Baxter, Sylvester. "Howells's Boston". The New England Magazine N.S. 9.2 (October 1893): 129-52.

Carruth, Frances Weston. "Boston in Fiction." Bookman 14.3 (Nov. 1901): 236-54, 14.4 (Dec. 1901): 364-85, 14.5 (Jan. 1902): 507-21, 14.6 (Feb. 1902): 590-604. (Organized tour of Boston with

----. Fictional Rambles in & about Boston. New York: McClure, Phillips, 1902. Google Books (expanded version of "Boston in Fiction")

Clark, Edward. "Boston Black and White: The Voice of Fiction." Black American Literature Forum 19.2 (1985): 83-87.

Hollister, Robert M., Jay Cooprider, Boston Public Library, et al . Boston, an Urban Community: Images of Boston, Writers' Views of the City: An Annotated Reading List (Boston: Boston Public

O'Connell, Shaun. Imagining Boston: A Literary Landscape. Boston : Beacon Press, 1990. (Excellent modern study)

Ranalli, Ralph. "Once Upon a Crime." Globe Magazine 15 Aug. 2004 [accessed 30 Mar. 2008] (article mainly on Higgins, Lehane, and Parker)

Sherman, Paul. Big Screen Boston: From Mystery Street to The Departed and Beyond (Boston: Black Bars Pub., 2008) (films shot in Boston)

Swan, John C. Boston, an Urban Community: Culture and its Conflicts, the Example of Nineteenth-century Boston: An Annotated Reading List (Boston]: Boston Public Library, 1977)

Swift, Lindsay. "Boston as Portrayed in Fiction." Book Buyer 22.3 (Oct. 1901): 197-204. (No pictures, but interesting discussion of writers mainly unread today) (Also, notes series of five papers

Whiting, Lillian. Boston Days (Boston: Little, Brown, 1911 [Google Books])

Anthologies

Waugh, Carol-Lyn Rössel, Martin H. Greenberg, and Frank D. McSherry, Jr. Murder and Mystery in Boston. New York: Dembner Books, 1987 (13 stories listed individually)

Auchincloss, Louis. The Winthrop Covenant (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976) (short stories follow John Winthrop and [sometimes fictional?] descendants to late twentieth century) (Puritans--New

Gantshar, Barbara Ratner. A Beacon Was Hoisted (Waltham, Mass.: Artistic Endeavors, [1975]) (Juvenile) (Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Juvenile literature; Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Poetry) (Google

Gray, Thomas. Change: A Poem Pronounced at Roxbury, October VIII, MDCCCXXX, in Commemoration of the First Settlement of that Town (Roxbury, Mass.: Charles P. Emmons, 1830)

Holmes, Oliver Wendell. "Boston Common.--Three Picture") (1630; 1774; 1859) (London and New York: George Routledge, 1883: 197-98 [Google Books])

MacLeish, Archibald. Night Watch in the City of Boston ([Boston, Mass.? : s.n.], 1975 [Collected Poems, 1917-1982, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985: 3-6 {Google Books}]) (1 page broadside

Martin, William. Back Bay. New York: Crown, 1979. ("generational saga recreates the changes in the land and people of Back Bay") (Back Bay; Rich people) (Amazon and Google Books)

-----. The Lost Constitution (New York: Forge, 2007) (finale, Fenway Park during World Series; 18th c.-21st c.) (Amazon and Google Books)

-----. Harvard Yard (New York: Warner Books, 2003) (Shakespeare; Manuscripts--Collectors and collecting; Harvard University; Cambridge) (Amazon and Google Books)

Zaroulis, Nancy. Massachusetts: A Novel (New York : Fawcett Columbine, 1991) (Amazon and Google Books)

Zieman, Irving. Founders to Bounders: Boston in Rhyme. (Cambridge, Mass.: Starr Books, 1961) (Poetry)

17th Century

Adams, John Turvill. The Knight of the Golden Melice: A Historical Romance (New York: Derby and Jackson; Cincinnati: W. H. Derby & Co., 1857 [Google Books]) (Sir Christopher Gardiner [See

Amory, Thomas C. William Blackstone: Boston's First Inhabitant (Boston: Rockwell & Churchill, printers, 1877 2nd ed. [Google Books]) (poetry; factual introduction; 36 pages) (Blackstone, William;

Anonymous. Boston two hundred years ago, or, The romantic story of Miss Ann Carter, daughter of one of the first settlers, and the celebrated Indian chief, Thundersquall ; with many

-----. Young Lady. An humble intercession for the distressed town of Boston now almost deserted by its former rightful inhabitants, many of whom have fled, chusing to take refuge in the woods

Austin, Jane G. Betty Alden: The First-born Daughter of the Pilgrims (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1891 [Google Books] ) (Google Books)

-----. A Nameless Nobleman (Boston: James R. Osgood and Co., 1881 [Google Books]) (starts in France, but ends in Boston and Plymouth) (Google Books)

Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston. The Black Shilling: A Tale of Boston Towns (New York : Dodd, Mead Co., 1903) (Pub. adv. des. "starting in Boston, Lincolnshire, England, and shifting to Boston,

Birchard, Harry. Massachusetts Bay: An Historical Novel ([United States]: Xlibris Corp., 2000) (Amazon)

Bynner, Edwin Lassetter. Penelope's Suitors (Boston: Ticknor and Co., 1887 [Google Books]) (Boston in the days of Governor Bellingham; Cambridge)

Carpenter, Edmund Janes. A Woman of Shawmut. The New England Magazine 8.4 (June 1890): 414-25, 8.5 (July 1890): 527-37, 8.6 (August 1890): 676-89, 9.1 (September 1890): 67-79 (Subtitle A

Casey, Helen Marie. Inconsiderate Madness (New York: Black Lawrence P, 2007) ("a narrative sequence of poems about Mary Dyer, hanged in 1660 on Boston Common for her Quaker faith" [Kristine

Cavanaugh, Jack. The Puritans (Wheaton, Ill. : Victor Books, 1994) (Archbishop Laud) (Puritans) (Amazon and Google Books)

Child, Lydia Maria [pub. under pseud. An American]. Hobomok, A Tale of Early Times (Boston: Cummings, Hilliard, 1824 [E-text Center, U of Viriginia Libraries]) (Plymouth, Salem, Boston in earliest

Christian, Mary Blount (illust.Dirk Zimmer). Goody Sherman's Pig (New York: Macmillan, 1991) (Juvenile--ages 7-11) (Boston 1635; based on true story) (Women -- United States -- Political activity --

Denison, Mary A. Ruth Margerie: A Romance of the Revolt of 1689 (New York: Beadle and Adams, Publishers, 1862 ©1861) (Andros, John; Mather, Cotton)

Drake, Samuel Adams. Captain Nelson: A Romance of Colonial Days (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1879 [Google Books]) (1689-97; starts in Boston) (Brief Summary, The Literary World (4 Jan.

Farber, Norma. Mercy Short: A Winter Journal, North Boston, 1692-93 (New York: Dutton, 1982) (Juvenile) ("With the help of the respected minister Cotton Mather, a young girl

Feuchtwanger, Lion . The Devil in Boston: A Play in Three Acts ([S.l.: s.n.], 1948 WorldCat) (Mather, Cotton)

Fleischman, Paul. Saturnalia (New York: Harper & Row, 1990) (Juvenile--ages 12+) (Indian boy apprentice in 1681 Boston; King Philip's War; 1675; 1681) (Narragansett Indians; Indians of

Forbes, Esther. Paradise (New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1937) (1639-King Philip's War; title settlement 20 miles inland; Harvard College; branding on Boston Common; "scenes in the parlours of Boston, in

Gaspar de Alba, Alicia. Calligraphy of the Witch (New York: St. Martin's, 2007) (captive Mexican woman accused of witchcraft in Boston; 1683+; opens with daughter, Roxbury 1704) (Mothers

Gay, Maude Clark. The Knitting of the Souls: A Tale of 17th Century Boston (Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1904) (Gov. Bellingham's foster-son; King Phillip's War) (Brief Summary, The Bookman 20.3

Gibson, William. Goodly Creatures: A Play in Two Acts (New York: Dramatists Play Service, 1986) (Puritans) (play about John Winthrop and Anne Hutchinson) (Winthrop, John; Puritans --

Graydon, William Murray. With Musketeer and Redskin: A Tale of New Plymouth (London: John F. Shaw and Co., 1905) (Juvenile?) (1636; Governor Vane; Anne Hutchinson; John Winthrop) (Listed

Hammand, Esther Barstow. Road to Endor: A Novel (New York: Book League of America, 1940) (Book Three Harvard, 1665 to 1671, Book Five Boston Town 1680 to 1689) (Witchcraft--

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. "The May-Pole of Merry Mount." (Twice-Told Tales (Boston : American Stationers Co., 1837; Boston, Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851. Edition: A new ed.

