Dean S. (greenbau) reviewed on 7/13/2010 + 4 more book reviews

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You can take this as a documentary, historical survey of culture and house building in New England with personal vignettes, or you can take it as the saga of a family that takes on the heritage of another family, with warm personal insights. Its both and I think succeeds in both ways, tho others might say it falls between two stools. I read it pretty much continuously so must have enjoyed it. The writing is good and the research thorough. It's possible to find the location on a map, although the author tries to not give too much away, they don't want hoardes tramping up their driveway. But in truth the vision of how Masachusetts was one and two centuries ago is the most appealing part, I suspect.

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