New England Resilience | Classic Stories from the Yankee Archives
In Yankee’s July/August 2020 issue, we published a feature called “Resilience, Courage, and Hope,” which spotlighted some of our favorite profiles of New Englanders who overcame adversity. Due to space restrictions, we could include only excerpts in that feature — but here, we present links to many of the longer versions (and we’ll add the […]
In Yankee’s July/August 2020 issue, we published a feature called “Resilience, Courage, and Hope,” which spotlighted some of our favorite profiles of New Englanders who overcame adversity. Due to space restrictions, we could include only excerpts in that feature — but here, we present links to many of the longer versions (and we’ll add the rest over the coming weeks, when we can access our physical library again to digitize them). So read on for “the rest of the story,” and enjoy!

GRACE CORRIGAN
READ THE STORY: “Christa McAuliffe’s Messenger” by Mel Allen, January/February 2011
BILL DE LA ROSA

READ THE STORY: “The Two Worlds of Bill De La Rosa” by Mel Allen, September/October 2016
STEPHEN KING
READ THE STORY: “The Man Who Writes Nightmares” by Mel Allen, March 1979
WIL SMITH

READ THE STORY: “Wil Smith’s Fast Break” by Mel Allen, December 2000
STEVEN CALLAHAN

READ THE STORY: “Lost at Sea” by Steven Callahan, January 1986
THE BACHELDER FAMILY

READ THE STORY: “Fire on the Farm” by Mel Allen, March/April 2007
BRENDAN LOUGHLIN

Photo Credit: John Madere
READ THE STORY: “Still Life” by Mel Allen, January 2008
SUSAN HAUGHWORT

Photo Credit: Jonathan Gitelson
READ THE STORY: “Tropical Storm Irene Will Never Be Forgotten” by Ian Aldrich, July/August 2016
BARNEY ROBERG

READ THE STORY: “Barney Roberg’s Impossible Choice” by L. Michael McCartney, May 1980
CONNIE SMALL

READ THE STORY: “Keeper of the Lighthouse Keeper” by Mel Allen, August 1982
LAURA BRIDGMAN

READ THE STORY: “The Education of Laura Bridgman” by P. Bradley Nutting, October 1987



