The latest work by the award-winning author of Coastal Disturbances and The Art of Dining.
Born to a leading Boston family in 1881, "Eleo" cut a swath through society in the first half of the twentieth century, as arguably the greatest and most versatile female athlete of her generation.
Prides Crossing
As a young girl, Mary Pratt inherits a large fortune and so does her cousin and best friend Isabel Perkins. Stalked by the infamous gossip-monger Colonel Mann, their family summers in Prides Crossing.
... Charles , 48-9 , 86 , 115 Ludlow Fair ( Wilson ) , 375 Lydie Breeze ( Guare ) , viii , 2 , 15 , 20-8 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33-4 , 37-40 Lyne , Adrian , 319 La Mama , Café , 376–7 Lahr , Bert , 48 Lamorisse , Albert , 303 Landscape of the ...
Pride's Crossing was an equally clannish New England town , populated by the descendants of whaling and seafaring families who were less than elated by the presence of the vulgar “ new money ” represented by Frederick Ayer and his ilk .
Q et Residence of H. C. Frick , Prides Crossing near Beverly , Mass . A type of the beautiful residences along the North Shore . The fence on Hale Street marks the location of Eagle Rock , the estate of steel baron and art collector ...