Guidebook to Historic Houses and Gardens in New England: 71 Sites from the Hudson Valley East Willit Mason iUniverse, 240 pages (paperback) $22.95, 9781532025402 (Reviewed November, 2017) One could spend several happy months visiting the places Willit Mason describes in his useful guidebook: notable homes, stately mansions, formal gardens, art collections, ocean views, and much more. In his introduction, Mason states that when he was touring the Berkshires and the Hudson Valley, he could not find a guidebook that gave…..
TITLE INFORMATION GUIDEBOOK TO HISTORIC HOUSES AND GARDENS IN NEW ENGLAND 71 Sites from the Hudson Valley East Willit Mason iUniverse (254 pp.) $22.95 paperback, $9.99 e-book ISBN: 978-1-5320-2540-2; July 18, 2017 BOOK REVIEW A debut guidebook that’s full of American history, intriguing architecture, and beautiful locales. When Mason retired in 2015, he and his wife took a celebratory trip to tour historic homes and gardens in New England’s Berkshires and New York state’s Hudson Valley. Disappointed that he couldn’t…..
Welcome. My name is Willit Mason, author of Guidebook to Historic Houses and Gardens in New England. I’m so happy to have you as a visitor to my blog about my new book. This project is very special to me, and I hope to share some of that excitement with you here. I’ll be using this blog to interact with you about Guidebook to Historic Houses and Gardens in New England, expanding on some of the topics in it…..