Eileen Foley was born in Portsmouth and has lived there all her life. She is a graduate of Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York and she served in the Women's Army Corps during World War II. She was the third of four daughters born to Charles and Mary Carey Dondero and her background is rich in both Italian and Irish heritage. Her mother was the first woman mayor of Portsmouth, a rare occurrence in the 1940s.

Her political career entails working in national, state and local arenas and she enjoyed serving seven terms as the New Hampshire State Senator from the 24th District. She held the position of Minority Leader during one of these terms.

After a dozen years, a newly revised and enlarged edition brings a Portsmouth classic back in print!

A rare survivor of three centuries of urban change, with new emphasis on preservation and revitalization, Portsmouth, NH, is recognized today as one of the architectural treasures of New England. The evolution of its many neighborhoods, house types, building technologies, and related design ideas are all found in Building Portsmouth. Elaborate colonial and federal mansions, smaller dwellings of mariners and artisans, handsome Victorian suburbs, and housing for industrial workers are all documented here as part of the city's built fabric.

Illustrated with both modern and historic photographs, maps and drawings, Building Portsmouth began in 1992 as a group project to bring the accumulated knowledge of many scholars under the editorial eye of architectural historian Richard M. Candee.

This new and revised second edition captures research done in the intervening decade and corrects old errors. The book is redesigned to help all who are interested in how Portsmouth grew and changed to make connections with their city. It contains new information about historic homes in the South End, along South Street and out New Castle Avenue, expands on the rebuilding of the brick urban core and on new discoveries about the Edwardian summer colony along Little Harbor Road. Like the first edition, it will become a key to all those buying or restoring a building anywhere in the city.

Piscataqua river shipyards turned out 28 clipper ships in the two decades prior to the Civil War. Not only were Portsmouth vessels fast and well-built, they were also elegantly outfitted with fancy carving and woodwork to rival that found in the finest houses of the period.

This volume reviews the history of each shipyard and tells the story of each vessel including such famous ships as Typhoon, Nightingale, Morning Light, Witch of the Wave, Dashing Wave, and Sea Serpent.

Included are 16 color illustrations.

175 pages, 33 illustrations, ISBN 0-915819-05-8

Edited by W. Jeffrey Bolster

This illustrated guide to one of the longest-settled and most enchanting estuaries in New England weds historical preservation to ecological stewardship. Connecting readers to place, it reveals the Piscataqua as a region like no other, and one worth savoring and sustaining. For centuries the Piscataqua region was an extended maritime community connected by the Great Bay Estuary, the short seacoast of New Hampshire and southern Maine, and the seven tributary rivers that fortify the Piscataqua River itself. Moving water shaped the region—under its vessels, at its mills, and across its marshes. Carrying the freight of our history, and holding out the promise of community-based conservation: this book (and these waters) invites you on a journey of exploration and renewal. Join the naturalists, fishermen, and historic preservationists who have all felt the pull of this place, and who wish to sustain it in the face of the headlong development consuming America today. With over forty-five contributors this book yields a multifaceted view of an area which has meant so much to so many. Six full-color plates and two hundred and thirty-six illustrations provide scenes of various spots along the Piscataqua. A double-sided, 16" x 20" fold-out, color map allows the reader to easily locate many points of interest.

Nonfiction. History. 11" x 8.5", 240 pages, 236 b&w illus., 6 full-color plates, 16" x 20"; fold-out map, paperback  ISBN 0-914339-65-6