Mt. Moosilauke Tip Top News, 1880-1916 by ROBERT W AVERILL, EXCELLENT HC/DJ

Description: "A variety of visitors sought out the summit of this high-mountain peak in the White Mountains of New Hampshire: teachers and college professors; ministers and scientists; writers, reporters, and poets; city-tired families from afar. Many wrote about their experiences with mountain weather, the challenges of ascending to the peak of a bare-topped mountain nearly 5000 feet above sea level, their encounters with fellow-pilgrims on the mountain and at the summit house. The scrapbook kept at the Tip Top House is here transcribed in a readable, modern type-face. These essays had been sent to newspapers and magazines, even beyond New England. They entertained readers a century before our modern electronic age. More than 250 illustrations--engravings, period maps, photos--bring these essays into even clearer focus. The growth of North Country tourism during this era depended on the newly-built railroads as well as horse-drawn stages and buckboards. Many visitors to Moosilauke's summit packed their trunks for a summer-long stay at small and large hotels, boarding houses and cottages, and at the enlarged farmhouses, conveniently nearby. This period was Moosilauke's golden age of prose and poetry, well represented by the contributions of Lucy Larcom from Beverly, Massachusetts. Some of the essays failed to include the author's name--only a single initial, or a nickname, or a blank--leaving, as anonymous gifts, glimpses of a special world within its own time and perspective" PLEASE MESSAGE WITH ANY QUESTIONS

Price: 33 USD

Location: Saco, Maine

End Time: 2024-08-16T12:05:20.000Z

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