Victorian Boston Today: Twelve Walking Tours
- ISBN-10
- 1555536050
- ISBN-13
- 9781555536053
- Category
- Architecture
- Pages
- 284
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- UPNE
- Author
- Mary Melvin Petronella
Description
Twelve unique tours complete with maps, telephone numbers, and other practical enhancements and tips are offered in this guidebook to Boston's nineteenth-century landmarks and luminaries, including the South End's residential square and Jamaica Plain's pastoral landscape. Original.
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