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Three Best Books to Understand
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If you want something portable, with a readable style, fun to read, that gives you a good general overview of the Revolutionary War, get this book. The best one volume, readable, over-all treatment of the American Revolution. Order it new here in the paperback edition with the same contents as the acclaimed hardcover edition that costs more. |
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The Documentary History of the Destruction of the Gaspee, (Rhode Island Revolutionary Heritage Series, Volume 5) This is the basic collection of the original documents about the burning of the British revenue schooner, the HMS Gaspee, in Rhode Island waters in June of 1772, and the English attempt to capture the participants. No serious student of the history of the capture of the Gaspee should be without this book. Originally written for the Providence Gazette in 1845 by William Staples; modern forward by Richard Deasy, Professor of History, Providence College. | |
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History of Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Starting with William Bucklin in 1643, the activities and
families of several Bucklin generations until 1799 can be traced through the records of
the Pawtucket area. Because
of William Bucklin's large landholdings at an important part of the
East Providence riverbank, Pawtucket and the Bucklin family are forever
linked together in history.
This is an fascinating book for Bucklins to read. For example --- Volume I of the History of Pawtucket has 1691, 1718 and 1755 maps, which can only be found in these books. These maps show graphically the divisions of William Bucklin's original 600 acres through the years from Williams first purchase in about 1641 until pre-Revolutionary War times. Purchased by Bucklin as a part of pure wilderness, this land descended among his male heirs through a century.
No serious historian or genealogist of the Bucklin family should be without this book! Always buy the Volume II, the huge index with substantial annotations (click on thumbnail below to see what we mean) if you buy Volume I.
The index to Volume I (The index is sold separately as Volume
II) has over 18 pages of annotated index
entries about the Bucklins before the American Revolution. Incredible detail of early generations of the
Bucklin family is found throughout Volume I, and you can go directly to it
though the entries in the annotated index (Volume II). Click on the thumbnail to the
left to look at a sample of the rich content of the index entries about Bucklins. It's an index
worth studying. If you are a Bucklin, get the index (Vol. II), as well
as Volume I.
The bookstores (including Amazon) will tell you this book is out of print and unavailable. The now now deceased female author and the now elderly male authors, bless their hearts, printed the books and sold them privately but no longer sell them. You are in luck, because we are the only place that has made a special arrangement with the Pawtucket Library. That library has a few extra copies that they will sell. Volume I, “History of Pawtucket Rhode Island: Reminiscences”, is $25.00; and the Volume II, "The Annotated Index”, is $15.00. They also charge you $10.00 for shipping and handling. Make a check payable to the Friends of the Pawtucket Public Library and send it to: Reference Librarian, Pawtucket Public Library, 13 Summer Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860. They will then pack and ship the books via UPS.
We do not get a commission on this sale, it's just a public service, because we think the book is an important link to Bucklin family history.
