Thursday, January 26, 2012
More recommendations for Boston Reading List
Jan sends in some recommendations for Hub Blog's Boston Reading List. Here's the note from Jan:
As I told Jan, whether his recommendations get on the final Boston Reading List, well, it's so prestigious and sought after, it could take time (i.e. I have to read them and like them). I've already gotten the ball rolling: I just purchased A Delusion of Satan on Amazon. ... Fyi: I'll be updating the Boston Reading List one of these days. I've since read The Proper Bostonians by Cleveland Amory. It makes the list, though it's a somewhat outdated in tone and substance. Basically, it's a light-hearted look at Boston's old Brahmin families, just before their final fall from power and prominence after WWII. It's kind of a Preppy Handbook, but more sophisticated and rich.
Update -- Reader Jon writes in: "(Here's) the best work on the Salem Witch Trials I've yet read (and I've read more than a few)."
Jan sends in some recommendations for Hub Blog's Boston Reading List. Here's the note from Jan:
My first recommendation would be the fabulous
- Lost Boston by Jane Holtz Kay. The (almost) life long Bostonian wrote a beautiful book about the parts of Boston that have been knocked down or burned up.
- Boston Italians by Stephen Puleo. Awonderful history of one half of my extended family.
- A Delusion of Satan - By Frances Hill, a noted historian of the Salem Witch Trials revisits the events I hope we never forget.
As I told Jan, whether his recommendations get on the final Boston Reading List, well, it's so prestigious and sought after, it could take time (i.e. I have to read them and like them). I've already gotten the ball rolling: I just purchased A Delusion of Satan on Amazon. ... Fyi: I'll be updating the Boston Reading List one of these days. I've since read The Proper Bostonians by Cleveland Amory. It makes the list, though it's a somewhat outdated in tone and substance. Basically, it's a light-hearted look at Boston's old Brahmin families, just before their final fall from power and prominence after WWII. It's kind of a Preppy Handbook, but more sophisticated and rich.
Update -- Reader Jon writes in: "(Here's) the best work on the Salem Witch Trials I've yet read (and I've read more than a few)."