-----. The Scarlet Letter (Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850 [Google Books, 1851 ed.]) (1642-49) Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Triangles (Interpersonal relations);

Herbert, Henry William. The Fair Puritan: An Historical Romance of the Days of Witchcraft (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1875 [Google Books]) (much Boston; the politics of 1688; revolt against

Parts of this novel were published earlier as Ruth Whalley; or, The Fair Puritan. A Romance of the Bay province (Boston: H.L. Williams, 1845) (72 pages) (Puritans; Massachusetts); The Innocent Witch a Continuation of Ruth Whalley, or, The Fair Puritan, A Romance of the Bay Province (Boston: Henry L. Williams, 1845), and The Revolt of Boston: A Continuation of Ruth Whalley, Or, The Fair Puritan , A Romance of the Bay Province (Boston: Henry L. Williams, 1845).

Heidish, Marcy. Witnesses: A Novel (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980) (Anne Hutchinson) (Hutchinson, Anne Marbury; Massachusetts -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Puritans --

Howe, Katherine. The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane: A Novel (New York: Hyperion, 2009) (Harvard grad student Cambridge/Marblehead 1991; Salem 1692) (Witchcraft -- Massachusetts;

Hunt, Angella Elwell. Charles Towne (Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale House Publishers, 1998) (romance; Puritans and Indians; Christian message) (Amazon and Google Books)

Jacobs, Paul. James Printer: A Novel of Rebellion (New York: Scholastic Press, 1997) (Grades 5-8; 1674; Nipmuck Indian printer must chose sides) (King Philip's War, 1675-1676; Printer, James;

Kelley, Nancy. The Whispering Rod: A Tale of Old Massachusetts: A Novel (Elementary and junior high school) (Shippensburg, Pa.: White Mane Kids, 2001) (1659) (Puritans; Quakers;

Kenyon, Theda. Scarlet Anne (New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1939) (poetry) (Hutchinson, Anne Marbury) (Amazon and Google Books)

Kienholz, Michelle Louise. A Legacy Bestow'd, or, The Death and Life of Mrs. Katherine Nailer as Deposed by the Humble Jonathan Cary upon Receipt of an Inheritance from Her.

Kraeger, Linda and Joe Barnhart. Trust and Treachery: A Historical Novel of Roger Williams in America (Lewiston: Mellen University Press, 1996) (Williams, Roger; New England -- History --

Larson, Charles R. Arthur Dimmesdale . (New York: A & W Publishers, 1983) (Dimmesdale's story) (Puritan; Adultery; Clergy) (Google Books)

Lee, Buckminster. Naomi; or, Boston Two Hundred Years Ago (Boston: W. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1848 [Google Books]) (Society of Friends; Quakers)

Leslie, Emma. Saxby: A Tale of Old and New England (New York: Phillips & Hunt ; Cincinnati: Walden & Stowe, 1880 [Internet Archive]) (Massachusetts Bay Colony; religious intolerance; Henry

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. "The Rhyme of Sir Christopher" (1873) Tales of a Wayside Inn (The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, IV Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1901: 253-58

Lough, Loree. Fire by Night (Uhrichsville, Ohio: Barbour, 1998) (: The Great Fire Devastates Boston added to title for Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 1998 edition)

Mackay, Constance D'Arcy . "May-Day." In Plays of the Pioneers: A Book of Historical Pageant-Plays (New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1915: 53-69 [Google Books]) (one act; Boston,

Marble, Annie Russell. From Boston to Boston: A Story of Hannah and Richard Garrett in Old England and New England in 1630 (Juvenile) (Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1930)

Mitchner, James A. "Voyage of Four 1661." Faith: Short Fiction on the Varieties and Vagaries of Faith, ed. C. Michael Curtis (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003: 90-98[?]) (Quaker persecution)

Motley, John Lothrop. Merry-Mount; A Romance of the Massachusetts Colony (Boston: J. Munroe, 1849 [Google Books]) (Massachusetts -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Morton,

Mukherjee, Bharati . The Holder of the World (New York: Knopf, 1993) (in part, version of The Scarlet Letter; 17th and 20th centuries; Boston; India) (Women -- New England; Americans -- India;

Noyes, Deborah. Angel and Apostle (Denver, CO: Unbridled Books, 2005) (Juvenile--Secondary (senior high) school) (1649; Pearl from The Scarlet Letter heroine) (Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-

Otis, James. Ruth of Boston A Story of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (New York; Cincinnati: American Book Co., 1910 [Google Books]) (Juvenile) (Google Books)

Perrin, Pat. Retold Classic Novel: The Scarlet Letter (Logan, Iowa: Perfection Learning, 1992) (Juvenile) (Comics and graphic novels) (Adultery; Puritans--Massachusetts; Women) (Google Books)

Plumb, Albert Hale. When Mayflowers Blossom: A Romance of Plymouth's First Years (New York; Chicago; Toronto: Fleming H. Revell, 1914 [Google Books]) (Google Books)

Plympton. A. G. A Flower of the Wilderness (Boston: Little, Brown, 1899) (Juvenile) ("opens with a ride through the forest from Boston to Dorchester when the latter was the larger settlement"

Rimmer, Robert H. The Resurrection of Anne Hutchinson (Buffalo, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1987) (Hutchinson reappears in more liberated 1985) (Hutchinson, Anne Marbury; Massachusetts --

Rushing, Jane Gilmore. Covenant of Grace (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1982) (Anne Hutchinson) (Hutchinson, Anne Marbury; Massachusetts -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Puritans

Schermer, Bonnie L. Rebecca of Providence, Rhode Island 1605-1683 (New York : IUniverse, Inc., 2003) (Roger Williams; Anne Hutchinson; John Winthrop; John Cotton) (Providence (R.I.) -- Fiction.

Sedgwick, Catharine Maria. Hope Leslie Or, Early Times in Massachusetts (Vol. II) (New York: White, Gallaher and White, 1827 [U of Virginia]) (role of women in

Seger, Maura. The Taming of Amelia (Toronto; New York: Harlequin Books, 1993) (Connecticut--Land settlement; Young women; Ship captains) (Amazon)

Seton, Anya. The Winthrop Woman (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1958) (about Elizabeth W., "perhaps the most unwilling Puritan who ever came to New

Settle. Mary Lee. I, Roger Williams : A Fragment of Autobiography (New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2001) (mainly England and Providence, but some Boston) (Williams, Roger; Colonists; Puritans;

Shaw,Addle Marie. The Coast of Freedom: A Romance of the Adventurous Time of the First Self-Made American (New York: Doubleday Page, 1902 [Internet Archive]) (1686, "Sir William Phips (1651-94), Governor of Massachusetts. Boston, time of Cotton Mather and the persecutions for witchcraft" [Ernest Baker, A Guide to the Best Historical Romance, Sagas, Novels, and Tales, New York: Dutton, ? (Internet Archive)]

Starkey, Marion Lena. The Tall Man from Boston (Juvenile) (New York: Crown Publishers, 1975) (Salem; Witchcraft; Trials (Witchcraft)) (Google Books)

Stimson, Frederic Jesup. King Noanett: A Story of Old Virginia and the Massachusetts Bay (Boston : Lamson, Wolffe and Co., 1896 [Google Books]) (Bacon's Rebellion, 1676; King Philip's War,

Stokes, Richard L. and Howard Hanson. Merry Mount; A Dramatic Poem for Music in Three Acts of Six Scenes, (New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1932) (Thomas Morton) (Google Books)

Sullivan, Raymond E. Contentment: A Novel of New England's Birth (New York: iUniverse, Inc., 2006) (Massachusetts Bay Colony) (New England -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775)

Vorpahl, Beverly Smith. Goody Wing, An American Foremother (San Jose, CA : Authors Choice Press, 2001) (historical ancestor; first half England/voyage; Saugus with moments of interference from

Whiting, M. H. Faith White's Letter Book, 1620-1623, Plymouth, New England (Boston, Bradley [1820?]; Boston: Henry Hoyt, 1866 [Wright American Fiction 1851-1875, Indiana U]) (Massachusetts

