The Boston Globe, February 16th, 2006
AMESBURY - Try to think of last weekend's snowstorm as a stage- setter. John Greenleaf Whittier lived at 86 Friend St. when he wrote his classic poem "Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl." The long verse was published on Feb. 17, 1866, and quickly brought him fame and a measure of fortune, selling 20,000 copies in just a few months. On Friday night, 140 years to the day after it was published, "Snow-Bound" will be read aloud at the Amesbury Cultural Center in the Upper Millyard, a short walk from the Whittier Home. The reading is part of a push by Connecticut's Michael Maglaras to win back for Haverhill...
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