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Phone
(617) 367-2345
Price
$12 (free for Boston By Foot members)
Age Suitability
Teens and up
Walking Tour of Boston's Literary Landmarks
Saturday, Sep 8, 2012 10:00a
to
11:30a
Plaza at School and Washington Streets
Boston,
MA
This guided walking tour strolls through the vibrant literary history of Victorian Boston. Boston was the most important literary center in the country and home to many of America's greatest writers.
On this tour you will see the homes and haunts of great Victorians as Emerson, Hawthorne, Thoreau, Dickens, Louisa May Alcott, Henry James, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Individually, they were writers and poets without peer. Collectively, they made Boston the epicenter of American Letters.
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Boston By Foot Walking Tours
Award-winning guided walking tours of Boston featuring its rich heritage of architecture and history. Tours are led by knowledgeable volunteer guides who are passionate about the city in which they live and are ready to share it all with you....
Award-winning guided walking tours of Boston featuring its rich heritage of architecture and history. Tours are led by knowledgeable volunteer guides who are passionate about the city in which they live and are ready to share it all with you....
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The tour guide was very knowledgeable but she was so soft-spoken that it was extremely difficult to hear her over the traffic. The area is beautiful !!!