The Book of Boston
Author | : Robert Shackleton |
Publisher | : Jazzybee Verlag |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2017 |
ISBN-10 | : 9783849649241 |
ISBN-13 | : 3849649245 |
Rating | : 4/5 (245 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Book of Boston written by Robert Shackleton and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 2017 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mr. Shackleton finds Boston a “very human city, with pleasantly piquant peculiarities.” Of course he tells interestingly the things to be seen in Boston, but he deals still more with that Boston which is “a state of mind”—the literary tradition of the city, its lecture habit, its ancestor worship, the “Boston Bag” and the “Sacred God"—and the things that make it a “woman's city.” This is not only a guide to Boston sights—it's a pilot to Boston prejudices and fine beliefs. Sprinkled with anecdote and flavored with personal adventure, it is a book to cherish, to lend, to read aloud.