Boston Harbor Islands Adventure, A : The Great Brewster Journal of 1891.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schorow, Stephanie.

Series:

The History Press Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boston--Harbor Islands (Mass.)--Description and travel.

Boston--Harbor Islands (Mass.)--History--19th century.

Women travelers--Massachusetts--Diaries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (186 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : The History Press, 2023.

Summary:

In 1891, four intrepid women from Lowell sailed to a remote island in Boston Harbor for a 17-day escape from New England's prim and proper society. Calling themselves the Scribe, the Aristocrat, the Acrobat, and the Autocrat, the women rusticated in a cottage on Great Brewster Island, reveling in the chance to shed their identities of wife, mother, and daughter. Relive their sojourn through their remarkable journal, filled with observations, illustrations, photographs, and poetry, reproduced here by the Friends of the Boston Harbor Islands.

Contents:

Intro

Half Title Page

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. The Merrie Trippers: Introducing the Women

2. The Remarkable Life of Helen Augusta Whittier, the Scribe

3. From the Spindle City to Women's Clubs

4. Why Great Brewster Island? The Early History of the Island

5. Impressions from the Great Brewster Journal Photographs

6. Ye Log of Ye Square Partie at Ye Great Brewster in Ye Pleasant Month of July 1891

7. Great Brewster Island: 1900 to 2022

Epilogue

Discussion Questions

Sources

About the Authors.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4396-7816-2

OCLC:

1402971743