The Massachusetts Chronicles - (What on Earth State Chronicles) by Mark Skipworth & Linda Coombs (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Journey through more than 100 key moments with the incredible history of Massachusetts' timeline<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><i>The Massachusetts Chronicles</i>, developed in partnership with Plymouth 400, features key events in the state's history through a 100-moment photographic timeline and over 60 newspaper-style stories, each one written as if the event has just happened. For thousands of years Native people lived in what is now the state of Massachusetts. Then, with the arrival of the Pilgrims in 1620, their world changed forever. See the story of Massachusetts unfold over 400 years, chronicled in a series of epic moments, many of which have defined US and world history. <i>The Massachusetts Chronicles</i> also includes QR codes that enable readers to see the history of the Bay State in a series of videos told through the eyes of students.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p><i>The Massachusetts Chronicles</i> is a "<b>teaching tool</b> for what's going on in our nation today." - <b><i>Michele Pecararo, Executive Director of Plymouth 400, New England Cable News</b></i></p><p><i>The Massachusetts Chronicles</i> "really is written and studied from both the native side of history and the English side of history, and even though that history is the same history, it can be seen by the people involved from different sides." - <b><i>Michele Pecararo, Executive Director of Plymouth 400, New England Cable News</b></i></p><p>"All the mythology that has been pumped out for 400 years that has excluded us, that's the revisionist history. <b>We are adding back in pieces</b> that should have never been left out in the first place." - <b><i>Linda Coombs, co-author of The Massachusetts Chronicles, New England Cable News</b></i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Mark Skipworth</b> is a UK-based author and journalist. He is the recipient of a number of media awards for his investigations as news editor at <i>/The Sunday Times</i> in London. In recent years he has turned his passion for history and skill at presenting complex narratives to children's non-fiction. Mark has chaired numerous events at literary festivals around the world, and has written several non-fiction works, including <i>The Illinois Chronicles</i> and <i>The Texas Chronicles</i>.<p><b>Christopher Lloyd</b> graduated with a double-first class degree in history from Cambridge University. Christopher became Technology Editor with <i>The Sunday Times</i> newspaper in London and is now a bestselling author of more than fifteen books on world history including <i>What on Earth Happened?</i> (Bloomsbury), the series of What on Earth Timeline Wallbooks, <i>Absolutely Everything!</i> and more. He is in great demand as a lecturer and public speaker throughout the world, including at TEDx talks, conferences, educational seminars, museums, festivals and schools.<p><b>Linda Coombs</b> is a member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe on Martha's Vineyard, and has lived in Mashpee for more than 40 years. Both of her grandchildren are enrolled with the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe, as was their father and grandfather. Linda has worked for 45 years as a museum educator, spending 11 years total at the Boston Children's Museum, 30 years in the Wampanoag Indigenous Program of Plimoth Plantation, and 9 years at the Aquinnah Cultural Center, a small house museum representing Aquinnah Wampanoag history. She has been an interpreter, an artisan, a researcher; led workshops and teacher institutes; written children's stories and articles on various aspects of Wampanoag history and culture; and developed and worked on all aspects of a wide variety of exhibits. Presently Linda is working on several consulting projects with the Aquinnah and Mashpee Tribes, Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth 400, with others also waiting to start. The goal of all of Linda's work continues to be the communication of accurate and appropriate representations about the history, cultures, and people of the Wampanoag and other Indigenous nations.
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