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At Home : Historic Houses of Central and Western Massachusetts /

"With its rich history of prominent families, Massachusetts is home to some of the most historic residences in the country. In the central and western half of the Commonwealth, these include Edith Wharton's The Mount, the Salisbury Mansion in Worcester, Herman Melville's Arrowhead in...

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Autor principal: Luey, Beth (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amherst, MA : Bright Leaf, An imprint of University of Massachusetts Press, [2019]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface: Meeting mountains
  • Another country
  • Deerfield
  • "One minute's freedom"
  • The Colonel John Ashley House, Sheffield
  • Branching out
  • The Salisbury Mansion, Worcester
  • Keepers of the flame
  • The General Artemas Ward House, Shrewsbury
  • The whale and the chimney
  • Herman Melville's Arrowhead, Pittsfield
  • Houses at War
  • The Dickinson Homestead and the Evergreens, Amherst
  • "We have done a soldiers duty"
  • The Samuel Harrison House, Pittsfield
  • A place in the country
  • The Mount, Lenox.