{"product_id":"princeton-and-wachusett-mountain-joyce-bailey-anderson-9781531607937","title":"Princeton and Wachusett Mountain","description":"In 1632, after climbing up the face of a boulder near present-day Waltham and facing west toward Neipnett, Gov. John Winthrop sighted Wachusett Mountain rising against the setting sun. However, the idea of a town did not take hold until 1742, when the first settler, Joshua Wilder, arrived from Lancaster and established a tavern. By the mid-1800s, magnificent hotels and guesthouses dotted Princeton's landscape. Princeton and Wachusett Mountain shows the early days of tourism when visitors from Boston, New York, and Philadelphia rode stagecoaches to relax in the shade, play croquet on the common, and breathe country air. The village of East Princeton, meanwhile, flourished differently-chair factories used a fast-moving stream to run machines, and farmers worked the fields. Village life was simple and focused on family and the earth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joyce Bailey Anderson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1531607934\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781531607937\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcadia Publishing Library Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/10\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.38d","brand":"Joyce Bailey Anderson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44124569075967,"sku":"9781531607937","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_10cc5009-370f-4ee0-9699-2d3505514277.jpg?v=1687437553","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/princeton-and-wachusett-mountain-joyce-bailey-anderson-9781531607937","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}