UPCOMING TALK BY AUTHOR at Cambridge Center for Adult Education. Register here

 “Beyond the Freedom Trail: 15 Other Local Places Where History Was Made”

Tuesday, November 13, 2018 – 6:00-7:30 p.m.

In this illustrated talk,  discover 15 fascinating historic sites in and around Boston that you may not know about – or which deserve another look. Guarantee:  You will learn about exciting spots away from the main tourist track!

HOW TO PURCHASE:

ONLINE through 1) this website; 2)  www.lulu.com;  3)  major online retailers including Amazon http://tinyurl.com/amazon-Be-There-Then    Hardcover, softcover, or e-book.

INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES 

CAMBRIDGE:  Harvard Bookstore,  Porter Square Books

CONCORD:   The Shop at Walden Pond    WINCHESTER:  BookEnds 

DIRECT FROM AUTHOR

Softcover copies $13.00 each including shipping and handling.  For orders of 5 or more copies, $11.00 each. Send check payable to Elizabeth S. Levy Merrick to:  Elizabeth S. Levy Merrick,  “Be There Then” Guidebooks, P.O. Box 441262, West Somerville, MA 02144-1262.  Your books will be sent via USPS regular mail. Allow 5-7 business days after order processed.

AND AT SELECTED HOUSE MUSEUMS IN GREATER BOSTON!

EVENTS AND MEDIA

9/19/18  Historical Society of Watertown. “Exploring Greater Boston’s Historic House Museums: Bringing the Past into the Future”

4/25/18 Cambridge Center for Adult Education. “Beyond the Freedom Trail: 15 Other Local Places Where History Was Made”   

2/21/18  Cambridge Center for Adult Education. “Exploring Historic House Museums in Greater Boston”

10/18/17  Cambridge Center for Adult Education.  Class on Exploring Historic House Museums in Greater Boston.

5/17/17  Cambridge Center for Adult Education.  “Visiting the Past in Greater Boston: Discovering Historic House Museums” Lecture and discussion highlighting several houses. Part of the Gonson Lecture Series.

4/3/17  Stoneham Historical Society.  “Greater Boston’s Historic House Museums: Bringing the Past into the Future”  Lecture and book signing. Topic: How local house museums are tackling today’s challenges in keeping history alive.

5/19/16 –  Presentation and book signing at Cambridge at Home

1/12/16 – “Visiting the Past in Greater Boston: Reflections of a Historic-House Devotee”  A talk by Elizabeth S. Levy Merrick at Stonehurst-The Robert Treat Paine Estate. Co-hosted by the Waltham Historical Society, Friends of Stonehurst and the City of Waltham.  http://whistsoc.waynemccarthy.com/pdf/March_2016.pdf

Jamaica Plain Historical Society Newsletter, August 2015, recommends Be There Then   www.jphs.org

Waltham Daily News Tribune/Waltham Wicked Local, 3/25/15:  “Travel Guide Highlights Waltham Historic Homes”  http://waltham.wickedlocal.com/article/20150325/NEWS/150329701/0/NEWS 

Be There Then is highlighted in the News section of Historic Newton’s website: historicnewton.org

Featured on the Maritime Heritage Project website:  www.maritimeheritage.org/ports/usMassachusetts.html

Be There Then book signing hosted in January 2015 at Royall House and Slave Quarters

Royall House and Slave Quarters Facebook page and website introduced Be There Then on January 25, 2015  www.facebook.com/RoyallHouseSlaveQuarters