Wildsam Field Guides: New England by Taylor Bruce

Wildsam Field Guides #8

by Taylor Elliott Bruce

From publisher's

When it comes to muses, few places have the inspirational resume of New England. From Maine’s outer islands to Rhode Island’s gilded shores, its regional map is dotted with places now synonymous with great stories. It’s where Thoreau and Emerson found peace at Walden Pond, where Emily Dickinson secreted away her poems in Amherst, where Melville chased the white whale, where P.T. Barnum proclaimed the view from Mount Washington “the second greatest show on Earth.”

Genres: Travel

Paperback

Published January 1, 1785

Reviews

[Ash · Rating 2 out of 5]

I thought the idea of these books was cute. Different from your typical travel guide. I started reading it, even though the print was extremely tiny. Then I got to the description of Provincetown. Written by a straight woman (I’m assuming cause her name is Julia and she talks about her husband and kids) Julie tells us that Provincetown is an artists colony. That she visits for a week each year to teach classes, and that her son once saw a man dressed in nothing but chaps. That’s it. Just a straight person slightly scandalized by gay culture without EVER mentioning Provincetown’s thriving gay community or history. I’m disappointed in you Wildsam. You should do better.

[sav. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall good, but with some noticeable editing errors which were distracting.

Seems like a difficult ordeal to fit the entirety of New England into one field guide!

[Federico Lucifredi · Rating 5 out of 5]

It does not give the Massachusetts north shore its due, Manchester by the Sea, Singing Beach, and Rockport deserve some space. I would also cover green suburban spaces like the Arnold Arboretum and MIT's Endicott House. Other than that, it is a reliable treatment of the subject, as Wildsam always delivers, five stars.

[kayla · Rating 3 out of 5]

read the philadelphia one and loved it. this one was nice topical read that scotched the surface of and entire region. however, it erased a lot of the indigenous history of the region. very white washed & colonial. i do understand that that is the predominant culture, but it would have been nice to see some nuance and challenge woven into the guide.

[Janet · Rating 4 out of 5]

Of the Wildsam guide's I've read (SF, Southwest) this is my fave. Really captured the sense & spirit of New England, as sprawling as it is.

[Reader · Rating 1 out of 5]

Print is unbelievably tiny. Not sure how anyone o we the age of 30 is suppose to be able to read it.

[nokomis · Rating 3 out of 5]

at a cute little cafe in newport. read this while drinking my coffee:)