Browsing Harvard Division of Continuing Education by Keyword "19th century"
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Technology versus the Atlantic Halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) of the Gulf of Maine: The Impact of Railroads, Sharpshooters, Ice Preservation, and the Telegraph on This Fishery, 1848-1868.
This study investigates the role of the industrial revolution in the precipitous decline of the offshore Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) population in the Gulf of Maine, from 1848 to 1868. New technologies ... -
The Captain's Shadow
(2023-04-25)The Captain’s Shadow is a historically inspired fantasy novel set during the early 1950s, in a country that had just won a horrible war, but now, for the first time, begins to question its choices. Frederick is an 11-year-old ... -
The Grosvenor Romance: A Novel (Chapters I-VII)
(2023-04-25)The story takes place in a coastal Massachusetts town, Grosvenor, in the autumn and winter of 1850. The protagonist is 18-year-old Margaret Browne, a young lady beginning to experience the first stirrings of a need for ...