Just By Accident: Adventures of a Modern Vagabond

In a time when Paul Bunyan and Pecos Bill are remembered only by those with grandchildren, Ben Benson steps forward to be counted among outdoorsmen. He's Backcountry Ben and he's not a myth. These are his memoirs, a testament to the blisters he earned while wandering America's trails. It's fortunate for those of us who open this book that the bears Backcountry Ben has come face-to-face with decided they'd met their match. Just By Accident: Adventures of a Modern Vagabond provides an entertaining and unique look into the life of a modern wilderness vagabond. It is filled with true wilderness adventures encountered by "Backcountry Ben" and allows many of us to catch a glimpse of what lies beyond where most of us will ever go. While Just By Accident: Adventures of a Modern Vagabond is autobiographical in nature, it is more than just the story of one man's life of travel and adventures in the backcountry. It is also about interpersonal relationships that were formed and fostered by Ben's odyssey in the wilderness. It is about the fish and game people who protect our wildlife from potential poachers; who improve habitat; conduct biological surveys; and collect data, not just on endangered species, but on the myriad of other creatures which inhabit our forests and wildlands.

Unlaundered Cache

Mary Elizabeth Nordstrom has compiled this collection of poems, written over several decades while living in New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, and Maine. A member of the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, she wrote the title poem while on vacation at Goose Rocks Beach, Maine, when her family was living in North Carolina. A past member of her native New Hampshire Poetry Society, when she moved to Pinehurst NC, she became a member of the Poetry Society of North Carolina that published "Unlaundered Cache" in its 60th anniversary collection, entitled "Here's to the Land", 1992. Retail Price: $15.95

Mustered! Foot Soldiers of the 12th

Jeayne Fahey, whose great-grandfather, Capt. Richard W. Musgrove, had been a foot soldier with the 12th N.H. Regiment during the Civil War, prepared a DVD as an accompaniment to her book, "Mustered! Foot Soldiers of the 12th," which she published based upon the papers she found in her ancestor's trunk. Fahey got caught up in the tales of the Civil War soldiers when the Bristol Historical Society contacted her, seeking information about Musgrove in preparation for the dedication of a new bridge in his honor in 1998. She found galley proofs with notations by Musgrove regarding hundreds of war diaries, personal accounts, and lithographed portraits also preserved in the trunk, stored in her attic. In her book and the DVD presentation, Fahey traces the three-year journey by New Hampshire's 12th Regiment as they made their way to the Civil War battles, including Gettysburg — a journey that largely had been lost to history. The book is listed at amazon.com for between $109.95 and $140 but is being sold here at $33.

Mustered! Foot Soldiers of the 12th

Jeayne Fahey, whose great-grandfather, Capt. Richard W. Musgrove, had been a foot soldier with the 12th N.H. Regiment during the Civil War, prepared a DVD as an accompaniment to her book, "Mustered! Foot Soldiers of the 12th," which she published based upon the papers she found in her ancestor's trunk. Fahey got caught up in the tales of the Civil War soldiers when the Bristol Historical Society contacted her, seeking information about Musgrove in preparation for the dedication of a new bridge in his honor in 1998. She found galley proofs with notations by Musgrove regarding hundreds of war diaries, personal accounts, and lithographed portraits also preserved in the trunk, stored in her attic. In her book and the DVD presentation, Fahey traces the three-year journey by New Hampshire's 12th Regiment as they made their way to the Civil War battles, including Gettysburg — a journey that largely had been lost to history.

Mary Elizabeth Nordstrom at the Minot-Sleeper Library

Mary Elizabeth Nordstrom reads from "Unlaundered Cache" — a collection of her poems — at the Minot-Sleeper Library in Bristol NH on June 22, 2013.

Santa's Village 60th Anniversary

Santa's Village 60th Year follows from set-up to take-down the 2014 Santa's Village at the Tapply-Thompson Community Center in Bristol NH, with interviews of those who have been involved with the program through the years. A portion of the proceeds benefit the TTCC.