PUBLISHED BOOKS
BIOGRAPHY
COLLECTING SHAKESPEARE:
The Story of Henry and Emily Folger
Dual biography of Emily (1858–1936) and Henry (1857–1930) Folger, founders of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C.
BIOGRAPHY
PETER STRICKLAND:
New London Shipmaster, Boston Merchant, First Consul to Senegal
This is the first biography of Capt. Peter Strickland, a little-known Connecticut Yankee who crossed the Atlantic 100 times in command of a sailing vessel, and served as the first American consul to French West Africa for over 20 years.
POSTCARDS BOOK
Postales Salvadoreñas del Ayer/Early Salvadoran Postcards
This bilingual book tells the history of Salvadoran postcards from 1900 to 1950.
POSTCARDS BOOK
FORMER POINTS OF VIEW:
Postcards and Literary Passages from Pre-Independence Indonesia.
The power of a postcard was in the meaningful detail obvious to someone initiated into that ethnic tradition and totally lost on a foreigner like me.
TALKS
PRAISE
TRAILERS
About the Author
Son of a book publisher, Stephen H. Grant was born in Boston with New England roots from both parents. After attending Noble & Greenough School and graduating from Amherst College, he earned a master’s degree from Middlebury College in French and a doctorate in Education from the University of Massachusetts.
As a teenager, Grant took an avid interest in things foreign. His first experiences abroad were as summer exchange student in Germany with the American Field Service, a year studying at the Sorbonne in Paris, and two years teaching as Peace Corps Volunteer in Ivory Coast, West Africa.
FEATURES
Blog Posts
Letter to Henry Clay Folger on his 165th Birthday, June 18, 2022
"This is as great a tribute from a biographer to his subject as I have ever read." Amanda MeckeHenry (if I may), I first learned about you at Amherst College. Here you are with Emily at the 45th...
Dove Drama on the Deck:
Paired Photos from Up Close
Bird Nest Observation 2020Fig. 1. Security lights under an overhang make for safe, protected nesting spots, I’ve discovered so far. Mother robins seem to agree, for they’ve returned three years in a...
ASSASSINATED on a park bench in 1913,
Sitting President of El Salvador, Dr. Manuel Araujo
This is a rare (the only?) postcard depicting portraits of a Salvadoran President and Vice-President. The distributor of the card was Max Rosenblum, German merchant established in San Salvador and...
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