Boston's North Shore: Being an Account of Life Among the Noteworthy, Fashionable, Wealthy, Eccentric, and Ordinary, 1823-1890

by Joseph E. Garland

Chronicles the first seven decades of the summer colony that came to be known as America's Gold Coast, profiling the conspicuous consumers, castle builders, and social climbers who flocked there

409 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1978

Reviews

[Maureen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am from the North Shore, so I found this to be interesting. The books was a bit uneven - very heavily weighted towards Nahant.