Christopher L. Pastore

Between Land and Sea

The Atlantic Coast and the Transformation of New England

One of the largest estuaries on the North Atlantic coast, Narragansett Bay served as a gateway for colonial expansion in the seventeenth century and t...

Temple to the Wind

Nathanael Herreshoff and the Yacht that Transformed the America’s Cup

In 1903, racing for the America’s Cup was no longer a gentleman’s game – it had become a race entangled with political tension and awesome, dang...

From Sweetwater to Seawater

An Environmental History of Narragansett Bay, 1636-1849

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