Main Streets & Back Roads of New England: The Best of Chronicle's Award-Winning Wcvb-TV Series

by Various, Collective Books Staff, Christopher Stirling

As with the award-winning TV show, this book combines fabulous footage with insightful commentary on 50 memorable journeys.

168 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

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Reviews

[Jack · Rating 3 out of 5]

Book published in reference to WCVB chronicle TV series. I enjoyed the book especially the quirky stories of some eccentric New Englanders such as the Knackerman, Mental Magellans and Sting Operation.
I knew of some horrible disasters in New England such as the Coconut Grove fire and the Warwick RI nightclub fire, but I had never heard of the Hartford circus fire that killed 167 mostly women and children, or the Mill River fire in the Berkshires that killed 144 people! I also didn't realize so many military aircrafts crashed in New England and that Larry Webster of Charlestown RI investigated more than 300 sites of crashed planes over a 20 year span. The book ended for me on a dryer side that featured "The Islands and Byways of New England."
Rate 3.5

[Andrea Elkins · Rating 3 out of 5]

A collection of vignettes from roughly 1985-2000, covering interviews with persons in off-the-beaten-path places in the New England states. It's a compilation of stories from a"down home" New England TV series during that same time frame. I would not have picked it up except I thought I might find some good ideas of places to visit in Maine while we're here for the summer. Not a good guidebook, but a neat glimpse into the attitudes and history which makes each NE state unique. A quick, interesting read.