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J Dennis Robinson

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As seen in: Seacoast Online, Foster's Daily Democrat, New Hampshire Business Review, New Hampshire Magazine, Mike & Ron Tells It Like It Is 2021 11:30 pm Monday/Wednesday/Thursday/Sunday Next 3/6/23.
Covers:  Mostly regional American history here in New England
Doesn't Cover: sports, war, politics, food, fashion

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J Dennis Robinson’s Biography

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I've done it all from poetry to PR, but lately my focus has been on New England history particularly telling hundreds, no thousands of stories about the seacoast region of New Hampshire and Maine. My focus lately is on history books, 20 to date, including the mystery novel LUCY'S VOICE, a hardcover history of NEW CASTLE, NH, a graphic history for kids called PORTSMOUTH TIME MACHINE (with illustrator Robert Squier), and my game changing new nonfiction history 1623: PILGRIMS, PIPE DREAMS, POLITI…

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High Aspirations: Dramatic Tales from Portsmouth's North Church - New Hampshire Magazine

High Aspirations: Dramatic Tales from Portsmouth's North Church - New Hampshire Magazine

Author J. Dennis Robinson tells the dramatic tale of Portsmouth's iconic North Church, and the steeple that s…

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My dad at 101: The busy first year of a New Hampshire centenarian

My dad at 101: The busy first year of a New Hampshire centenarian

"I'm just back from the doctor," dad reported, clearly upbeat. "All the doctor had to say was − Everything lo…

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Island Life and the History of New Castle - New Hampshire Magazine

Island Life and the History of New Castle - New Hampshire Magazine

Find out about the history of New Castle Island, one of precious few on New Hampshire's brief contact with th…

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The graphic life of Robert Squier. Illustrator creates 'Portsmouth Time Machine' comic.

The graphic life of Robert Squier. Illustrator creates 'Portsmouth Time Machine' comic.

Seacoast-area Illustrator creates "Portsmouth Time Machine" comic, a history of Portsmouth for children in ho…

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J. Dennis Robinson: When your dad turns 100

J. Dennis Robinson: When your dad turns 100

In 1923, as the Seacoast was celebrating its 300th anniversary, my father was busy being born. One hundred ye…

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How NH Really Started: A 400th Anniversary Return to 1623 - New Hampshire Magazine

How NH Really Started: A 400th Anniversary Return to 1623 - New Hampshire Magazine

Precious little is known about the first tiny group of English settlers who arrived aboard the Jonathan in sp…

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HISTORY MATTERS: Painter Edmund Tarbell rides again

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J. Dennis Robinson When he died at his New Castle home in 1938, portraitist Edmund C. Tarbell was known as a master of American Impressionism. Four years ago, amid a groundbreaking Portsmouth exhibition of the painter’s work at Discover Portsmouth, art conservator Jeremy Fogg unveiled a "lost" Tarbell painting, set aside and forgotten for 130 years. This week, he’s done it again.
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HISTORY MATTERS: Painter Edmund Tarbell rides again

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J. Dennis Robinson When he died at his New Castle home in 1938, portraitist Edmund C. Tarbell was known as a master of American Impressionism. Four years ago, amid a groundbreaking Portsmouth exhibition of the painter’s work at Discover Portsmouth, art conservator Jeremy Fogg unveiled a “lost” Tarbell painting, set aside and forgotten for 130 years. This week, he’s done it again.
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HISTORY MATTERS: Painter Edmund Tarbell rides again

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J. Dennis Robinson When he died at his New Castle home in 1938, portraitist Edmund C. Tarbell was known as a master of American Impressionism. Four years ago, amid a groundbreaking Portsmouth exhibition of the painter’s work at Discover Portsmouth, art conservator Jeremy Fogg unveiled a “lost” Tarbell painting, set aside and forgotten for 130 years. This week, he’s done it again.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Writing high school basketball for William Loeb at the Manchester Union Leader while I was in high school.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Of course. The leap from manual to electric typewriter was a thrill.

How is social media changing news?

Social media is killing news

Awards

Ben Franklin Gold Award, IBPA

2020 - History writing

Best history book, Independent Book Publishers Assoc

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