Glancing Back: A Pictorial History of the Town of Amherst, a 240-page coffee table-type book with more than 260 new and old photographs. The text and images capture the people, places and landscape of Amherst, from its earliest beginnings to the end of the 20th century. 

Currently Glancing Back is on sale for $39 (regular cost $49.95). This history book is written and researched by Amherst author and historian Dr. Joseph A. Grande.

Dr. Grande recently published a new local history of the Amherst community. Images of America: Amherst is a new installment in the popular national series which features books on the history of American towns, cities and regions. 

Images of America: Amherst tells the Town's story through both vintage and modern photographs, all taken from Amherst Museum's photograph collection. This new book is now available at the Country Store or at area bookstores for $19.95 (plus tax). Copies can also be ordered online through Barnes and Noble or Amazon.com.

From the Amherst Museum Archives: Dearest Girl of Mine: Letters home from Kenneth Boulton Thurstone, World War I Soldier, edited by curator Toniann Scime.

Kenneth Boulton Thurstone served with the 315th Ammunition Train of the 90th Division of the U.S. Army in World War I. A native of Buffalo who later resided in Amherst, NY, Ken wrote wonderfully detailed letters home from overseas. His descriptions of the life of a young soldier, of a young man in the early part of the twentieth century, are an invaluable resource for historians and researchers. Within these pages, however, there is also a love story, as most of Ken’s missives are written to his fiancée Harriet Jackson. His lovely words of devotion, his charming turns of phrase, and the longing to be reunited with his “dearest girl” gives every line a special and romantic poetry. Available for $15.95 (plus tax) in our gift shop and online at Amazon.com, Barnesandnoble.com and Lulu.com.