The North Shore

by Garland, Joseph E.

• ISBN13: 9781889833613
• ISBN10: 1889833614
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-01
• Publisher: Commonwealth Editions

Summary

Originally published in two volumes as Boston's North Shore and Boston's Gold Coast, this is Joe Garland's affectionate history of America's most civilized resort in a new one-volume edition with never-before-published maps and photographs. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Publisher's Note	ix
Prologue: Northeast of Boston	xi
List of Maps	xv
1. SUMMER PIONEERS AT NAHANT	3	(22)
In which a sea serpent, a China merchant, an Ice King and a den of literary lions descend upon the North Shore
2. ENTER THE IRON MONSTER	25	(8)
Outrunning the stagecoach, the railroad roars through Salem and helps colonize Swampscott
3. BEVERLY AND MANCHESTER ARE ALL BUT SUBDUED	33	(12)
"Let him throw away his money if he wants to!"
4. GLOUCESTER KEEPS ON FISHING	45	(10)
The stout-hearted camper and the sly investor meet the stoic native, and summers will never be the same
5. MARBLEHEAD SUCCUMBS AS SWAMPSCOTT HUMS	55	(14)
A town of crooked streets, a summer colony on the Neck and an uneasy alliance between neighbors
6. YACHTING GETS SERIOUS	69	(20)
Salem pleasure craft, early regattas and yacht clubs, and Marblehead's defense of America's Cup
7. NAHANT OUT-BOSTONS BOSTON	89	(14)
Unamused by amusements, Cold Roast cold-shoulders Newport and takes to the tennis court
8. THE GOLD COAST	103	(24)
Of autocrats and actors, a perspicacious pastor and a civil civil war along the shingled shore
9. 'ROUND THE CAPE	127	(24)
From Magnolia clear around Cape Ann, the shore succumbs to the summerers
10. YOU CAN HAVE ALL YOUR CONEYS	151	(24)
Just take her to Wonderland, but behave yourself at Salem Willows
11. THE CENTURY TURNS	175	(14)
While society papers cling to the past, the future is already here aboard the electric trolleys and horseless carriages
12.ARKS THAT PASS IN THE NIGHT	189	(12)
Breezy piles of lumber, with verandas by the mile for the citified family
13. "THANK GOD FOR THE GREENHEADS"	201	(14)
Docs from Harvard and a Prince of the Bathroom colonize Ipswich's Pillbox Colony and crown Castle Hill
14. A TALE OF TWO ISLANDS	215	(12)
Tight little Baker's, and the company-loving Misery
15. KING OF CLUBS	227	(10)
Is Myopia Brahminism's rowdy fringe?
16. LOOK OUT, MR. PRICK'S COMING!	237	(18)
A typhoon of tycoons hits Pride's Crossing
17. HAIL TO THE CHIEF, AND FAREWELL	255	(20)
President Taft favors Beverly with his avoirdupois, political faux pas and a fair showing at golf
18. A CERTAIN AIR OF UNCERTAINTY	275	(16)
As war looms, diplomats confer, women conquer, and time, momentarily, is held in abeyance
19. TOUS ET TOUT POUR LA FRANCE	291	(18)
War sweeps across the sea and engulfs the Shore, from an eager Patton to a reluctant President
20. PROHIBITION, A PRINCE AND A PRESIDENT	309	(20)
The Twenties roar, gallop and stroll through an enclave of slightly diminished privilege
21. PAINTED PLACE AND PAINTED FACE	329	(16)
Old Fishtown, of all places on the Shore, tolerates knights of the brush and idols of the boards
22. CONTINUITY	345	(8)
... all things considered
Epilogue: Still About as Good as it Gets	353	(4)
Bibliography	357	(10)
Index	367