Lyle Nyberg

On a Cliff

A History of Third Cliff in Scituate, Massachusetts
Herausgeber: Paraschos, Janet; Stuart, Alix

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This richly illustrated book is the first devoted to scenic Third Cliff, a magical meeting place of land, river, and sea, and to those who have called it home. It traces the transformation of seacoast Scituate from a colonial town of the 1600s into a summer destination of the 1900s, and the conversion of farmland into summer colonies.The people, places, and stories of a notable community in a historic seacoast town Home to amazing people -- farmers, golfers, Irish mossers, the first maker of portable houses, and the influential Welch family Highly readable, over 300 pages of deep research More than 140 images, some rare, with looks at and inside "Welch colonial" houses Already acclaimed by academics, hailed by historians, and eagerly anticipated by residents On a Cliff is the latest book from historian Lyle Nyberg, author of Summer Suffragists (2020). His work is published in the state's database of historic resources, and has appeared in magazines and newspapers. F For more about the author, or more about the author,

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lyle Nyberg
• Seitenzahl: 342
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 286mm x 221mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 1122g
• ISBN-13: 9781735474557
• ISBN-10: 173547455X
• Artikelnr.: 63130237

Autorenporträt

Lyle graduated from Dartmouth College and Boston University School of Law. He retired as a lawyer and turned independent scholar and historian. He wrote and published books on historical topics. They include Summer Suffragists (2020), On a Cliff (2021), Ditching the Marshes (2022) and (with Gary Banks and Bill Richardson) Seacoast Scituate By Air (2022). His writing has been published in scholarly and other journals, as well as in a state database, where he documented more than 50 historical buildings in the greater Boston area.