Boston (Citylife Pictorial Guide) - Hardcover

. . . stuffed with words: information about local history, culture, parks, educational institutions, the economy, and even the distinctive local dialect. -- Boston Magazine

The introduction is the only part of the book written like an actual book. The rest of the chapters are photos with captions. But boy, those captions-written and thoroughly researched by Boston Magazine senior editor Jon Marcus, a native Bostonian-are packed with information. This book is more of a 'pretty' travel guide than an actual here's-where-to-shop and eat-chowder-here kind of a travel guide, but it would look splendid on the bedside table in a room at the Copley Plaza Hotel . . . . But buy extra. These won't stay on the bedside tables very long. -- Foreword Magazine