Globe Pequot
Pages: 240
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Trim: 5¾ x 8¾
978-1-4930-3469-7 • Hardback • June 2018 • $22.00 • (£16.99)
978-1-4930-5155-7 • Paperback • March 2020 • $16.95 • (£12.99)
978-1-4930-3470-3 • eBook • June 2018 • $16.00 • (£11.99)
Chris Baer teaches photography and graphic design at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School. His beloved Martha’s Vineyard Times historical column, "This Was Then," paints a picture of the past on his home island. Baer finds the most interesting, lesser-known stories to research, write, and share.
"Chris Baer’s entertaining book of island miscellany, Martha’s Vineyard Tales: From Pirates on Lake Tashmoo to Baxter’s Saloon’ (Globe Pequot) gathers a wild mix of people and history, creating a portrait that’s quite a bit weirder and wilder than that usually associated with the picturesque island haven. Baer, who teaches graphic design and photography at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, includes a number of vintage images — of ships, of the interiors of pharmacies and markets, of old-timey characters in Victorian-era garb — and the book holds a number of curiosities and bits of history, pulled from Baer’s column in the Vineyard Times, 'This Was Then.'" — Boston Globe— Boston Globe