CONTENTS Summer 2012 Mission Statement Editorial Board Advisory Board Special Thanks Thanking Our Patrons Meet Our Authors ARTICLES The Historical Journal of Massachusetts and ItwiiI Westfield State University: A Brief History L. Mara Dodge gymiiJld “Our Life’s World’: Rhetorical Preparation and Teacher Training at Westfield Normal School, 1844-1932 Beth Ann Rothermel iaH|nu|K| Uncovering the Stories of Black Families in Springfield and Hampden County, Massachusetts, 1650-1865 Joseph Carvalho III Bread, Roses, and Other Possibilities: The 1912 Lawrence Tetctile Strike in Historical Memory Mark W. Robbins Huguenot Identity and Protestant Unity in Colonial Massachusetts: The Reverend Andre Le Mercier and the “Sociable Spirit” Paula Wheeler Carlo Foreign Affairs and the Ratification of the U.S. Constitution in 148 Massachusetts Robert W. Smith Bewitched and Bewildered: Salem Witches, Empty Factories, 178 and Tourist Dollars Robert E. Weir TEACHING RESOURCES Teaching the Salem Witch Trials through Time and Place 212 Jerra Jenrette, Mary Jo Melvin, Deborah Piper, AND Rebecca Schaef Mass Moments: Teaching Resources from Mass Humanities 232 BOOK REVIEWS Firsting and Lasting: Writing Indians Out of Existence in New 236 England hy ]t2.n M. O’Brien Reviewed by Bryan Rindfleisch Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New 239 England by William Cronon Reviewed by Melissa Houston The Specter of Salem: Remembering the Witch Trials in 241 Nineteenth-Century America by Gretchen Adams Reviewed by Robert E. Weir First Family: Abigail & John Adams by Joseph J. Ellis 243 Reviewed by Stephen Donnelly American Heroes: Profiles of Men and Women Who Shaped Early 244 America by Edmund S. Morgan Reviewed by Stephen Donnelly The Captains Widow of Sandwich: Self-Invention and the Life of 246 Hannah Rebecca Burgess, I834-I9I7hy Megan Taylor Shockley Reviewed by Kam Teo IV Crimson Confederates: Harvard Men Who Fought for the South 248 by Helen P. Trimpi Reviewed by John David Smith "Those about him remained silent”: The battle over W.E.B. Du 250 Bois by Amy Bass Reviewed by Seth Kershner The Connecticut River: A Photographic Journey Through the Heart 253 of New England by A1 Braden Reviewed by Micah Schneider Multicultural Social Studies: Using Local History in the Classroom 254 by Anita C. Danker Reviewed by Maura A. Henry A Widening Sphere: Evolving Cultures at MIThy Philip N. 256 Alexander Reviewed by Jeffrey Mifflin The Assist: Hoops, Hope, and the Game of Their Lives by Neil 260 Swidey Reviewed by Austin Hall Dynamite, Whiskey and Wood: Connecticut River Log Drives 262 1870— 1915 Directed by Ed Klekowski Reviewed by Travis A. Sullivan Bird Strike: The Crash of the Boston Electra by Michael N. 263 Kalafatas Reviewed by William Storey Guidelines for Article Submissions 266 Books for Sale 266 Institute for Massachusetts Studies 267 Resources for Teachers 267 Back Issues: Online and Full-Text Access 267 Subscription Information: $12 annually 268