Bibliographies

Area students find success at state history contest (The Bay City Times)

15 May 2008

For Miranda Jones, a fourth-grade student at Bay County Public School Academy, presenting her PowerPoint documentary at the Michigan History Day State Finals was one of the most nerve-wracking things she's done for school, she said.

NEWS: Author recounts the history and impact of slave ships (The Dartmouth)

14 May 2008

While researching the history of slave ships, University of Pittsburgh history professor Marcus Rediker came across accounts of captain James D'Wolf who, on one of his voyages, had a sick, enslaved woman bound, gagged and thrown overboard. Rediker, one of the nation's leading maritime historians, discussed the research he conducted for his book -- "The Slave Ship: A Human History" (2007), which ...

What's happening at the library? (Old Colony Memorial & Plymouth Bulletin)

14 May 2008

For information on any Plymouth library program or service listed (unless otherwise noted), call the main library, 132 South St., at 508-830-4250, TTY 508-747-5882, or the Manomet branch, 12 Strand Ave., at 508-830-4185, or go to the Web site www.plymouthpubliclibrary.org .