I'm looking for a book I read probably forty years ago, written by a pastor.
I don’t remember his name, but the title of the book was something like “Tales from North Hampton” or something like that. It seems the setting for the short stories, based on true events, was The Second Presbyterian Church of North Hampton. If anyone has any clues that would help me find this book, I’d be very grateful. Thanks.
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Is that Northampton, Massachusetts, or Northampton in the U.K.?
If it’s either of those, changing the spelling might help your search.
I think there is actually a Northampton, PA, and maybe other states also. Was the setting in the 1900’s? Or, from back in the 18th or 19th century? When I google I get many authors who were Pastors, but many are from the 1700’s.
Knowing WHICH Northampton where can narrow things down considerably.
I’m sorry. I don’t know which state. I don’t know that the stories ever revealed which state. It was a New England setting though, not the UK. I THINK the time frame was in the early nineteen hundreds.
Northampton, Mass., sounds like a likely place. That was where Jonathan Edwards (of “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” fame) pastored a church in the 1700’s.
There are apparently Northampton Counties in Pennsylvania and Virginia.
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Go to http://www.librarything.com and type “Northampton” into the search box. I’ve just glanced through a long list of titles that include the word “Northampton.” I didn’t see anything that met your description, but you might recognize something.
You might also try historical websites (such as local museums and historical societies put up) for the various Northamptons in the U.S. I would definitely say start with the one in Massachusetts. If there is any book that uses that location as a setting, whether fiction or nonfiction, local historians will probably know of it and may even have a copy.
You could even try contacting the Northampton public library and asking the librarian.
Oh, I’ll send this Q to a librarian.
Did you look at the Mitford link? That was a whole series and sounds like a match.
@Jeruba Good suggestions. I’ll follow up on them as soon as I can.
@JLeslie Thanks. I appreciate that.
@janbb I did look at the link. Looks very good, and actually similar,but that’s not it.
Thanks, though.
Thanks everyone. I appreciate the suggestions and the help.
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