| Berkshires: Coach Inns to Cottages Contributor(s): Owens, Carole (Author) |
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ISBN: 153162149X ISBN-13: 9781531621490 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions OUR PRICE: $28.79 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2004 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Buildings - Public, Commercial & Industrial - History | United States - State & Local - New England (ct, Ma, Me, Nh, Ri, Vt) - Architecture | History - General |
| Dewey: 974.410 |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (0.91 lbs) 130 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Massachusetts - Cultural Region - New England |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Those hustling to find lodging in the Berkshires today may not know they are repeating a two-hundred fifty-year-old ritual. In the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries, the Berkshires played host to some of the most fascinating characters in American literature, politics, business, and the arts. They came with the warm breezes and left when they felt the first cold snap in the autumnal air. The Berkshires: Coach Inns to Cottages is a photographic record of Berkshire dwelling places from the rough simplicity of stagecoach inns to the glittering luxury of Gilded Age cottages. Come inside the Berkshire coach inns where "one might be subjected to disagreeable exposures," as Timothy Dwight noted in 1823. Come inside the Berkshire cottages where the rich and powerful were entertained according to the precepts of fashionable society. Use this volume as a guide to the many structures that have been preserved. |