Old paths and legends of New England: saunterings over historic roads with glimpses of picturesque fields and old homesteads in Massachusetts, Rhode I

By Katharine M. Abbott

Book Overview

Step off the motorway and into the winding byways of another century. History lives in these lanes. In Old Paths and Legends of New England, Katharine M. Abbott is a keen-eyed guide along historic roads and village streets in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire, pausing at old New England homesteads, shaded village greens, and quiet town centres. With an observant traveller's ease she recreates colonial New England history in situ, weaving anecdotes, place-names, and New England folklore legends into a vivid historic travel narrative. The result is at once a deeply readable work of New England regional studies and an atmospheric New England travel guide, perfect for slow explorers and for armchair travel New England readers who long for the picturesque New England countryside. First published over a century ago, Abbott's saunterings through towns, byways, and countryside capture a New England already changing, preserving voices, buildings, and landscapes that might otherwise have faded from memory. Her reflective, gently humorous style will appeal as much to casual readers as to collectors of classic Americana: a thoughtful gift for history lovers, students of colonial New England history, or anyone who cherishes Henry David Thoreau New England sketches and the village intimacy of Sarah Orne Jewett country. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9353606764
• ISBN13: 9789353606763
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 508 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"