Book of the Week #17

I chose the book for this week in honor of Ice Out on Lake Winnipesaukee, which was officially declared on Monday, April 23, 2007 at 3:17 pm.

Images of America: The Boats and Ports of Lake Winnipesaukee by Bruce D. Heald. (Dover, NH: Arcadia Publishing, 1997).

Bruce D. Heald has written numerous books about New Hampshire history, particularly the Lakes Region, including several that are available from Lake Winnipesaukee Historical Society.

This volume "thematically represents the history of the lake's appeal, its surrounding mountain ranges, its harvest of steamboats, and its varied islands and port towns. As you linger through the pages within, you will witness the evolution of water craft that have graced the lake's surface, from passenger steamboats to working mailboats." (back cover)