Main Streets and Back Roads of - Softcover

Sloane, Susan; Stirling, Chris; Chronicle

Softcover

ISBN 10: 076271221X ISBN 13: 9780762712212

Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, 2001

Synopsis

New England -- white picket fences, wide tree-lined streets, tall church steeples, and lots of "interesting" characters. Each weeknight for the past 20 years, Boston-based WCVB-TV has broadcasted the acclaimed Chronicle news magazine to a nightly New England audience of some 2.2 million homes. Several times a week the show's producers take viewers along a trip through the region's main streets and back roads. This popular segment introduces and reacquaints New Englanders with their hidden corners, ingenious inventors, fascinating legends, and nostalgic traditions.As with the award-winning TV show, this book combines fabulous footage with insightful commentary to make each journey a memorable one. For this 20th anniversary celebratory compilation, the show's producers have selected their favorite 50 segments to share within these pages -- interviews, treks, explorations, and drives -- encouraging a visit, actual or armchair, again and again.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Chronicle, New England's award-winning nightly television news magazine, first aired on January 25, 1982. A year and a half later, the program introduced a new segment, "Main Streets & Back Roads of New England," which quickly became a viewer favorite. Since then, this well-loved series has been capturing the people and places that make up this unique and beautiful region. This celebratory compilation of stories from the series salutes New England's hidden corners, ingenious inventors, and nostalgic traditions, proving that a drive through the country can still lead to beautiful towns and interesting people. Long-time hosts Peter Mehegan and Mary Richardson, along with others on the Chronicle team, revisit their favorite stories, complete with video captures from the original shows. Inside these pages you'll meet the quirky individuals who populate New England and typify Yankee ingenuity. From a plainspoken Vermont knackerman to a high-flying Santa Claus from Massachusetts, these are lives to be treasured. Many of the stories explore the wonderful places that distinguish New England from anywhere else: Woodbury, Connecticut, with its surprising cache of antiques stores; Wiscasset, Maine, which calls itself the prettiest village in Maine. Other stories focus on customs and activities that have been upheld and enjoyed for generations: maple sugaring, pumpkin carving, wooden boat building. Finally, there are stories that take you to the region's remote island communities and along its scenic highways and byways--Vermont's Snow Route, Cape Cod's King's Highway, and The Mohawk Trail, among them. (8 1/2 x 8, 176 pages, color photos) Also available in hardcover.

About this edition

• Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 076271221X
• ISBN 13: 9780762712212
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176