Life in the Valley Before the Quabbin

Program Type:

Author Visit and Book Discussion, Presentation Followed by Conversation, Local History

Age Group:

Young Children (5-7), School Age Children (8-11), Tweens (10-13), Teens (12-18), Adults (18+)
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Program Description

Event Details

Author J.R. Greene will present a narrated slide program about life in the Swift River Valley towns before the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir.  Books by the author will be available for sale and signing.

J.R. Greene has written more than a dozen books on the history of the Quabbin Reservoir and the towns disbanded to create it.  He is also the author of several works on President Calvin Coolidge, Massachusetts railroads, and Athol, Massachusetts, and has been the longtime chair of the board of the Friends of Quabbin Inc.

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