Whittier, John Greenleaf. Leaves from Margaret Smith's Journal in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, 1678-9 (Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1849) (Cape Ann and Boston [Google Books])

-----. "In the Old South Church: Boston, 1677." In Poems of the "Old South" (Boston: W. F. Gill , 1877: 16-20 [Google Books]) (Old South Church (Boston, Mass.) -- Poetry) (Edwin D Mead,

Austin, Jane G. David Alden's Daughter, and Other Stories of Colonial Times (Boston; New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1892[Internet Archive]) (many Boston and Roxbury settings) (Google Books)

Butterworth, Hezekiah. In Old New England: The Romance of a Colonial Fireside (New York: Appleton, 1895 [Google Books]) (some stories set partly in Boston/Cambridge, e.g., "Captain Tut-Tut-

Dawes, Rufus. Nix's Mate: An Historical Romance of America (New York: Samuel Colman, 1839) Volume I and Volume II [Electronic Text Center, U of Virginia Library] (New England, esp. Boston,

Abel, Roger H. Freedom Duyes: Or, A Gentleman’s Progress in the New World (New York: Dial Press, 1980) (Starts Georgia 1751; printer in Revolutionary Boston) (United States -- History --

Aeby, Jaquelyne. Never Look Back (New York: Dell, 1976) (romance; England to America) (Burn victims -- Boston, Massachusetts; Domestic workers -- Boston, Massachusetts -- History -- Colonial

Allen, James. Bunker-Hill Battle: A Song for June 17, 1843 ([United States: s.n., 1843) (Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775 -- Poetry; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783

Allen, Willis Boyd. Called to the Front. Sequel to "A Son of Liberty." A Story of the Burning of Falmouth and the Siege of Boston (Boston: The Pilgrim Press, 1897) (Revolution)

-----. A Son of Liberty, or, The Spirit of Our Fathers (Boston: Congregational Sunday-School and Pub. Society, 1896) (Revolution)

Anderson, M. T. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: Traitor to the Nation. 1 The Pox Party (Cambridge, Mass.: Candlewick Press, 2006) (Juvenile--grades 9 and up) (Boston in the 1760s)

Anonymous.

-----. The Child's Miscellany: Embellished with Colored Engravings (Portsmouth: Published by Nath'l March & Co. Nos. 7 & 8, Exchange Buildings, [ca. 1825?]) (Children -- Conduct of life --

-----. The Convert of Massachusetts (Charlestown, Mass.: Parish of St. John's Church, 1860) (Harvard student converts from Congregationalism to Anglicanism; 1721) (Christian life; Church of England

-----. An Elegy, occasion'd by the death of Major-General Joseph Warren, who fell fighting in defence of the glorious cause of his country, at Charlestown, in New-England, on the memorable

-----. On the Death of Five Young Men Who Was Murthered, March 5th, 1770, by the 29th Regiment ([Boston : s.n., 1770] [American Memory, Library of Congress; accessed 3 Apr. 2008]) (Boston

-----. A Poem, in memory of the (never to be forgotten) fifth of March, 1770 On the evening of which, a party of the 29th. regiment commanded by Capt. Preston, fired upon the inhabitants in

-----. Some rude & indigested thoughts on the terrible majesty of God in the works of nature particularly in the phaenomena of earthquakes: occasioned by that memorable earthquake Octob.

-----. South End forever. North End forever Extraordinary verses on Pope-Night. Or, A commemoration of the fifth of November, giving a history of the attempt, made by the Papishes, to blow

-----. Theatre ([Boston : s.n., 1792?]) (dialogue debate) (Theater -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Poetry; Boston (Mass.) -- Theaters) (Google Books)

-----. A Vaudevil Sung by the characters at the conclusion of a new farce called the Boston blockade ... (Boston: Printed by John Howe, 1776 [American Memory, Library of Congress; accessed 3

-----. A Verse, occasioned by seeing the North-spinning, in Boton [sic] (Boston: [s.n.], Printed and sold 1769 [Digital Archive of Documents Related to Spinning ; accessed 3 Apr. 2008]) (1 page)

-----. A Verse Occasioned by the Late Horrid Massacre in King-Street (Boston: s.n., 1770) (Boston Massacre, 1770 -- Poetry; Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775)

-----. The Voice of God, in the terrors of earthquakes: being a poetical composition occasioned by the repeated shocks, which on the 18th of November in the morning, and on the Saturday

Austin, Jane G. Dr. LeBaron And His Daughters - A Story Of The Old Colony (Boston; New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 1890 [Google Books]) (mainly Plymouth, but many references to Boston) (United

Banim, Lisa. A Spy in the King’s Colony (Mysteries in Time) (New York: Silver Moon Press, 1994) (Juvenile--Grades 3-5) (1775; Ticonderoga; Framingham; also under Mystery) (Revolution)

Barker, Shirley. The Road To Bunker Hill (New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1962) (Juvenile) (Two girls and their grandmother witness events leading up to the Battle of Bunker Hill.) (Revolution)

Barthélemy-Hadot, Marie Adeè le. La Révolte de Boston, ou, La Jeune Hospitalieè re (Paris: Lecointe et Durey, 1820) (Juvenile) (Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783; United States

Barton, William Eleazar. When Boston Braved the King: A Story of Tea-party Times (Boston and Chicago: W.A. Wilde & Company, 1899) (Juvenile) (Boston Tea Party, 1773;

Bates, Esther Willard. The Evacuation of Boston: A Play of the American Revolution in One Act ([S.l.: s.n., 19--?]) (Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Drama)

Benét, Stephen Vincent. "A Tooth for Paul Revere: A Folk Tale of the American Revolution." Atlantic Monthly December 1937 (200 Years of Great American Short Stories, ed. Martha Foley

Berkey, Be. Liberty Hill (Minneapolis: Denisen, 1959) (Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775) (Juvenile; 77 pages)

Binney, Barnabas. Lines Sacred to the Memory of the Late Major-General Joseph Warren who fell in the battle at Charlestown, fighting gallantly for his country ( [Providence: Printed by John

Bolin, J. J. Yankee Doodle and the Secret Society (Logan, Iowa : Pefection Learning, 1997) (Juvenile; Sonss of Liberty; Boston Tea Party) (United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783) (Google

Borden, Louise. Sleds on Boston Common (New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2000) (Primary school) (December 1774; free verse; based on Boston folklore) (Revolution; Gage, Thomas)

Brackenridge, H. H. The Battle of Bunkers-hill: A Dramatic Piece, of Five Acts, in Heroic Measure (Philadelphia: Printed and sold by Robert Bell, in Third-Street, 1776) (51 pages) (Bunker Hill, Battle

Brodeur, Tom. Regina Silsby's Phantom Militia (Juvenile) (Greenville, S.C.: JourneyForth, 2005) (Revolution; Ghosts; Cousins; Disguises; Grandfathers; Christian life) (Google Books)

----. Regina Silsby's Secret War (Greenville, S.C.: JourneyForth, 2004) (Juvenile) (Post-Tea Party) (Revolution) (Amazon and Google Books)

Brown, Harry. The Poem of Bunker Hill (New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1941) (Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775) (Google Books)

Brown, Rebecca Warren. Stories about General Warren: In Relation to the Fifth of March Massacre, and the Battle of Bunker Hill (Boston:James Loring, 1835 [Internet Archive) (Juvenile) (Warren,

Brown, William Hill. The Power of Sympathy (Boston: I. Thomas, printer, 1789) ("sentimental/seduction"; set in Boston, Belleview, New York; first American novel) (Seduction) (INCEST; LETTERS;

Bryson, John. Valiant Libertine (New York: Appleton-Century, 1942) (Revolution) (Siege, 1775-76; Sieges) (Google Books)

Buckley, Andrew. The Bostoner (Cape Cod, Mass.: Stage Harbor Press, 1999) (18th-century plot focuses on a pirate called "the Bostoner"; there's also a related 20th-century plot focusing on a

Burgan, Michael. illus. Ronald Himler The Time to Choose (New York: Macmillan McGraw-Hill, 1999) (Elementary and junior high school) (Boston Massacre, 1770;

Burk, John. Bunker-Hill; or The death of General Warren: An Historic Tragedy in Five Acts (New York: Printed by T. Greenleaf, 1797 [Google Books, 1891 ed.]) (Warren, Joseph;

Butters, Dorothy Gilman. The Bells of Freedom (Philadelphia: Macrae Smith, 1963) (Juvenile) (1775-76) (Massachusetts -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783; Indentured servants) (Amazon and Google

-----. Ten Leagues to Boston Town (Philadelphia: Macrae Smith, 1962) (Juvenile ) (Google Books)

Butterworth, Hezekiah. The Patriot Schoolmaster; or, The Adventures of the Two Boston Cannon, the "Adams" and "Hancock": A Tale of the Minute Men and the Sons of Liberty (New York: D.

