This lavishly illustrated guidebook to the many distinctive attractions of Boston's Victorian heritage provides the walker and the armchair traveler alike with

"An entertaining and well-illustrated anecdotal survey of 'vice' and efforts to control it in mid- and late 19th century Boston" (The Boston Guardian). Victoria

Founded shortly after the Conquest of 1066, Boston rapidly grew to become the most successful English port outside of London. The growth of the wool trade in th

Covers the growth of the communities that eventually became metropolitan Boston, providing information on local mills and factories.