Dr. Philip Silvia, the author of the seminal collected work of Fall River history as seen through its newspapers, is being honored with a lifetime faculty research award at his university, Bridgewater State College.
Siliva edited the three volume set, which was published in different years: Victorian Vistas: Fall River, 1865-1885 as Viewed Through Its Newspaper Accounts was published in 1987; Victorian Vistas: Fall River, 1886-1900 was published in 1988; and Victorian Vistas: Fall River 1901-1911 was published in 1992.
It is rather difficult to get all three volumes in one set, and individual copies sell for anything from $90 to $375. The most sought after volume is, of course, the middle one, which contains information regarding the Lizzie Borden case.
If you are interested in them, try to purchase them with dust jackets in tact. The value of the set is only enhanced by these.