Bynner, Edwin Lassetter. Agnes Surriage (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1886 [Google Books]) (Marblehead; Boston; Hopkington; London; Lisbon; 1740s-50s; 1745 return of Louisburg expedition)

Calkhoven, Laurie. Boys of Wartime: Daniel at the Siege of Boston, 1776 (New York: Dutton Children's Books, 2010) (Elementary and junior high school) (Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783; Espionage; Patriotism; Family life -- Massachusetts -- Boston)

Carter, Mary J. and Michael Kaplan. The Ruling Passion: Reflections on a Society Under Siege (Weston, MA : Font & Center Press, 1998) (romance) (Revolution; Tea Party)

Carter, Ron. Our Sacred Honor: A Novel (Salt Lake City, Utah: Bookcraft, 1998) (religion) (Revolution) (Amazon and Google Books)

-----. To Decide Our Destiny: A Novel (Salt Lake City, Utah: Bookcraft, 1999) (United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783; Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783; Washington,

Carter, Russell Gordon. A Patriot Lad of Old Boston (Juvenile) (Philadelphia : Penn, 1923) (Revolution)

Cavanaugh, Jack,. The Patriots (Wheaton, Ill. : Victor Books, 1995) (Revolution; Christina faith; Lexington and Concord; siege) (American loyalists) (Amazon and Google Books)

Chambers, Robert William. Cardigan: A Novel (New York, London: Harper & Bros., 1901 [Google Books]) (Chapter XXII on, pp. 370-end, set in Boston, 1774-75) (United States -- History --

, Lillian. Portrait of Emma (Garden City, N.Y.: Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday, 1975) (Portraits; Women; Secrets; The seventeen hundreds; Boston, Massachusetts --

Child, Lydia Maria. The Rebels, or Boston before the Revolution (Boston: Cummings, Hilliard, 1825 [Google Books 1850 ed.]) (Revolution) (Google Books)

Clark, Joan. The Hand of Robin Squires (Juvenile) (Toronto: Clarke, Irwin, 1977) (mainly at sea and Nova Scotia, but ends in Boston; slave stealing and more)(Oak Island Treasure Site (N.S.)) (Google

Clark, Mary Higgins. Aspire to the Heavens (New York: Meredith P, 1969) (rpted. as Mount Vernon Love Story: A Novel of George and Martha Washington [New York: Simon and Schuster,

Cleeve, Lucas [pseud. of Adelina Georgina I. Kingscote]. Free Soil, Free Soul (Digby & Long, 1903) (in part "Boston, temp. George II" [Ernest Albert Baker, A Guide to the Best Fiction in English,

Cobb, Sylvanus. The Maniac's Secret, or, The Privateer of Massachusetts Bay (New York : S. French, 185-? [Wright American Fiction 1851-1875, Indiana U]) (Revolution; Dime novels)

Coffin, Charles Carleton. Daughters of the American Revolution and Their Times, 1769-1776: Historical Romance (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1895 [Internet Archive])

Columbian. An Eulogium on Major General Joseph Warren Who Fell in the Action at Charlestown, June XVII, MDCCLXXV (Boston: Printed by John Boyle in Marlborough-Street, 1781) (Warren,

Cooney, Elledn. Gun Ball Hill: A Novel (Hanover, NH : University Press of New England, 2004) (mainly Maine, but some siege of Boston and Bunker Hill, e,g., "Chapter XX Charlestown") (Amazon and

Cooper, James Fenimore. Lionel Lincoln, Or, The Leaguer of Boston (New York, C. Wiley, 1825 [Google Books, 1881 ed.]) (battle of Bunker Hill; loyalist hero) (Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Revolution,

Copeland, Lori. Forever, Ashley (New York: Dell, 1992) (time travel to Revolutionary Boston; romance) (Time travel; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783) (Amazon and Google Books)

Coverly, Nathaniel. General Warren: or, The Battle of Bunker Hill (Boston: Nathaniel Coverly, Jun'r. [between 1810 and 1814]) (Warren, Joseph; Bunker Hill, Battle of, 1775 -- Poetry; United States --

-----. A Song, Composed on the Evacuation of Boston by the British Troops, commanded by General Howe : who were panic struck, and thrown into the utmost confusion, at the appearance of

Craig, Sarah. I Saw the Boston Tea Party (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005) (Primary school)

Cressy, Noah. The Battle and Monument of Bunker-Hill, Compared with the Agonies and Triumphs of the Cross: A Poem (Portland? [Me.: s.n.], 18--?)

Curtis, Alice Turner. A Little Maid of Boston (Philadelphia: Penn Pub. Co., 1933) (Juvenile) (Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Siege, 1775-1776; Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783;

Davis, John H. The Hill ( Baltimore, Md.: PublishAmerica, 2005) (Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Campaigns) (Amazon and Google

Davis, William Stearns. Gilman of Redford; a Story of Boston & Harvard College on the Eve of the Revolutionary War, 1770-1775 (New York: Macmillan Co., 1927) (Boston (Mass.) -- History --

Dawes, Thomas. British Lamentation Together with Bunker-Hill Ode (Boston: s.n., 1786) (1 page; opening of Charlestown Bridge) (Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775 -- Poetry; Bridges --

Dearborn, Nathaniel. Bunker Hill Monument: Commemorative of June 17, 1775, Consecrated, June 17, 1843 ([Boston?] : N. Dearborn, 1843) (Warren, Joseph; Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass.,

De Forest, John William. A Lover's Revolt (New York, London: Longmans, Green, 1898 [Google Books]) (Massachusetts -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783) (Google Books)

Dell, Pamela. Freedom's Light: A Story about Paul Revere's Midnight Ride (Excelsior, Minn.: Tradition Books, 2003) (Juvenile: ages 9-12) (Boston, 1775) (Revere, Paul; Spies; United States -- History

De Morgan, John. Fooling the Enemy: A Story of the Siege of Boston (Philadelphia: David McKay, 1904) (Juvenile) (Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783)

Denenberg, Barry. The Journal of William Thomas Emerson: A Revolutionary War Patriot: Boston, Massachusetts, 1774 (New York : Scholastic, 1998) (Juvenile)(Revolution; Orphans; Diaries)

Denison, Mary A. The Days and Ways of the Cocked Hats: or, The Dawn of the Revolution (New York: S.A. Rollo, 1860 [Wright American Fiction 1851-1875, Indiana U])

Denker, Nan. The Bound Girl (New York: Ariel Books, 1957) (Juvenile) (Indentured servants) ("Felicie is forced to flee to America from France because of religious persecution. As an orphan she must

DeWitt, Franklin. Jonathan Hodge and the Secret of Aargone (Mustang, OK: Tate Publishing & Enterprises, 2007) (Combines history and fantasy as hero leaves farm to join Washington's army for siege

Dokey, Cameron. Katherine: Heart of Freedom (New York: Avon Books, 1997) (Juvenile) (romance) (Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783) (Amazon and Google Books)

Donnelly, Susan. "Inoculation." The New Yorker 4 Aug. 2003: 38 (short poem; Cotton Mather) (Keywords: Boston; Diseases; Mothers; Slaves; Mather, Cotton; Smallpox; Cotton Mather studied

Doyle, Peter Reese. Bunker Hill (Juvenile) (Charlottesville, Va.: Providence Foundation, 1998) (Bunker Hill, Battle of, 1775; Revolution; Christian life) (Amazon)

Duey, Kathleen. Silence and Lily: 1773 (Elementary and junior high school) (New York: Puffin Books, 2007) (Family, Horses; Boston Tea Party; Indentured servants; Slavery) (Amazon and Google

Eastlake, William The Long, Naked Descent into Boston (New York: Viking Press, 1977) (Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783) (Google Books)

Edgar, Gregory T. illus. Karen J Yarosh "Are the Yankees Cowards Now?": A Story of Bunker Hill (Palmer, Mass.: Printed by Van Volumes, 1995) (Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775)

Edwards, Ben L. One April in Boston (Prospect, CT: Spyglass Books, 2000) (Elementary and junior high school) (Revolution; Telescopes; Geneology) (Google Books)

Emmons, Richard and William. The Battle of Bunker Hill, or The Temple of Liberty; An Historic Poem in Four Cantos (New York: 1839 [Google Books, 1867 ed.])

