Lyle Nyberg

Lyle Nyberg's latest book is On a River: A History of North River, Massachusetts (2025). It is a history of this storied tidal river southeast of Boston, the people and towns connected with it, its marshes, and its environmental threats and promise for the future.

Lyle has previously published books.

• Summer Suffragists (2020) has been praised by historians and writers as a splendid account of a cadre of suffragists’ summer lives and their fight for the right of women to vote.

• On a Cliff (2021) covers a slice of seacoast New England and its history, and the book has also been acclaimed by academics and historians.

• Seacoast Scituate By Air (2022) is a splendid collection of aerial photos in color by local pilots/photographers of Scituate’s scenic coast, along with stories of their historical significance.

• Ditching the Marshes (2022) explores the history of ditches in salt marshes, and provides resources explaining how marshes today are threatened.

Lyle is an independent scholar and historian. He has given many talks on various historical topics. He has also documented more than 50 historic buildings, published in the state’s online database of historic resources. His work includes sites in Boston that were nationally important for women’s suffrage.

Lyle graduated from Dartmouth College and Boston University School of Law. After a career as a corporate lawyer, Lyle retired to the seaside town of Scituate, Massachusetts. He is a member of the Scituate Historical Society, the Massachusetts Historical Society, and the New England Historical Association.

Reach him at lylenybergDOTcom.