{"product_id":"amherst-and-hadley-massachusetts-daniel-lombardo-9780738562711","title":"Amherst and Hadley, Massachusetts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eImages of America: Amherst and Hadley, Massachusetts is an educational and entertaining volume that will delight residents, visitors, and lovers of history everywhere.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce part of Hadley, the town of Amherst is known the world over as the home of celebrated poet Emily Dickinson. This photographic portrait of Emily's surroundings reveals the beautiful landscape that inspired her art, and also includes less typical but nonetheless significant images of hard-working farmhands, Irish laborers, Italian peanut vendors, riotous college students, and feuding factory workers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese two towns at the heart of the Connecticut River Valley have been appreciated by poets and artists for many years, and their bucolic and pastoral character is celebrated in this marvelous new examination of the towns' history in photographs from 1860 through the early twentieth century. Famous residents of and visitors to the area are featured, including Dickinson, Robert Frost, Henry Ward Beecher and Noah Webster.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMr. Lombardo's book combines a serious look at these historical figures with a humorous perspective on some of the area's more colorful characters, such as Charles King, the Amherst barber who became famous for eating fifty eggs in fifteen minutes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Lombardo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0738562718\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780738562711\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcadia Publishing (SC)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.40w x 0.30d","brand":"Daniel Lombardo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981151699199,"sku":"9780738562711","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ec076bea-1c6f-4214-ac67-c7a87e41b1b4.jpg?v=1683253942","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/amherst-and-hadley-massachusetts-daniel-lombardo-9780738562711","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}