The Gentle Americans, 1864-1960: Biography of a BreedA biography of the author's father and his circle, encompassing the intellectual and social character of Boston in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. -- Dust jacket. |
Contents
Mark Howe of Boston | 3 |
The Bristol Way | 15 |
Tragicomic and Triangular | 50 |
Copyright | |
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