by Mark Bodanza | Oct 18, 2025 | BOOKS, Hard Cover, History Books, Just Released, News
One Coincidence After Another and More: Fifteen Books and an Experience Like No Other. In 2009, I published my first book, “A Game That Forged Rivals: How Competition between Two New England High Schools Created One of the Greatest Traditions in Football.” In many...
by Mark Bodanza | Oct 22, 2024 | BOOKS, History Books, News
Two men, born two centuries apart, who each profoundly impacted American culture. Benjamin Franklin was unmistakably the most prominent architect of the early American experience. He was the only founding father to sign all four of the documents that gave birth to the...
by Mark Bodanza | Aug 14, 2023 | BOOKS, History Books, News
He blurred the lines between man and myth better than just about anyone. John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, may be one of the most enigmatic figures in American history. His story drifts freely from hard facts to long cherished folklore. Just who was this...
by Mark Bodanza | Jul 10, 2022 | BOOKS, News, Sports Books
How Lou Little Helped Shape College Football. Nearly a century ago, from humble beginnings in Boston and Leominster, Massachusetts, Lou Little began his college football coaching career at Georgetown University. Six years later, after rebuilding the Hoyas’ football...
by Mark Bodanza | Jul 4, 2021 | BOOKS, Hard Cover, History Books
Ralf Traugott and the Hijacking of Flight 847 By June of 1985, Ralf Traugott had made several trips back and forth to Greece where he enjoyed spending leisure time with his girlfriend. The Lunenburg, Massachusetts auto dealer couldn’t spend all his time on the Greek...
by Mark Bodanza | Apr 17, 2021 | BOOKS, History Books, Just Released, News
The Story of Frances Drake and the Underground Railroad Children’s book suitable for 4th-6th grades Frances Drakes was an abolitionist of great boldness and determination. Never did she allow criticism or other difficulties to get in the way of the cause she supported...
by Mark Bodanza | Aug 18, 2019 | BOOKS, History Books, News
RISK TAKERS HISTORY & MAKERS – THE STORY OF LEOMINSTER: The English settlers came in 1725. They built their farms on the gently rolling plateaus above the Nashua River to the east and in the shadows of the Monoosnock Hills to the west. Chartered in 1740,...
by Mark Bodanza | Apr 14, 2018 | BOOKS, History Books, News
Lou D’Allesandro has faced a wide variety of circumstances during a colorful lifetime. His story is noteworthy, especially for a country in which leadership is more important than ever. Order your Autographed Copy today! From the challenges and opportunities of...
by Mark Bodanza | Oct 9, 2016 | BOOKS, News, Sports Books
RIVALS: More about Fitchburg-Leominster Football Tradition from 1894 through 2015. “For a team to win a major contest it must be mentally ripe. It must be confident that its best performance will produce victor, but anything less will encourage defeat.” In...
by Mark Bodanza | Feb 22, 2016 | BOOKS, News, Sports Books
Sam Jones spent his boyhood in a small city tucked away in the segregated south. In many ways, it was the most unlikely of settings for the start of a professional sports career marked by a rare kind of success. Guided by humble beginnings and values that included...
