Favorite Books
Updated 11/19/04
Books about Lowell:
Title………..The centennial of the city of Lowell
Massachusetts 1836-1936: a dedication.
Publisher….Lowell, Mass.: City of Lowell
Year……….1936
Title………..This is your city Lowell. Corp. Author: League of Women Voters of Lowell, Massachusetts.
Publisher….Lowell, Mass.: The League
Year……….1958
Title………..Cotton was King: a History of Lowell, Massachusetts
Arthur L. Eno, Jr., editor
Publisher….New Hampshire Publishing Co., Year……….1976 Title........... History of Lowell and its people
by Frederick William Coburn
Publisher....New YorK: Lewis Historical Pub. Co.,Year.......... 1920 Title........... Illustrated History of Lowell by Charles CowleyPublisher....Salem, Mass.; Higginson Book Company,Year.......... 2001 Edition......... reprint of rev. ed. Title........... The Irish Catholic genesis of Lowell
by George Francis O’Dwyer
Publisher... Lowell, MA: Lowell Museum Corp.,Year.......... c1981 Title........... Loom and spindle: or Life among the early mill girls: with a sketch of "The Lowell offering" and some of its contributors by Harriet Jane Hanson RobinsonPublisher....Kailua, Hawaii: Press Pacifica,Year.......... 1976 Title........... Monuments and memory : history and representation in Lowell, Massachusetts by Martha K. NorkunasWeb link...... http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy036/2001057784.html Publisher..... Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press,
Title........... The paddy camps : the Irish of Lowell, 1821-61 by Brian Christopher MitchellPublisher... Urbana: University of Illinois PressYear.......... 1988 Title........... The Parish Register of St. Anne's Church, Lowell, Mass.Rev. Theodore Edson, S.T.D., the first and only rector from March 7, 1824 to June 25, 1883 by Theodore Edson of St. Anne’s Church.Publisher.... Lowell, Morning Mail Print,Year........... 1885 Title........... Roots & heritage of Polish people in Lowell by Stella M. Mazur.Publisher.. Lowell, Ma. : Mazur,Year......... c1976 Title........... Surviving hard times : the working people of Lowell by Mary H. BlewettPublisher.. Lowell, Mass.: Lowell Museum,Year......... 1982 Two novels about Lowell, describing life during the American Revolution are highly recommended by one of our club members.
Call the Darkness Light by Nancy Zaroulis
Emmeline by Judith Rossner
If you would like to recommend a book, please email us at Greater Lowell Genealogy Club