The King's Best Highway : The Lost History of the Boston Post Road, the Route That Made America (Paperback)

from gayla.bassham

This is a well-written and well-argued book. Unfortunately, I also found it completely soporific. As it turns out, I am just not that interested in roads. My apologies, Mr. Jaffe. It's not your book, it's me.

from dougcornelius

If you have driven along Route 20 in Weston or Sudbury you may have noticed the name of the road is "Boston Post Road". Most people probably ignore it as merely a moniker tapped to prevent you from getting lost. Perhaps you, like me, thought there might be more of a story behind it. There is a bi...

from JBGUSA

Fascinating book centering on the development of the various Boston Post Roads, between New York City and Boston. In many ways it is a capsule history of the northeastern part of the United States from the pre-Revolutionary era to the present.

from JBGUSA

Fascinating book centering on the development of the various Boston Post Roads, between New York City and Boston. In many ways it is a capsule history of the northeastern part of the United States from the pre-Revolutionary era to the present.