About This Book
A guided coastal journey traces the highway from Boston to Plymouth, offering mile-by-mile observations of towns, landscapes, and local industry. The narrative interleaves vivid descriptions of harbor and marsh, the Blue Hills visible inland, and detailed sketches of historic houses, churches, shipyards, and coastal ledges. Local history and anecdotes accompany architectural and civic landmarks, with chapters devoted to shipbuilding in Quincy, ecclesiastical Hingham, sea-moss and cliffs at Scituate, Marshfield's Webster house, and Duxbury and Kingston's monuments and records. Illustrations and short vignettes punctuate the account, producing a scenic and informative portrait of New England's southern shore.
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