Yankee Classics

Our 75th Anniversary gift to you! Visit each weekday for a Yankee classic on these favorite reader topics – Monday, adventure; Tuesday, history; Wednesday, food; Thursday, people; Friday, three-minute reads.

People
Pandora in Blue Jeans
September 1990
Grace Metalious drew on her experiences for the novel Peyton Place about the hypocrisy and sexual repression of a small New England town.
In 1953 Laurie Wilkens heard someone new had moved to Gilmanton, New Hampshire. "The young woman was supposedly an author who had written a book a New York publisher wanted to publish,"...
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Yankee Memories

What does Yankee mean to you? A writer or photographer shares a memory of New England's magazine each month of our 75th Anniversary year!

Remembering Earl Proulx, Yankee’s Handyman
Jamie Trowbridge, YPI President/CEO

I met Earl in 1972, a few years after he’d started as the head of Yankee’s maintenance department. My father wasn’t exactly handy, and he thought it would be a good idea if I were to spend a summer with Earl and learn how to drive a nail. Before I’d even met Earl, my dad told me, “Earl knows everything there is to know about fixing things.”
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Yankee Magazine Covers

Each month we'll add six more vintage covers from Yankee's artists. Watch for your favorite! Click on any image to move through slideshow.
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