| Description |
186 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm |
| Summary |
"Pulitzer Prize winner Henry Allen tells nearly five centuries of his family's history through the places they lived"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Foreword -- 407 Highland Ave., Orange, New Jersey -- Starting in 1557 -- Salad Days -- Chevy Chase -- Fanwood -- A Note on Drinking -- Summer Houses -- United States Navy, LCI 1091 -- Hamilton College and the Marine Corps -- Brief Stops -- Takoma Park. |
| Summary |
"Henry Allen's singularly distinctive voice brings alive nearly five centuries of family by describing places where they lived amidst Indian wars, a witchcraft trial, privateering, wagon trains, a split over slave trading, the friendship of presidents, the dwindling of the old Anglo Saxon hegemony, let alone the heartless mysteries of money, alcohol, and gentility from plantations in South Carolina and Guadeloupe to a boardinghouse in Queens, a sadly grand old house in Orange, New Jersey, farmhouses, mansions, apartments, ships, tents and dormitories, towns in Rhode Island and Connecticut"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Allen, Henry -- Homes and haunts.
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Allen, Henry -- Family.
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Home.
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Families.
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Life change events.
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HISTORY / Social History.
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| Genre/Form |
Essays.
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| Added Title |
Essays. Selections
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Allen, Henry, author. Where we lived First American paperback edition. Simsbury, Connecticut : Mandel Vilar Press ; Takoma Park, Maryland : Dryad Press, 2017 9781942134459 (DLC) 2017038524 |
| ISBN |
9781942134442 (paperback) |
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1942134444 (paperback) |
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