Emmons, William. 1775. Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill. Remember the heroes of the Revolution! : Just issued from the press, the tenth improved edition of Col. Emmons's renowned

Falcon, Debra. Midnight's Lady (New York: Kensington, 1995) (romance; Boston Zorro-like hero) (Revolution, 1775-1783) (Amazon and Google Books)

Fast, Howard. April Morning: A Novel (New York: Crown Publishers, 1961) (15-year-old farm boy involved in the battles of Lexington and Concord in April, 1775) (Amazon and Google Books)

-----. Bunker Hill, The Prequel to the Crossing (New York: Ibooks; London: Simon & Schuster (distributor), 2001) (orig. pub. as Seven Days [Back Cover, Amazon]) (American and British

-----. Seven Days in June: A Novel of the American Revolution (Secaucus, N.J.: Carol Pub., 1994) (Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783)

Favier, Patricia. A Temptation Too Great (London: Robert Hale, 1999) (Refugees; French Americans) (Google Books)

Finaly, C. C. The Patriot Witch (New York: Random House, 2009) (Series: Traitor to the Crown; Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill; siege) (Witches; Magic; United States -- History --

Finlayson, Ann. Redcoat in Boston (New York: F. Warne, 1971) (Juvenile) (1760s-70s) (Revolution, 1775-1783) (Amazon and Google Books)

Fisk, Joseph. A few lines on the happy reduction of Canada: as also, the great fire in Boston, and sickness at Woodbury, in the year 1760.: To which is added, some lines on the remarkable

Flaccus, Horatius [pseud.]. The Vision of Judgment or The South Church: Ecclesiastical Councils Viewed from Celestial and Satanic Stand-points (New York: Van Evrie, Horton & Co., 1867)

Forbes, Esther. Johnny Tremain: A Novel for Old & Young (Juvenile) (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1943) (Revolution, 1775-1783) (Amazon and Google Books))

Foster, Hannah W. The Coquette, or, The History of Eliza Wharton A Novel, Founded on Fact (Boston: S. Etheridge, for E. Larkin, 1797 [Google Books 1855 ed.]) (sentimental, seduction)

French, Allen. The Colonials: Being a Narrative of Events Chiefly Connected with the Siege and Evacuation of the Town of Boston in New England (New York: Doubleday, Page, 1903, c. 1901)

-----. The Colonials: Revolutionary Boston (New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1902 c. 1901 [Google Books 1906 ed.]) (same as above with slightly different title; Bunker Hill) (Siege, 1775-1776)

Freneau, Philip Morin. A Voyage to Bost[o]n. A po[em ... By the author of American Liberty, A Poem: General Gage's soliloquy, &c. (Philadelphia, W. Woodhouse, Printed by

Fulton, Len. The Court Martial of Paul Revere (©1997) (Harvard University -- Drama; Boston (Mass.) -- Drama; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Drama) (Brief Summary,

Geen, James. Hangman: A Tale of the Boston Harbor Islands (Bloomington, IN: 1st Books, 2003) (Pub. Des. and Amazon)

Gilman, Caroline Howard. Ballad for a private centennial celebration in remembrance of Samuel Howard, one of the Boston Rebel Tea Party in 1773. Composed by his octogenerian daughter

Gordon, H. E. Down at the Hub (Norristown, Pa., 18--) (Veterans -- Poetry; Boston (Mass.) -- Poetry; Poetry of places)

Graves, Robert. Sergeant Lamb's America (New York: Random House, 1940) ("takes place in the early years of the American War of Independence and is based on the adventures of one

Grote, Joann A. The American Revolution (Uhrichsville, Ohio : Barbour Pub., 1998) (Juvenile--ages 8-12) (Sons of Liberty) (Boston Tea Party, 1773; Brothers; Christian life) (Amazon and Google

-----. The American Victory (Uhrichsville, Ohio : Barbour Pub., 1998) (Juvenile--ages 8-12) (father/soldier returns to son in Boston at end of war) (United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783;

------. Danger in the Harbor: Grain Riots Threaten Boston (Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 1998) (Elementary and junior high school--ages 9-12) (Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca.

-----. Kate and the Spies: The American Revolution (Uhrichsville, OH: Barbour Pub., 2004) (Elementary and junior high school) (Tea party) (Revolution 1775-1776; Spies;

----. Queen Anne's War (Uhrichsville, Ohio: Barbour, 1998) (children in Boston in 1710) (Queen Anne's War, 1702-1713) (Elementary and junior high school) (Amazon and Google Books)

Guhrke, Laura Lee. The Charade (New York: Sonnet Books, 2000) (romance; heroine, runaway indentured servant in early 1775 Boston caught up in Revolutionary events) (Revolution, 1775-1783)

Gunderson, Jessica. illus. Brent Schoonover. Ropes of the Revolution: The Tale of the Boston Tea Party (Minneapolis: Stone Arch Books, ©2008) (Juvenile: ages 9-12) (Dec. 16, 1773) Google Books)

Gunning, Sally. Bound (New Yorker: HarperCollins, 2008) (partly Boston; mainly Dedham, Medfield, Satucket, Cape Cod; opens March 1756) (Massachusetts -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-

H. B. C. The Round Table ([Boston, 1885]) (Parker House (Boston, Mass.) -- Poetry; Hotels -- Poetry)

H. S., Descendant of a Revolutionary Officer. The Flag on Bunker Hill ([Waterville, Mass.?: 1862]) (United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Poetry; United States -- History -- Civil War,

H. W. A Poem, descriptive of the terrible fire, which made such shocking devastation in Boston, on the evening of Friday, April 21, 1787, in

Hamilton, Thomas Wm. Time for Patriots: The 21st Century Confronts Bunker Hill and After! (New York: Strategic Book Publishing, ©2008) (time travel science fiction) (Bunker Hill,

Harlow, Joan Hiatt. Midnight Rider (New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2005) (Juvenile--Elementary and junior high) (14-year-old patriot heroine in 1775 Boston) (Spies; Orphans; Household

Harr, John Ensor. Dark Eagle: A Novel of Benedict Arnold and the American Revolution (New York: Viking, 1999) (some Boston, e.g., Chapter "17. Boston, March, 1777") (Arnold, Benedict;

Harris, Stanley. Evacuation Day: A Boy's Trip Through Time to George Washington's Victory (Critical Choices, 2009) (Juvenile--ages 9-12) (time travel--11-year old; Lexington; Evacuation)

Hastings, Brooke [pseud.]. So Sweet a Sin (New York: Harlequin Books, 1989) (romance) (Massachusetts -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783) (Google Books)

Hawkins, Karen. Catherine and the Pirate (New York: Avon, 2002) (Secondary (senior high) school) (Heroine from proper Boston family, though most action elsewhere; Revolution) (Pirates;

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. "Drowne's Wooden Image." Mosses from an Old Manse (2 vols. London: Wiley & Putnam, 1846. 2:59-73[Google Books]) (Long Wharf)

-----. Legends of the Province House (From 1698 to 1776 the seat of British Governor) in Twice-Told Tales (Boston : American Stationers Co., 1837; Boston, Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851.

