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With broad historical interests, Cheryl writes on topics that collectively span the 17th through 21st centuries. A member of the Hampton Historical Society, she has produced museum exhibits and a documentary video, and has received awards from the Association of Historical Societies of New Hampshire and the New England Museum Association. A former columnist for the Hampton Union, her published columns can be found at lassitergang.com.

Her current project is a graphical novel about a teen boy and his magical guitar.

About her personal life she says, “My life is my hobby. When I’m not drawing, writing, reading, torturing house plants, or just vegetating, I can usually be found perambulating the 17th century, where (I’m pretty sure) I once lost ...more

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	Marked: The Witchcraft Persecution of Goodwife Unise Cole 3.90 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	A Meet and Suitable Person: Tavernkeeping in Old Hampton, New Hampshire 1638-1783 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Queens of Hampton Beach, New Hampshire: The History of the Carnival Queens and Miss Hampton Beach Beauty Pageant, 1915-2015 by Cheryl Lassiter (Goodreads Author), Karen Raynes (With) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Answering the Call: Hampton, New Hampshire in the American Civil War, 1861-1865 by Eleanor Roberts Becotte, Cheryl Lassiter (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Traveling Bowling Alley & Carnival Cottage Cold Case Solved

Writing in the Hampton Union in the 1930s, historian Caroline Lamprey Shea informed her readers that the Puritans of Hampton had kept a bowling green in a field near the lower end of the road to the sea (Winnacunnet Road). Now, Puritans aren’t remembered for their tolerance of games and other time-wasting pursuits, but Mrs. Shea, who was the first secretary of the Meetinghouse Green Memorial and H Read more of this blog post »

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The Burr Conspiracy: Uncovering the Story of an Early American Crisis

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