New Hampshire Lithograph
New Hampshire Lithograph
New Hampshire Lithograph
The New Hampshire Lithograph, with scenes and icons of the Granite State by artist Frank Galasso, highlights several New Hampshire sites, sights and attractions: from the state house to the state bird; from Hampton Beach to the Weirs, the pumpkin festival to covered bridges, mountains and lakes.
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The New Hampshire Lithograph, with scenes and icons of the Granite State by artist Frank Galasso, highlights several New Hampshire sites, sights and attractions: from the state house to the state bird; from Hampton Beach to the Weirs, the pumpkin festival to covered bridges, mountains and lakes.
The New Hampshire Lithograph, which measures 22-by-28 inches, retails for $19.95.
“Plaidswede publishes New Hampshire books, such as the Fritz Wetherbee books, and Frank’s New Hampshire artwork seemed a natural for us to commission,” said publisher George Geers.
“Although he speaks with a Rhode Island accent,” said Geers, “Frank is a summer native. He summered here as a kid and returns now as much as he can.” Frank took his first steps on the shores of Lake Winnepesaukee and spent most of his childhood summers in the state. Although a Rhode Island native and still working at his studio in the Providence area, he is regular visitor to the New Durham area.
Frank Galasso is a syndicated cartoonist, whose work has appeared in newspapers and magazines across the country. He has won numerous New England Press Association awards over the years for his cartooning. In recent years, he has been capturing memories of sports teams and personalities, states and cities, amusement parks and rock ‘n’ rollers. Galasso is known as the ‘most featured sports cartoonist in America,’ based on his appearances on the Internet, television, radio and print.
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Boy, would I like to go “point-counterpoint” with Mr. Smith. I am the author of “Year of the Hangman: George Washington’s Campaign Against the iroquois” (Westholme 2005).
The review was going fine until the last line. One has to remember the Six Nations of Iroquois were not some kind of eighteenth century Sierra Club.
Washington’s orders to Sullivan never said (as I recall) to “extirpate” the Iroquois. In fact, the primary mission was to “not merely overrun but destroy” their towns and cornfields.” this was done for three reasons.
One: After more than two years of brutal raids by pro-British Iroquois warriors against lightly defended American frontier communities, it was an effort to “chastise” or “scourge (punish) those of the Six Nations as were hostile to the United States.” The mission was also to “countenance (encourage) the friendly ones”! Nowhere did Washington order, nor at any time did Sullivan’s army engage in, the massacre or indiscriminate killing of Indian men, women and children.
Two: The raid was intended to give the pro-British Iroquois an opportunity to revert to neutrality and show their sincerity by befriending the U.S. and turning away from the Crown.
Three: Another mission, overlooked by many historians, much less historical novelists, was to force the British pay a heavy financial and logistical price for enlisting Indian allies to wage a war of terror against American frontier communities, by forcing them to support their Iroquois surrogates with an already strained supply system.
Glenn
Mr. Williams,
Thanks for your comments. I’ve ordered your book and look forward to reading it.
My novel is written from the Seneca point of view.
Some of my sources:
“Sullivan’s orders were to destroy totally the villages of the Iroquois …” Anthony F.C. Wallace, “The Death and Rebirth of the Seneca.”
Washington would “‘extirpate them from the Country.’ They were to call him ‘Town Destroyer’.” . . . (Sullivan) received formal instructions for his expedition from Washington: ‘The immediate objects are the total destruction and devastation of their settlements…”
Washington wrote to Lafayette on July 4, 1779 about the need to extirpate the Iroquois. From “Lafayette in the Age of the American Revolution, Selected letters..” is this from Washington Sept. 30, 1779: “By my last advices from Genl. Sullivan of the 9th. Instt. I am led to conclude that ere this he has completed the entire destruction of the whole country of the Six Nations, excepting so much of it as is inhabited by the Oneidas who have always lived in amity with us.” (And dozens of Oneida braves served directly under Lafayette).
Yours,
James Herbert Smith
I thoroughly enjoyed Wah-say-lan … its an engaging read. I’m a native of the Finger Lakes region making it even better. And I learned a lot of the history of the Senecas and the Six Nations even after studying it in grade school so many decades ago.
My particular interest is in the Senecas perspective of the giving land which is mentioned often. I’m interested as I begin writing a sequel to my first novel, Twisted Vines, which takes place in the Finger Lake vineyards. In my second book I’m hoping to reflect on the Native American heritage of the vineyard lands.
My congratulations to James Herbert Smith on bringing the history of the Senecas to life, from their perspective.
Frankly, the book is a better read than I expected … and many contemporary writers could learn from James on how to write a sensuous scene. (But, what happened to that island in Canandaigua Lake?)
Many thanks, Art Maurer