Reading Local History

Ron Bernard and Gary Leveille team up to review and read newly published histories of southeastern Berkshire County.

Legendary Locals of the Southern Berkshires, by Gary Leveille features some 150 biographies of fascinating Berkshire personalities — past and present — who have made a lasting impact on their communities, the nation and the world.   Sandisfield’s own Ron Bernard follows up on his comprehensive town history, Sandisfield Then and Now: 1762-2012, with Sandisfield  An Intimate History and Some Comments Elizur Yale Smith, an equally important, if stylistically very different, account of the history and development of Sandisfield from its earliest days through the mid-20^th century.