THE PROPER BOSTONIANS

by Cleveland Amory ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 10, 1947

First in a new series which will ""portray individual characteristics, underscore the idiosyncrasies... and trace the growth of sectional societies"", this is an astringently anecdotal portrait of the Bostonian in all his very proper propriety. Here is the rise of Boston's society based on money and founded on the romance of the sea; the inviolability of tradition, the insistence on birthright, breeding; the first families and the reverence for the grand-father merchant forbears; the Boston woman, from her stout shoes to her hyperthyroid, managerial activities; the very first family, the Adamees, ""so inhibited, so refined""; the Bostonian wholesale charity and retail penuriousnee; their customs- but no manners; their debuts and dances; etc. etc. Pertinently pointed up by witticisms, culled from literary and legendary sources, this is a spirited, social portrait of the Hub which achieves for that city non-fictionally what Marquand has accomplished in his novels.

Pub Date: Oct. 10, 1947

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Dutton

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1, 1947

Categories: NONFICTION