The Spiritual Traveler: Boston and New England: A Guide to Sacred Sites and Peaceful Places

by Jana Riess

Book Overview

New England's sacred landscape is dotted with the white steeples of Puritan meetinghouses, the ancient spiritual sites of Native Americans, and the clapboard dwellings of famous poets, preachers, artists and philosophers. The land of covered bridges, village greens and endless stone walls also boasts the country's oldest synagogue and its very first Baptist church; it was home to Quakers, Shakers, and Transcendentalists, and to the founders of Mormonism...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1587680084
• ISBN13: 9781587680083
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: HiddenSpring
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Enjoy a history lesson while you visit New England

The Spiritual Traveler: Boston and New England provides peaceful, restful places so that you have a balance between hectic and serene on your trip. The author has divided the book into chapters for each of the New England states, as well as Boston and Cape Cod. She provides a comprehensive index and glossary. The author's writing style makes New England's spiritual past come alive, and the present intriguing. Bottom Line: If you are visiting New England, make sure you have a copy of this book!

wonderful present

I bought 2 copies, one for myself and one for my sister-in-law who lives in the Northeast. This is a great present. Jana does a great job! I can't wait for her next publication.