From the Spinner Archives This week we have chosen to feature a series of essays published in Spinner People and Culture in Southeastern Massachusetts Volume IV. These essays, which deal with ethnic surveys of various groups in southeastern Massachusetts, were originally produced as part of the Federal Writers Project, one Read more…
From the Spinner Archives This week we have chosen to feature a series of essays published in Spinner People and Culture in Southeastern Massachusetts Volume IV. These essays, which deal with ethnic surveys of various groups in southeastern Massachusetts, were originally produced as part of the Federal Writers Project, one Read more…
From the Spinner Archives This week we have chosen to feature a series of essays published in Spinner People and Culture in Southeastern Massachusetts Volume IV. These essays, which deal with ethnic surveys of various groups in southeastern Massachusetts, were originally produced as part of the Federal Writers Project, one Read more…
Coming Spring 2018… Spinner Publications is proud to announce the 2018 spring release of Brethren: Paul Cuffe’s Atlantic World by award winning author Lamont D. Thomas. Brethren, a 200th anniversary edition commemorating the life of Cuffe (1759-1817), is a revised edition of Rise to Be a People that draws upon the extensive Read more…
The New Bedford-Fairhaven Bridge by Robert Demanche This essay was originally published in A Picture History of Fairhaven by Spinner Publications in 1986. Imagine a time, before the American Revolution, when the whaling industry began developing on the Acushnet River. One the west side of the river, ships sailed from Read more…
Photographs from Spinner People and Culture in Southeastern Massachusetts Volume I chapter “Finest Kind: Commercial Fishing in New Bedford.” Read the story here.
From the Spinner Archives The conclusion of the chapter “Finest Kind: Commercial Fishing in New Bedford” by Michael Sullivan from Spinner People and Culture in Southeastern Massachusetts: Volume I (now available on iBooks). Click here to read from the beginning. FINEST KIND: COMMERCIAL FISHING IN NEW BEDFORD BY MICHAEL SULLIVAN ILLUSTRATIONS BY ELIZABETH ROSOSKY Read more…
From the Spinner Archives Today’s selection comes from Spinner People and Culture in Southeastern Massachusetts: Volume I ‘s chapter “Finest Kind: Commercial Fishing in New Bedford” by Michael Sullivan. Read Spinner: Volume I in its entirety by downloading from iBooks. Finest Kind: Commercial Fishing in New Bedford by Michael Sullivan Illustrations by Elizabeth Rososky Read more…
Photographs from Spinner People and Culture in Southeastern Massachusetts Volume III chapter “The Exiles of Penikese Island: Politics, Prejudice and the Public Health.” Read the story here.
From the Spinner Archives Part 4 of a 4 part series from “The Exiles of Penikese Island: Politics, Prejudice and the Public Health” originally written by Paul Cyr for Spinner People and Culture in Southeastern Massachusetts: Volume III in 1984 (now available to download through iBooks). To read the story from the beginning check Read more…