The Old Coast Road From Boston to Plymouth
Agnes Edwards
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
A delightful trip from Boston through a dozen South Shore towns to Plymouth, stopping in each to explore a bit of the local history and 'modern' highlights. Written in 1920, it's a great journey through the past. (Summary by Steve Mattern) (3 hr 47 min)
Chapters
Boston, a Foreword | 23:37 | Read by Steve Mattern |
Dorchester Heights & the Old Coast Road | 18:28 | Read by Steve Mattern |
Milton and the Blue Hills | 18:27 | Read by Steve Mattern |
Shipbuilding at Quincy | 24:28 | Read by Steve Mattern |
The Romance of Weymouth | 19:41 | Read by Steve Mattern |
Ecclesiastical Hingham | 18:22 | Read by Steve Mattern |
Cohasset Ledges and Marshes | 16:51 | Read by KHand |
The Scituate Shore | 11:20 | Read by KHand |
Marshfield, The Home of Daniel Webster | 18:13 | Read by KHand |
Duxbury Homes | 13:30 | Read by KHand |
Kingston and its Manuscripts | 16:50 | Read by KHand |
Plymouth | 27:22 | Read by KHand |
Reviews
Amante
The first reader sounds like a Bostonian and did great. The second reader did not know how to pronounce the names of the towns she was reading about which was a bit irksome.