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James Henry Stark
A printer, publisher, and travel writer, he turned practical guidebooks into richly illustrated windows on Bermuda, Jamaica, and the wider British West Indies. He also wrote a pointed, controversial history of Massachusetts Loyalists that challenged popular Revolutionary-era narratives.
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The Loyalists of Massachusetts and the Other Side of the American Revolution
by James Henry Stark
About the author
Born in Mitcham, Surrey, on July 6, 1847, James Henry Stark became a British-American printer, publisher, and nonfiction writer whose work ranged from travel guides to local and political history. He later made his life in the Boston area and died in Boston on August 30, 1919.
Stark is best remembered for a series of illustrated guidebooks to Bermuda and the British West Indies, including books on Jamaica and the Bahamas. His writing mixed practical travel information with history, geography, and visual detail, making his books useful to travelers and appealing to readers interested in the region.
He also wrote The Loyalists of Massachusetts and the Other Side of the American Revolution, a work known for its strongly revisionist view of the American Revolution in New England. Beyond his books, he was active in historical circles in Dorchester, Massachusetts, including service as vice-president of the Dorchester Historical Society.