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From: "Jamie Crossley" <>
Subject: [GM] The Village of Amherst Mass. A Landmark of Light
Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 11:20:33 -0400

I posted this to the wrong list yeserday.

The Village of Amherst Mass. A Landmark of Light $35.00
Frank Prentice Rand
The Amherst Historical Society1958

Table of Contents:
Narratives
PART ONE: COLONIALISM, AND THEREFROM-A COLLEGE
Norwottuck
Precinct Days
District Days
Rebellious Patriots
Disunion Within
Law and Disorder
Amherst Academy Emeritus
A College on the Hill
PART Two: INDUSTRY, AND THEREFROM-ANOTHER COLLEGE
The Industrial Era
Via Amherst
Channels of Communication
Fire and Water
Traders and Tradesmen
Farmers and Agriculturists
PART THREE: VIOLENCE, AND THERE FROM-ORDER
Battle Cries of Freedom
Crime and Punishment
The War to End War
Sportsman's Park
Still Another War
Democracy in Action
PART FOUR: NATURE, AND THEREFROM-SCIENCE
Our Amherst-a Garden
Acts of God
Family Doctor
Observers of the Natural World
PART FIVE: CREATIVENESS, AND THEREFROM-BE
A Ride with Brown
Printers' Ink
Highlights on Footlights
With Clef and Palette
Amherst Authors-Mostly Poets
PART Six: ASPIRING ENTERPRISE, AND THEREFROM ENLIGHTENMENT
Master Spirits Embalmed and Treasured
Outpost of Piety
Renewal by Shock
The University-Manifest Destiny
Investments in Literacy
Lamps of Faith
VILLAGE, VALE
APPENDIX
Public Servants
Pastorates
Some Amherst Clubs
College Presidents
Acknowledgment
Index

Pictures:
House and Site Maps end papers, Heart o' Town jacket, Charles Frederick
Morehouse frontispiece, The Strong House, The Stockbridge House, A 1772 map,
Rev. David Parsons, Jr., Dr. David Parsons, 3rd, Second Meetinghouse and
Parsonage, Amherst Academy, Mount Pleasant Institute, Amherst College, about
1850, Factory Hollow Falls, Mill Valley Falls, The Hills Hat Factory, The
Burnett Hat Factory, Amherst House, Hygeian Hotel, A 1908 Trolley Car, The
Merchants Row Fire, The Palmer Block Fire, Merchants Row, about 1865,
Merchants Row, about 1895, Phoenix Row, about 1840, Phoenix Row, about 1890,
The Amherst College War Memorial, The Wildner Reception, The Village Green,
1889 164, The Common, 1929 165, The Common after the Hurricane, In Front of
Merchants Row, The Dickinson Houses, The Frost Birthday Dinner, The Jones
Library. The North Amherst Library, Munson Memorial Library, The Goodell
Library, The Folger Library, The Converse Library, Amherst College, 1955,
The Lord Jeffery Inn, The University from the Southeast, The University from
the Northeast.
586. 337 pages, hardbound

Jamie MacKenzie Crossley
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