Book of the Week #17

Strawbery Banke: A Seaport Museum 400 Years in the Making by J. Dennis Robinson (Portsmouth, NH: Peter E. Randall Publisher, 2007)

This book tells the stories of 400 years of history along the Piscataqua River and of the controversial founding of Strawbery Banke Museum. The author is a resident of Portsmouth and the editor and owner of SeacoastNH.com

"Cities and towns have distinct voices, I'm convinced. Their neighborhoods, houses, and rooms tell tales; they hold deep impressions of their makers and their keepers. Like the kid in the movie who sees dead people, I hear buildings. You could call me a house whisperer. The stories are what
interest me. The buildings are the stage on which the drama is enacted." (p. xvii)