSTON MOB GUIDE: HIT MEN, HOODLUMS AND HIDEOUTS

-DigBoston.com

New Book: The Boston Mob Guide

-Somerville-Patch.com

 Beantown’s Mean Streets

-WGBH – The Callie Crossley Show

The Brooklyn Heights Promenade

by Henrik Krogius

Crime, Sage Remarks and Brooklyn Heights

-The New York Times

 

The Patriot War along the New York-Canada Border

by Shaun J. McLaughlin

Book sheds light on little-known ‘Patriot War’

-The Daily News

The Patriot War Along the New York-Canada Border by Shaun McLaughlin – book review

-Millstone News

 

Wicked Bridgeport

by Michael J. Bielawa

‘Wicked Bridgeport’ capture paranormal award

-The Bridgeport News

Wicked Bridgeport explored in author’s new book

-Huntington Herald

‘Wicked Bridgeport’ from pirate days to a female serial killer

-NewsTimes.com

Motif No. 1

by L.M. Vincent

Boston Globe Bestsellers Jan. 23-29

-The Boston Globe

Salute Flag and Shack!

-Harvard Magazine

Rockport Harbor’s icon has its own biography

-Boston.com

AUTHORS’ CORNER

-The Boston Globe

 

Classic Diners of Massachusetts

by Larry Cultrera

Medford Native Celebrates Classic Diners

-The Boston Globe

 

Hoops in Connecticut

by Don Harrison

Local Man Writes Historical Sports Book

-MinutemanNewsCenter.com

Fairfield’s Don Harrison Scores with New Book

-Fairfield-Patch.com

Fairfield Author Gives the Scoop on State Hoops

-The Daily Fairfield

 

Wicked Mohawk Valley

by Dennis Webster

Author’s new book uncovers the ‘Wicked Mohawk Valley’

-Little Falls Times

 

Denholms: The Story of Worcester’s Premier Department Store

by Christopher Sawyer & Patricia A. Wolf

When Denholms was king

-Worchester Telegram and Gazette

 

Bill Miller’s Riviera

by Tom Austin & Ron Kase

Bill Miller’s Riviera The Subject of New Book

-Fort Lee-Patch.com

 

The Life & Times of Jersey City Mayor Frank Hague

by Leonard F. Vernon

Author releases portrait on famed Jersey City Mayor Frank Hague

-NewJersey.com

‘The Life and Times of Frank Hague’

-The Hudson Reporter

 

Washington’s Westchester Gamble

by Richard Borkow

Thomas Fleming: Review of Richard Borkow’s “George Washington’s Westchester Gamble, The Encampment on the Hudson and the Trapping of Cornwallis”

-George  Mason’s History News Network

Folklore & Legends of Rochester: The Mystery of Hoodoo Corner & Other Tales

by Michael T. Keene

Hobby becomes obsession, then a book

-The Daily News

The Quest for the America’s Cup: Sailing to Victory

by Richard V. Simpson

When Herreshoff ruled the waves

-The Cranston Herald

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

by Thomas Dresser

In Print : Tom Dresser’s “Disaster off Martha’s Vineyard” a sad sea yarn

-The Martha’s Vineyard Times

Railroads of Rhode Island: Shaping the Ocean State’s Railway

by Frank Heppner

Review: Book chronicles quirky, complex railroad history

-South County Independent 

 

The History of Gunstock: The History of Skiing in the Belknap Mountains

by Carol Lee Anderson

Trail Blazing on the History of Gunstock

-TheLaker.com

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