Dr. Jessica Lepler
@jlepler.bsky.social
Historian at UNH. Teaches early America, capitalism, & animals. 1st Book (2013): "The Many Panics of 1837." 2nd Book (August 2025): "Canal Dreamers" https://uncpress.org/book/9781469690551/canal-dreamers/
Tonight’s aurora borealis in New Hampshire. Arctic temps are accompanying it. Brrrr
November 12, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Tonight’s aurora borealis in New Hampshire. Arctic temps are accompanying it. Brrrr
I was so fortunate to share the evening’s celebration with my inspiring colleague Lucy Salyer who won the Graduate Faculty Mentor Award. I am very grateful to Kurk Dorsey who nominated me, and Molly Dorsey who is my encouraging and supportive department chair.
November 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I was so fortunate to share the evening’s celebration with my inspiring colleague Lucy Salyer who won the Graduate Faculty Mentor Award. I am very grateful to Kurk Dorsey who nominated me, and Molly Dorsey who is my encouraging and supportive department chair.
Last night, I was awarded a College Teaching Excellence Award from UNH. I count it amongst the highest honors of my career, and am so grateful for the more than 1,000 UNH students who have made teaching a joy for me for my 17 years here.
November 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Last night, I was awarded a College Teaching Excellence Award from UNH. I count it amongst the highest honors of my career, and am so grateful for the more than 1,000 UNH students who have made teaching a joy for me for my 17 years here.
It's not every day an author enjoys a phenomenal book review from a leading historian who also happens to be a descendant of one of the subjects of her book. Thank you for taking us on this walk with you @benjaminepark.bsky.social! 🗃️
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November 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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The Canvas outage today made me think about that episode of "Arthur" when the internet goes out and, horror of horrors, the kids have to play with analog toys like Polaroid cameras. They end up having a blast. Here's hoping my students picked up the awesome book due next week. #academicsky
October 21, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The Canvas outage today made me think about that episode of "Arthur" when the internet goes out and, horror of horrors, the kids have to play with analog toys like Polaroid cameras. They end up having a blast. Here's hoping my students picked up the awesome book due next week. #academicsky
I know Amazon's "Best Seller's Rank" is a fraught measure, but teenage me, who dreamed of becoming a US historian, would be so tickled to learn that, for a moment, she had authored a number one best-selling book in Nicaraguan history.
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October 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I know Amazon's "Best Seller's Rank" is a fraught measure, but teenage me, who dreamed of becoming a US historian, would be so tickled to learn that, for a moment, she had authored a number one best-selling book in Nicaraguan history.
@uncpress.bsky.social
@uncpress.bsky.social
At 7 PM tonight, I will be talking at Water Street Books in Exeter, NH. So excited to share my research! 🗃️
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October 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
At 7 PM tonight, I will be talking at Water Street Books in Exeter, NH. So excited to share my research! 🗃️
@uncpress.bsky.social
@uncpress.bsky.social
Tonight’s full moonrise is breathtaking. What a lovely and slightly haunting end to an 82 degree day in October in New Hampshire. I appreciate the free trip to Florida, but global warming much?
October 6, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Tonight’s full moonrise is breathtaking. What a lovely and slightly haunting end to an 82 degree day in October in New Hampshire. I appreciate the free trip to Florida, but global warming much?
I really needed a sign today that what I do as a historian matters. I did not expect to literally see a sign. On the sidewalk. And in the window. Hooray for local bookstores! Water Street Bookstore totally made my day! 🗃️
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September 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I really needed a sign today that what I do as a historian matters. I did not expect to literally see a sign. On the sidewalk. And in the window. Hooray for local bookstores! Water Street Bookstore totally made my day! 🗃️
@uncpress.bsky.social @sonyabonczek.bsky.social
@uncpress.bsky.social @sonyabonczek.bsky.social
The colors from my garden brighten any day!
August 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The colors from my garden brighten any day!
One of the good things that happens when your book is about to celebrate its publication day is that you get to return books to the library. This is the first of three wagonloads! What will I fill those shelves with now that Canal Dreamers is done? 🗃️
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August 14, 2025 at 9:42 PM
One of the good things that happens when your book is about to celebrate its publication day is that you get to return books to the library. This is the first of three wagonloads! What will I fill those shelves with now that Canal Dreamers is done? 🗃️
@uncpress.bsky.social
@uncpress.bsky.social
Last week, a very special package from @uncpress.bsky.social arrived! I was traveling and eager to touch the Word files turned into PDF files transformed into real paper between glossy covers. Canal Dreamers is a dream come true for me! My nine-year-old son snapped a perfect memory of the moment. 🗃️
July 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Last week, a very special package from @uncpress.bsky.social arrived! I was traveling and eager to touch the Word files turned into PDF files transformed into real paper between glossy covers. Canal Dreamers is a dream come true for me! My nine-year-old son snapped a perfect memory of the moment. 🗃️
@econroykrutz.bsky.social caught his look of triumph perfectly!
July 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
@econroykrutz.bsky.social caught his look of triumph perfectly!
That’s it for me for #SHEAR2025. It was short but sweet. We had a full house at our panel this morning (ignore my empty chair), and I had a blast with old and new friends. Time to race home for my son’s Seussical Jr. performance. And I hear there’s a book—20 years in the making—waiting for me.
July 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
That’s it for me for #SHEAR2025. It was short but sweet. We had a full house at our panel this morning (ignore my empty chair), and I had a blast with old and new friends. Time to race home for my son’s Seussical Jr. performance. And I hear there’s a book—20 years in the making—waiting for me.
Might a giant bowl of hand-picked and home-grown raspberries brighten your day?
July 9, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Might a giant bowl of hand-picked and home-grown raspberries brighten your day?
Here’s today’s harvest. A bounty of color in the midst of a heatwave.
July 8, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Here’s today’s harvest. A bounty of color in the midst of a heatwave.
Gardening can be very therapeutic in troubling times. Here’s yesterday’s small but mighty harvest of beans and berries.
July 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Gardening can be very therapeutic in troubling times. Here’s yesterday’s small but mighty harvest of beans and berries.
So happy to catch up with my pal and @uncpress.bsky.social editor @dgershenowitz.bsky.social at #SHAFR2025. We are both so excited to hold Canal Dreamers in our hot little hands later this summer.
June 28, 2025 at 11:25 AM
So happy to catch up with my pal and @uncpress.bsky.social editor @dgershenowitz.bsky.social at #SHAFR2025. We are both so excited to hold Canal Dreamers in our hot little hands later this summer.
So excited to talk about Canal Dreamers with these awesome folks tomorrow morning at #shafr2025. Join us! @uncpress.bsky.social
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June 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
So excited to talk about Canal Dreamers with these awesome folks tomorrow morning at #shafr2025. Join us! @uncpress.bsky.social
@shafrhistorians.bsky.social
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Do you need some fresh-picked beauty in your day?
June 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Do you need some fresh-picked beauty in your day?
This little bee landed before I could even bring the vase inside.
June 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
This little bee landed before I could even bring the vase inside.
In these dark times, I bet you could use to gaze at some fresh-cut flowers.
June 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
In these dark times, I bet you could use to gaze at some fresh-cut flowers.
How about some peonies?
June 11, 2025 at 1:52 AM
How about some peonies?
