Literary Luminaries of the Berkshires: From Herman Melville to Patricia Highsmith

The Massachusetts Berkshires have long been a mecca for literary greats from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Edith Wharton to Sinclair Lewis and Joan Ackermann. The Green River in Great Barrington inspired William Cullen Bryant's poetry. Charles Pierce Burton's childhood hometown, Adams, became the setting for his frolicking Boys of Bob's Hill juvenile books. During an interlude in Lenox, Patricia Highsmith consulted a local undertaker for details to use in The Talented Mr. Ripley. Bernard A. Drew brings together a fascinating chronicle of some 250 wordsmiths who took inspiration from the hills and valleys of the Berkshires.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: History Press
Published: 06/29/2015
ISBN: 9781626198777
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.40d