The Queens of Hampton Beach: The History of the Carnival Queens and Miss Hampton Beach Beauty Pageant 1915-2015
by Cheryl Lassiter & Karen Raynes
Painstakingly researched and written by local historians Cheryl Lassiter and Karen Raynes, The Queens of Hampton Beach is a fascinating, year-by-year, winner-by-winner portrait, not only of these iconic summertime contests, but of Hampton Beach itself. The book’s stories and historic photos are guaranteed to bring back happy memories to long-time beachgoers, former contestants, their families, and fans, as well as bring delight to those whose own history with the beach is just beginning. (2017)
Marked: The Witchcraft Persecution of Goodwife Unise Cole 1656-1680
by Cheryl Lassiter
Long before the Salem Witchcraft Trials, there was Goodwife Unise Cole, the Witch of Hampton. Marked is the first-ever biography of this maligned 17th-century woman. Buy the book or read an excerpt at Amazon.com, and please consider posting your review at Amazon and Goodreads.com. (2015)
Also available also at Barnes and Noble.
Marked is available through local booksellers – find yours at Indiebound.org.
OR GET THE KINDLE VERSION HERE: MARKED
A Meet and Suitable Person: Tavernkeeping in Old Hampton, New Hampshire 1638-1783
by Cheryl Lassiter
Blending historical fact with a sprinkling of well-crafted story telling, A Meet and Suitable Person takes readers on a back door tour through the taverns of Puritan Hampton, depicting the lives of the seventeen men and six women who kept the town’s public houses of entertainment during the colonial era. Buy the book or read an excerpt at Amazon.com, and please consider posting your review at Amazon and Goodreads.com. (2013)
A Meet and Suitable Person is also available through local booksellers – find yours at Indiebound.org.
A Page Out of History: A Hampton Woman in the Needletrades 1859-1869
by Cheryl Lassiter
Based on the personal papers of Hampton native Mary Anna Page Getchell (1832-1913), this is the story of an educated but ordinary nineteenth century woman who led an extraordinary life as a milliner, dressmaker, and shop proprietor in Exeter, NH and Polo, IL. She successfully managed her shops through the turbulent years of the Civil War and beyond. The book is sold online through the Tuck Museum in Hampton, NH. (2012)
