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Synopsis
From Boston to the beaches, complete coverage is given of this popular destination. Provides great ideas for families with kids, including the Mystic Aquarium, which is undergoing a $52-million expansion. 16-page color photo insert. Fold-out map.
About the Author
About the Author Wayne Curds (chapters 2, 3, 11 through 13, and the Appendix) is the author of Maine: Off the Beaten Path (Globe Pequot) and numerous travel articles in newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times, National Geographic Traveler, and Outside. He lives in Portland, Maine, where he endeavors to support local microbreweries and minor-league baseball. Herbert Bailey Livesey (chapters 8 through 10) is a native New Yorker and a former NYU administrator. After leaving his career in higher education, he worked briefly as an artist before devoting himself to writing full time. He is the author of several travel guides, nine books on education and sociology, and a novel. Marie Morris (chapters 4 and 5) grew up in New York and graduated from Harvard, where she studied history. She has worked for the Boston Herald, Boston magazine, and The New York Times, and she covers Boston for Frommer's New England. She lives in Boston, not far from Paul Revere. Laura M. Reckford (chapters 6 and 7) is a writer and editor who lives on Cape Cod. Formerly the managing editor of Cape Cod Life Magazine, she has also been on the editorial staff of both Good Housekeeping Magazine and Entertainment Weekly.
Table of Contents
List of Maps.
1. The Best of New England.
2. Planning Your Trip: The Basics (Wayne Curtis).
Planning Your Trip: An Online Directory.
3. For Foreign Visitors (Wayne Curtis).
4. Boston & Cambridge (Marie Morris).
5. Side Trips from Boston: Lexington & Concord, the North Shore & Plymouth (Marie Morris).
6. Cape Cod (Laura M. Reckford).
7. Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket (Laura M. Reckford).
8. Central & Western Massachusetts (Herbert Bailey Livesey).
9. Connecticut (Herbert Bailey Livesey).
10. Rhode Island (Herbert Bailey Livesey).
11. Vermont (Wayne Curtis).
12. New Hampshire (Wayne Curtis).
13. Maine (Wayne Curtis).
New England in Depth (Wayne Curtis).
Index.