-----. "My Kinsman, Major Molineux" ( The Snow-Image, and Other Tales . London : H.G. Bohn, 1851[Google Books 1883 Complete Works](1730; Mobs; Pre-Revolution)

-----. Septimius Felton, or The Elixir of Life (Boston : J.R. Osgood, 1872 [Google Books]) (Concord, 1775) (Google Books)

Hayes, John T. Neither Death nor Glory: The O'Bannion Saga (Fort Lauderdale, Fl.: Saddlebag Press, 2001) (Revolution) (Boston (Mass.)--History--Siege, 1775-76)

Helfrich Park Middle School (Evansville, Ind.). Cows on the Tracks! ([Evansville, Ind.]: Helfrich Park Middle School, 1992) (Juvenile) (Series: Pick-a-path unforgettable trips series, bk. 1;

Hemphill, Kris. A Secret Party in Boston Harbor (Mysteries in Time) (New York: Silver Moon Press, 1998) (Elementary and junior high school)(Boston Tea Party--1773) (Amazon and Google Books)

Henty, George Alfred. True to the Old Flag: A Tale of the American War of Independence (London; Glasgow; Dublin: Blackie & Son, 1884 [Google Books 1885 ed.]) (Juvenile) ("Chapter IV. The

Hilz, Tammy. Once an Angel (New York: Zebra, 2001) (romance; English heroine's unloved Medford/Boston fiancé, Tory loyalist; 1760s; pirate lover) (Amazon)

Hochstetler, J. M. Daughter of Liberty (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 2004) (Lexington and Concord; Bunker Hill) (Revolution; Young women; Women spies) (Amazon and Google Books)

-----. Native Son (Book 2, American Patriot Series) (Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan, 2005) (partly spying in Boston duirng seige) (Amazon and Google Books)

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, James M Bugbee, and N L Frothingham. Memorial. Bunker Hill, 1775, June 17th, 1875 (Boston: J.R. Osgood & Co., 1875) (16 pages) (Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass.,

Hopkinson, Francis. A Pretty Story (1774). (HUMOR AND SATIRE; AMERICAN REVOLUTION; BRITISH IN THE UNITED STATES; TAXATION - UNITED STATES; U.S. - COLONIAL

Hoppus [us. listed under Marks], Mary A. M. A Great Treason: A Story of the War of Independence (London: Macmillan and Co., 1883 Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 [Google Books]) (some Boston

Hotchkiss, Chauncey Crafts. In Defiance of the King: A Romance of the American Revolution (New York: D. Appleton, 1895 [Google Books]) (First part Boston and environs) (United States --

Howard, Hayden. "The Dipping of the Candlemaker." Ellery Quenn's Mystery Magazine, 1954. Rept. in Murder and Mystery in Boston, ed. Carol-Lyn Rössel Waugh, Martin H. Greenberg, and Frank

Hughes, Arthur J. Crispus Attucks (Manhasset [N.Y.]: Lion & Lamb Press, 2002) (Attucks, Crispus; Boston Massacre, 1770; Slavery) (Amazon)

Hughes, Richard. Bound for Boston (Bloomington, Minn.: Abdo & Daughters; Minneapolis, Minn.: Distributed by Rockbottom Books, 1989) (Juvenile) (Revolution; Tea party; Paul Revere; John

Ingraham, J[oseph]. H[olt]. Fleming Field, or, The Young Artisan: A Tale of the Days of the Stamp Act (New York: Burgess, Stringer, 1845) (Revolution) (Stamp Act, 1765)

-----. The Flying Fish, or, Running the Blockade of Boston Harbor: A Stirring Story of Revolutionary Times (New York: Camp-Fire Library Co., 1877) (Blockade; United States -- History --

-----. Neal Nelson, or The Siege of Boston (Boston: Henry L. Williams, 1845) (Siege, 1775-1776)

Iron, N[athaniel]. C[olchester]. Agnes Falkland: A Story of Continental Times (New York: Beadle and Adams, Publishers, 1862) (United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783; Bunker Hill, Battle

Irving, Washington. "The Devil and Tom Walker." (1830?) (The Works of Washington Irving Vol. 4 The Traveller The Jenson Society, 1907: 449-69 [Google Books]) (Boston and Charles River basin;

James, Norma Wood. Dawn at Lexington (New York: Longmans, Green, 1957) (Juvenile) (Boston-bookseller apprentice; Cambridge; New York) (Revolution, 1775-1783) (Google Books)

Jarrett, Miranda. Moonlight (New York: Pocket Books, 1999) (romance) (Dressmakers -- Massachusetts -- Boston; Ship captains;Love stories; Historical fiction; Boston (Mass.)) (Amazon and

J[ohnnot], A[ndrew]. A poem on the rebuke of God's hand in the awful desolation made by fire in the town of Boston, on the 20th day of March, 1760, by which, in about 6 or 7 hours, between

Judd, Denis. Return to Treasure Island (London: Joseph, 1978) (part set in Boston around Tea Party) (Buried treasure; Pirates) (Google Books)

Kamensky, Jane and Jill Lepore. Blindspot: By a Gentleman in Exile and a Lady in Disguise (New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2008) (murder; sex; abolitionists; Revolutionary Boston--1764) (Painters;

Kauffmann, Reginald Wright. Spanish Dollars: Being Further Passages from the Memoirs of Nicholas Rowntree, These Relating Chiefly to the American Colonists' Expedition against Louisburg,

Keyes, J. Gregory. Newton's Cannon (New York: Ballantine Pub. Group, 1998) (Series: Age of unreason, bk. 1) (in part, Benjamin Franklin in Boston alternate 1715; fantasy)

Kneeland, John. An Elegy, Occasioned by the Melancholly Catastrophe, which happen'd in the night of the 10th. of August, 1774 ([Boston]: Sold at the printing-office in Milk-Street [by John

Knipe, Emilie Benson and Alden Arthur Knipe. A Maid of '76 (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1915 [Google Books] ) (Boston and environs; London; 1775-76) ((United States -- History --

Lake, Deryn. The Governor's Ladies (London: Allison & Busby, 2005) (1775; Thomas Gage; Margaret Gage; Slave girl) (Revolution, 1775-1783) (Amazon and Google Books)

Lavallee, Ed and Grant Bond. Revere: Revolution in Silver (Fort Lee, NJ: Archaia Studio P, 2007) (Revere, Paul, 1735-1818; Supernatural; Murder; Werewolves; Good and evil; War; Demons; Battles;

Lawrence, Mildred. Touchmark (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975) (Juvenile) (Boston Tea Party; Paul Revere's ride) (Revolution, 1775-1783; Orphans) (Amazon and Google Books)

Lawson, Robert. Mr. Revere and I: Being an Account of Certain Episodes in the Career of Paul Revere, Esq., as Recently Revealed by his Horse, Scheherazade, Late Pride of His Royal

Levy, Harry and Nancy Grossman, Not Over Ten Inches High (New York, McGraw-Hill, 1968) (Juvenile) (1755) (Chimney sweeps; African Americans -- Massachusetts -- Boston; Boston (Mass.) --

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. "The Ballad of the French Fleet. October, 1746." In Poems of the "Old South" (Boston: W. F. Gill , 1877: 21-30 [Google Books]) (Old South Church (Boston, Mass.)

Lowell, Robert. My Kinsman, Major Molineux. In The Old Glory (New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1965: 61-114, rev. ed. 1968) (play version, with changes and additions, of Hawthorne's story of

Lussier, Paul. The Last Refuge of Scoundrels: A Revolutionary Novel (New York: Warner, 2001) (comic novel; Boston whore masterminds revolution; John Hancock, Samuel Adams, etc.)

Lutz, Norma Jean. Maggie's Choice (Uhrichsville, Ohio: Barbour, 1998) (Subtitle :Jonathan Edwards and the Great Awakening added for Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 1998 edition.)

-----. Maggie's Dare: The Great Awakening 1744 (Uhrichsville, Ohio: Barbour, 2005) (Ages 4-8) (1744; Slavery; 12-year-old Boston heroine) (Great Awakening; Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Colonial

-----. Smallpox Strikes!: Cotton Mather's Bold Experiment (Uhrichsville, Ohio: Barbour, 1998) (Juvenile--ages 9-12) (1721) (Smallpox; Fathers and sons; Stepfathers) (Amazon and Google Books)

MacDonald, Donna B. The Reluctant Spy ( [S.l.] : 1st Books, 2000) (Sam Adams; General Gage) (Revolution, 1775-1783) (Amazon and Google Books)

Maderich, Robin [pseud. of Celia Ashley]. Faith and Honor (New York: Warner Books, 1989) (romance; Loyalists; Boston widow) (Revolution, 1775-1783) (Google Books)

Maillet, Antonine. Trans. Philip Stratford. Pélagie: The Return to a Homeland 1979 (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1982) (ten-year trek, 1760s-70s; Acadians return journey from Georgia; one scene

Martin, William. Citizen Washington : A Novel (New York : Warner Books, 1999) (some Boston, mainly seige of 1775-76) (Washington, George; Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775;

Mason, Connie. Promise Me Forever (New York: Love Spell Books, 1998 c. 1992) (Revolution; Romance; Boston privateer) (Historical fiction; Privateering; Love stories) (Back Cover 1998 reprint

Mason, F. Van Wyck. Eagle in the Sky (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1948) (some Boston; 1780-81; French army and navy; Physicians) (United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783)

