THE OMNI PARKER HOUSE:
A Brief History of America's Longest Continuously Operating Hotel

Author: Susan Wilson
ISBN: NA
Pages: 52 plus gatefold insert
Binding Information: Paperback 
Size: 6 1/4 X 8 1/2 Inches
Illustrated: yes, with maps, 
	drawings, engravings, posters, 
	plus vintage and contemporary photos
Price: available free to guests of the 
	Omni Parker House

This is a special 150th anniversary edition of the Omni Parker House history featuring Wilson's delightful prose storytelling interspersed with plentiful illustrations, fascinating historic sidebars, an historic timeline foldout, and even a recipe for Parker House rolls!

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THE LITERARY TRAIL OF GREATER BOSTON:
A tour of sites in Boston, Cambridge, and Concord

Author: Susan Wilson
ISBN: 1-889833-67-3
Pages: 198
Binding Information: Paperback 
Size: 6X9 Inches
Illustrated: yes, 
	with current maps and vintage photos
Price: $14.95 

No city in America can match the literary heritage of Boston. Just as the city has a Freedom Trail connecting its Revolutionary sites, it also has a Literary Trail connecting the homes, workplaces, and final resting places of its great writers. This revised second edition of Susan Wilson's expert guidebook (originally published 2000, ISBN 0-618-05013-2) brings the story up to the minute.

Spanning nearly four centuries of literary greatness, from Anne Hutchinson and Cotton Mather to Sylvia Plath and John Updike, The Literary Trail of Greater Boston covers more than just Boston proper, as the title suggests. Winding its way through Cambridge and finding its way to Concord, Wilson's work pays special tribute to literary heroes of the nineteenth century, including Alcott, Thoreau, Longfellow, Emerson, and Hawthorne, while guiding readers to sites related to Kahlil Gibran, Willa Cather, Robert Frost, Eugene O'Neill, E. E. Cummings, and a remarkable number of other modern writers.

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BOSTON SITES & INSIGHTS:
An Essential Guide to Historic Landmarks In and Around Boston

Author: Susan Wilson
ISBN: 978-080707135-9
Pages: 368
Binding Information: Paperback 
Size: 5 1/2" X 9" Inches
Illustrated: yes; includes 55 
	original photos by Susan Wilson
Price: $20.00 

"A marvelous multicultural book... The best introduction to the tourist sites in Boston and the surrounding area we have come across."-The Discerning Traveler

Whether you're looking for a history of one of the city's world-class museums or for a fascinating story about Boston's popular North End, Susan Wilson covers it all in Boston Sites and Insights.

Divided into six sections that reflect the diversity of people, activities, and landmarks within the city, this fascinating book leaves no stone unturned. With practical, up-to-date information in an "Essentials" section at the end of each chapter as well as fresh retellings of popular legends and lore, Wilson provides everything the modern visitor or current resident needs to know to enjoy the multicultural city of Boston, Massachusetts.

"The book I've long been waiting for, companionably providing me with the story on buildings I've wanted to know more about, as well as alluring me with information on lore laden sites and settings I can now add to my circle of friends. The book is lively, distinguished and fun." --Lynda Morgenroth, author of Boston Neighborhoods

"Boston Sites and Insights is the most inclusive listing of things to do in the Boston area I've seen. Ms. Wilson has outdone herself, including something for everyone with this truly multicultural travel guide." --Kenneth A. Heidelberg, Boston African American National Historic Site

"This thorough, entertaining guide is recommended both to the general public and to serious students of history." --Library Journal

"A dense, information-packed introduction to Beantown... fascinating." --Los Angeles Times

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CHECKING IT OUT:
Visit the Beacon Press website: http://www.beacon.org/productdetails.cfm?PC=1643

BUYING THE BOOK:
YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE -- You'll find Boston Sites and Insights in the Travel (local, or New England) or History section.
ONLINE BOOKSTORES:

• http://www.booksense.com
• http://www.Amazon.com
• http://www.Barnesandnoble.com
• http://www.Borders.com (teamed with Amazon)

or anywhere else you usually shop!

GARDEN OF MEMORIES: A Guide to Historic Forest Hills

Author: Susan Wilson
ISBN: none
Pages: 144
Binding Information: Paperback 
Size: 6X8 1/4 Inches
Illustrated: yes; 
	includes vintage images 
	and original photos by Susan Wilson
Price: $15.00
 

Susan's beautifully written, lavishly illustrated, four-color book takes visitors on six themed walking tours through the largest, most beautiful rural garden cemetery and sculpture garden in America.

Book is available directly through Forest Hills Cemetery, either at the main office or via mail order:
FOREST HILLS CEMETERY, Forsyth Chapel
95 Forest Hills Avenue
Jamaica Plain MA
617-524-0128 X22
http://www.foresthillstrust.org