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1) The best revenge: short stories

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Nineteen stories on the joys and sorrows of the inhabitants of a small town in New Hampshire. In Yankee Curse, elderly Miranda knits placidly at a town meeting, pondering unspoken invective against an enemy, but stopping short of "a curse she would never levy, not even on Mort Wallace: to live too long."

2) The iciest, diciest, scariest sled ride ever!

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Rule, Rebecca

Pub. Date

c2012

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Seven children work together to navigate their way up a steep, icy hill so that they can enjoy an exciting sled ride.

3) Live free and eat pie!: a storyteller's guide to New Hampshire

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Rule, Rebecca

Pub. Date

c2008

Edition

1st ed.

4) Headin' for the rhubarb: a new hampshire dictionary

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Rule, Rebecca

Pub. Date

2010

5) Could have been worse: true stories, embellishments, and outright lies

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Rule, Rebecca

Pub. Date

c2006

6) Moved and seconded: town meeting in New Hampshire : the present, the past, and the future

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Rule, Rebecca

Pub. Date

[2012]

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"In this book you'll find the rituals, traditions, and history of town meeting in New England, particularily in New Hampshire. You'll meet the characters who keep the drama cracking, from silent knitters to rabble-rousers, from deep-rooted hoary historians to transplants, from across-the-board-cutters to homespun philosophers. You'll dip into the literature -- poems, novels, short stories, essays -- some by famous writers and some by writers who may...

7) N is for New Hampshire

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Rule, Rebecca

Pub. Date

[2016]

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Presents for each letter of the alphabet something associated with the state of New Hampshire through stories, anecdotes, verse, and fun facts.

8) Creating the story: guides for writers

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Rule, Rebecca

Pub. Date

c1993

9) That reminds me of a funny story: a memoir, how-to, and compendium of Yankee humor

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Rule, Rebecca

Pub. Date

[2019]

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"In her career as a yankee storyteller, Rebecca Rule has traveled throughout New England telling stories and gathering them. One story leads to another. At town halls, historical societies, churches, and senior centers, people have shared stories that connect them to this rocky old place we call home. They've shared stories of family, country living, adventures and misadventures, triumphs, and what the heck just happened? This book is the capstone...