-----. Guns for Rebellion (New York; Doubleday, 1977) (hero, Charlestown native, divided loyalites; mainly Fort Ticonderoga guns to Boston) (Revolution, 1775-1783) (Google Books)

-----. Rivers of Glory (Philadelphia, New York: J. B. Lippincott, 1942) (partly Boston, e.g., Book One Part I Boston, 1778) (United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783) (Google Books)

-----. Three Harbours (Philadelphia and New York: Lippincott, 1938) (1774-75; partly siege of Boston) (Google Books)

Maxwell, William Hamilton. O'Hara; Or, 1798 (London: Andrews, 1825 [Google Books]) (pp. 14-87 Irish O'Hara in Boston May 1775-March 1776 as British officer) (Ireland -- History -- Rebellion of

Mayrant, Drayton (a.k.a. Katherine Drayton Mayrant Simons). Always a River (New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1956) (Haravrd educatecd Puritan from Dorchester goes to New Dorchester, South Carolina) (Google Books)

McGoldrick, May. Captured Dreams (New York: New American Library, 2003) (romance; pre-Revolution Boston) (Amazon)

McIntyre, John Thomas. The Young Continentals at Bunker Hill (Philadelphia: Penn. Pub. Co., 1914, ©1910) (Juvenile)

-----. The Young Continentals at Lexington

Mellen, Grenville. Ode for the Celebration of the Battle of Bunker-Hill, at the Laying of the Monumental Stone, June 17, 1825 (Boston: Cummings, Hilliard, 1825) (16 pages) (Bunker Hill, Battle of,

Melmoth, Sydney. The Confessions of Cuthburt: A Ballad; Bunker Hill: A Poem; Migration: A Poem (Boston: Hilliard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins, 1827 [Google Books])

Miles, Margaret. Charlotte Willett, in 1760s Massachusetts, in the Bracebridge mystery series

-----. A Mischief in the Snow (New York: Bantam Books, 2001) (Winter 1766; counterfeiting) (Embezzlement) (Amazon and Google Books)

-----. No Rest for the Dove (New York: Bantam Books, 2000) (Summer 1765; Visitor from Italy; Stamp Act) (Amazon and Google Books)

-----. Too Soon for Flowers (New York: Bantam, 1999) (Spring 1764; Bostonians move to Bracebridge for safety; Smallpox vaccination) (Smallpox) (Amazon and Google Books)

-----. A Wicked Way to Burn (New York: Bantam Books, 1998) (1763; fictional New England village of Bracebridge outside of Boston; Witchcraft accusations) (Amazon and Google Books)

Miller, Susan Martins. The Boston Massacre (Uhrichsville, Ohio: Barbour & Co., 1998) (Elementary and junior high school) (Boston Massacre, 1770; Brothers and sisters; Christian life) (Amazon and

-----. Boston Revolts! (Uhrichsville, Ohio: Barbour Pub., 1998) (children 9-12) (Christmas 1764) (Brothers and sisters; Christian life) (Amazon and Google Books)

-----. Lizzie and the Redcoat: Stirrings of Revolution in the American Colonies (Uhrichsville, Ohio: Barbour, 2006) (Elementary and junior high school ) (1765) (Revolution) (Compassion;

-----. Lydia the Patriot: The Boston Massacre (Ulrichsville, Ohio: Barbour Pub., 2004) (Juvenile--ages 8-12) (Teenage girls; Boston Massacre, 1770) (Google Books)

Mills, Jane Johnston. First Cap'n General of Liberty Tree: A Biographical Novel Based on the Life of Ebenezer Mackintosh, 18th Century Boston Shoemaker (La Jolla, Calif.:

Morgan, Ollie. Shed No Tears (New York, N.Y.: Writers Club Press, 2003) (One major character Boston rebel) (United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783) (Amazon and Google Books))

Morris, Gilbert. The Gentle Rebel (Minneapolis, Minn.: Bethany House, 1988) (Lexington to Bunker Hill) (United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783; Winslow family (Fictitious characters);

-----. Sound the Trumpet (Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1995) (Series: The Liberty Bell, Book 1; partly Boston in revolutionary times; Christian themed) (Indentured servants; United States -- History --

Morton, Sarah Wentworth. Beacon Hill: A Local Poem, Historic and Descriptive (Boston: Manning and Loring, 1797) (56 pages) (Angela Vietto, Women and Authorship in Revolutionary

Moss, Narissa. Emma's Journal, The Story of a Colonial Girl (San Diego: Harcourt Brace, 1999) (Juvenile--grades 3-5) (Boston 1774-76)) (Revolution, 1775-1783; Spy stories; Diaries)

Neal, John. "Bunker's Hill." In Songs, Odes, and Other Poems, on National Subjects, Compiled from Various Sources. Part third--military, ed. William McCarty (Philadelphia: Wm. McCarty, 1842. 3

Nelson, James L. The Blackbirder: Book Two of the Brethren of the Coast (New York: William Morrow, 2001) (mainly Virginia or at sea, but lots of Boston; Africans) (Virginia -- History -- Colonial

-----. The Maddest Idea (New York: Pocket Books, 1997) (Series: Revolution at sea, 2; Isaac Biddlecomb series, 2) (in part siege of Boston) ( Washington, George, 1732-1799; United States.

Nigro, Don. Horrid Massacre in Boston (New York: Samuel French, Inc., 2000) (dark comedy) (Historical drama, American; Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783; Boston (Mass.) --

Niles, Nathaniel. The American Hero: A Sapphick Ode [new subtitle in later editions: Made on the Battle of Bunker-Hill, and the Burning of Charlestown] (Norwich, Conn.: The Author, 1775)

Norman, Diana. A Catch of Consequence (London: HarperCollins, 2002) (romance; starts in 1765 Boston) (Revolution, 1775-1783; London; Americans (England); Upperclass families) (Amazon and

Olasky, Susan. Will Northaway & the Quest for Liberty (Wheaton, Ill.: Crossway Books, 2004) (Juvenile) (Pre-Revolutionary War Boston) (United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775;

Otis, James (pseud. of James Otis Kaler). Boston Boys of 1775, or, When We Besieged Boston (Boston: Dana Estes, 1900) (Juvenile) (two spies)

----. The Boy Spies at the Battle of Bunker Hill: A Story of the Siege of Boston (New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1898) (same book as With Warren at Bunker Hill) (Young men -- Conduct of life;

-----. The Minute Boys of Boston (Boston: Dana Estes, 1910 [Internet Archive]) (Juvenile) (Revolution, 1775-1783)

-----. Neal, the Miller: A Son of Liberty (Boston: Estes and Lauriet, 1895 [Google Books] (Google Books)

-----. The Signal Boys of '75; a Tale of Boston During the Siege (Boston: Estes and Lauriet, 1897 [Google Books]) (Juvenile) (Revolution, 1775-1783)

-----. Under the Liberty Tree: A Story of the "Boston Massacre." (Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1896) (Juvenile) (Google Books)

----- (also under J.O. Kaler). With Warren at Bunker Hill: A Story of the Siege of Boston. How Ben Scarlett Escaped from Boston Town (New York: A. L. Burt, 1898)

Overfield, Joan. The Cabinetmaker's Daughter (New York, NY : Warner Books, 1988) (Romance: " Blueblooded daughter of a royal cabinetmaker is sent to Boston to conduct business with a

Parshall, Craig and Janet. Sons of Glory (Eugene, Or.: Harvest House Publishers, 2008) (Boston Massacre and defense of soldiers) (Revolution, 1775-1783; Adams, John: Lawyers) (Amazon)

Poe, Marshall. illus. Leland Purvis. Sons of Liberty (New York: Aladdin Paperbacks, 2008) (teenage hero; Boston 1768+) (Sons of Liberty -- Comic books, strips, etc.; Fathers and sons --

Pollard, Josephine. (H.W. McVikar, illus) The Boston Tea Party, December 1773 (New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1882 [Google Books]) (Juvenile) (Wit and humor, Juvenile; Tea -- Juvenile

Pottle, Russell A. Patriot Royal (Williamsburg, Va.: Chestnut Hill Pub., 1996) (wealthy Bostonian Charles Royal joins rebels) (Revolution, 1775-1783) (Amazon)

Rafferty, S. S. "The Massachusetts Peep-O'Night" (1984). Rept. in Murder and Mystery in Boston, ed. Carol-Lyn Rössel Waugh, Martin H. Greenberg, and Frank McSherry, Jr. (New York: Dember

