Scituate’s Honorable Residents Celebrated in New Book

MT. PLEASANT, S.C. - Aug. 2, 2013 - PRLog -- The newest addition to Arcadia Publishing’s popular Legendary Locals series is Legendary Locals of Scituate from local authors Mat Brown, Bob Gallagher and Carol Miles. The book boasts more than 200 vintage images of the places and people that make the area legendary.

For more than 375 years, the town of Scituate has shared the talents of its residents in a host of ways. Individuals who called Scituate home have gained acclaim in public service, the arts and athletics. The Bates, Stewart and Monteiro families, among others, demonstrate how the Irish, Cape Verdean and Yankees came to share this small coastal town. Doctors like Ruth Bailey and Max Miles offered contributions to a rich quality of life that endures to the present day. The work of writers like Jacques Futrelle, Claire Cook and Nick Flynn spans genres and generations. Businessmen like Jack Conway, Paul Young and Alan Wheeler set standards for service and showed a dedication to their neighbors that went beyond dollars and cents.

Scituate has also been home to extremely unique characters like Percy Mann and Bill Sexton—one struggled to fit into a modernizing world and the other found the humor in it. Legendary Locals of Scituate shares a small sample of this talent.

Highlights of Legendary Locals of Scituate:
•   Showcases the rich heritage of active citizens that have contributed their time and efforts on local, state and even national causes to make this region viable
•   Includes business leaders, cultural leaders, medical leaders, military leaders, political leaders, sports leaders and community founders and leaders

Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at (888)-313-2665 or online.  

Arcadia Publishing is the leading publisher of local and regional history in the United States.  Our mission is to make history accessible and meaningful through the publication of books on the heritage of America’s people and places.  Have we done a book on your town?  Visit www.arcadiapublishing.com/