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  • Sep/Oct, 2009

  • Feature Feature
    A Daring Dream Deferred by David Lazar by David Lazar
    Alexander Crummell was a determined 15-year-old fresh out of secondary school in New York with dreams of a free and prosperous future when he arrived on Canaan Street atop a stagecoach one icy January evening.
    Featured Imagery
  • Letter From The Editor Letter From The Editor
    "By, for, and about the people of NH" by Michael DeBlasi
    This issue marks the first in our second “season” of giving you the Troubadour.
  • Town Town
    Welcome to Walpole
    More than a century after its abundant blossoms inspired vacationing author Louisa May Alcott to pen her novel Under the Lilacs, the rural retreat of Walpole continues to enchant locals and passers-through with its lush hills, historic architecture and calm, pastoral setting along the Connecticut River.
  • Treasures Treasures
    Classic Troubadour Excerpts
    Notable selections from Troubadour issues of old are scattered throughout our magazine and are collected here.
  • Slice of Life Slice of Life
    A Job of Work by Becky Rule
    A woman tartly asked about a mutual acquaintance: “Did he ever do a job of work?”
  • Labor and Love Labor and Love
    "Blushing Blue Sky" by Ron Roberts
    Enjoy a NH native's unique connection of photography and poetry.
  • Your Troubadour Your Troubadour
    Designed Specifically For You: Reader Submissions
    Readers share a bit of their memories, moments, stories and smiles about this state.
  • Our New Hampshire Our New Hampshire
    Celebrate NH with Robert J. Finlay
    No one will ever mistake this for a Nike commercial, and aspiring Olympians for the 2012 games should know their slots aren’t in jeopardy.
  • Trumpets Trumpets
    Recognizing Those Who Make A Difference
    For Rochester’s Ellen Edgerly, the world changed one frigid February afternoon in 1992 when an accident during a family ice fishing trip on a local pond nearly claimed her beautiful 11-year-old daughter Sara.