Rand, Edward A. Fifer-boy of the Boston Siege (Boston: A.I. Bradley & Co., 1900)(Revolution, 1775-1783; Sieges)

Rappaport, Doreen. The Boston Coffee Party (New York: Harper & Row, 1988). (Juvenile--grades K-3) (Revolution) (Amazon and Google Books)

Reeman, Kimberly Jordan. Coronach (UK: Gardners Books/Author House 2007) (mainly elsewhere but c. pp. 650-700 set in Revolutionary Boston; siege; Bunker Hill) (Amazon and Google Books)

Reit, Seymour. Guns for General Washington (San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990) (Elementary and junior high school) (1775; "transporting 183 cannons from Fort Ticonderoga to

Revere, Paul. "Unhappy Boston." ( Poems of American History. Ed. Burton Egbert Stevenson. Houghton Mifflin, 1908: 134) (poem beneath famous engraving [Son of the South, accessed 3 Jul. 2009];

Rice, Patricia. Rebel Dreams (New York: Penguin, 1991) (romance; heroine, Boston warehouse owner; hero, British ship captain; Revolutionary period) (Summary, FictionDB, accessed 26 Jun. 2008)

Rich, Elisha. A Poem on the Late Distress of the Town of Boston With some Remarks of the sudden Flight of the Ministerial Troops, after plundering and Destroying the Property of the Worthy

Richmond, Robert P. Powder for Bunker Hill (Philadelphia: Macrae Smith, 1968) (Juvenile) (Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775) (Google Books)

Rinaldi, Ann. The Fifth of March (San Diego: Harcourt Brace, 1993) (Young Adult) (Boston Massacre: Rachel Marsh, 14-year-old indentured servant in the John and

-----. Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons: The Story of Phillis Wheatley (New York: Harcourt Brace, 1996) (Juvenile--grade 7+) (fictionalized biography) (Wheatley, Phillis; African

-----. The Secret of Sarah Revere (Juvenile) (San Diego: Harcourt Brace, 1995) (Young Adult) (Revere, Paul; Spies; Silversmiths; Fathers and daughters) (Amazon and Google Books)

Roberts, Kenneth Lewis. Lydia Bailey (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1947) (partly, Maine lawyer in 1799-1800 Boston fighting Alien and Sedition laws; mainly, Haiti; 1952 film) (United States -- History

-----. Northwest Passage (Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1937) (narrator artist and Harvard student; some Boston scenes; Chapters II and III Harvard 1759 [Bail 346])

-----. Oliver Wiswell (New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1940) (Loyalists in Boston during Revolution and elsewhere; 1775-83) (United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783) (Amazon and Google

Robinson, [Mrs.] J[ohn]. H[ovey]. The Boston Conspiracy or, The Royal Police. A Tale of 1773-75 (Boston: Dow & Jackson, 1847) (Revolution, 1775-1783)

-----. Evelyn, the Child of the Revolution. A Romance of Real Life (Boston: Hotchkiss, 1850) (Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783)

-----. The Rebel Spy; or, The King's Volunteers. A Romance of the Siege of Boston (Boston: F. Gleason's Pub. Hall, 1852)

Robinson, Gertrude. Sons of Liberty (New York: Dutton, 1941) (Juvenile) (Revolution, 1775-1783) (Google Books)

Rowson, Susanna. The Fille de Chambre: A Novel (Philadelphia: Printed for H. & P. Rice, 1794) (partly Boston/Nantasket/Hingham in Revolutionary War period) (Litfinder.com) (Des., Elias Nason, A

Russell, Ezekiel. An Elegiac Poem, composed on the never-to-be-forgotten terrible and bloody battle fought at an intrenchment on Bunker-Hill ... (Salem [Mass.]: N.E. Printed and sold by E.

Rutledge, Adam. Sons of Liberty (Canaan, N.Y.: Book Creations, 1992. Edition: Bantam ed.) (series: Patriots 1; Boston 1773-75) (Revolution, 1775-1783) (Google Books)

Sage, Agnes Carr. illus. Mabel L Humphrey A Little Daughter of the Revolution: A Story of the Boys and Girls of '76 (New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1899) (Juvenile)

Sargent, Winthrop. Boston: A Poem (Boston: Hosea Sprague, 1803) (Google Books)

Savage, Josephine. Gunpowder Girl (New York: J. Day Co., 1958) (In 1775 a teenage girl in Boston becomes involved in a plot to secretly manufacture gunpowder

Sears, Margaret L. Menotomy: Romance of 1776 (Boston: Richard G. Badger, 1908) (Battles of Lexington and Concord) (Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775; Arlington (Mass.) -- History --

Sedgwick, Catharine Maria. The Linwoods: or, "Sixty years since" in America (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1835 [Google Books]) (Boston and elsewhere) (Revolution, 1775-1783; Boston (Mass.)

Shaara, Jeff. Rise to Rebellion: A Novel of the American Revolution (New York: Ballantine, 2001) (March 1770 [Boston Massacre] - July 4, 1776; partly Boston) (Adams, John, 1735-1826; Adams,

Sidney, Margaret. A Little Maid of Boston Town (Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1910) (Juvenile) (John Hancock; Henry Knox) (Google Books)

Smythe, Samuel [pseud. of Rufus Dawes]. Strokes and Strictures (Boston: Office of the New England Galaxy, 1800) (Boston (Mass.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Poetry)

Sommerfield, Sylvie. Night Star (New York: Pinnacle Books, 1992) (romance; Revolution; 1769) (United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Boston (Mass.) -- History --

Sorensen, A. A. Turner's Words: Achieving Freedom (Infinity Publishing, 2005) (1772-89; partly in Boston) (Amazon and Google Books)

Sparks, Kerrlyn. For Love or Country (New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 2002) (Romance; Boston patriot disguises as loyalist to spy on British) (Revolution, 1775-1783; Boston (Mass.) -- History --

Springer, Mary Elizabeth. Lady Hancock: A Story of the American Revolution (New York: I.H. Blanchard, 1900 [Google Books]) (Chapter VI Evacuation of Boston, Chapter XII Dark Day in Boston,

Stanley, Diane. Joining the Boston Tea Party (New York: HarperCollins, 2001) (Juvenile) (Revolution, 1775-1783; Boston Tea Party) (Amazon and Google Books)

Stephens, Amanda. Freedom at Any Price: March 1775-April 19, 1775 (New York : Grosset & Dunlap, 2003) (Juvenile--ages 9-12) (PBS animated series; in part Paul Revere's ride and Lexington and

-----. Justice for All: December 5, 1773-September 5, 1774 (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 2003) (Elementary and junior high school) (Adams, John; Adams, Sam; Franklin, Benjamin)

Stephens, Robert. The Road to Paris: A Story of Adventure (Boston: L.C. Page, 1898 [Google Books]) (includes the Battle of Bunker Hill and siege) (Revolution, 1775-1783) (Google Books)

Stephenson, Neal. Quicksilver (New York: William Morrow, 2003) (mainly Europe but opens on Boston Common, October 12, 1713, with "Enoch in Boston" and headings like Charlestown Ferry and

Sterman, Betsy. illus. Marc Scott. Escape to Danger (Parsippany, NJ: Celebration Press, 2005) (Juvenile) (Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775)

Stevens, Augusta De Grasse. Old Boston: An American Historical Romance (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1884) ("founded on the events just preceding the siege of Boston and

Stone, Irving. Those Who Love: A Biographical Novel of John and Abigail Adams (Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1965) (Adams, Abigail; Presidents' spouses; Married people; Presidents; Adams,

Stowe, Harriet Beecher. Oldtown Folks (Boston: Fields, Osgood, 1869 [Internet Archive]) (Boston and area) (Women; Spinsters) (Google Books)

Strand, John. Tom Walker: A Play (Woodstock, Ill.: Dramatic Pub., 2002) (Boston, 1727) (light-hearted, entertaining play about the village idiot, based on Washington Irving story) (Dolores Whiskeyman,

Stratemeyer, Edward. The Minute Boys of Bunker Hill (Boston: Page Co. Publishers, 1899) (Juvenile) (Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783)

Taylor, Benjamin F. A Poem: "Mary Butler's Ride" ([New Hampshire?]: Miss [Lilli]an [?] Kendall, printer., [1874?] [Complete Poetical Works (Chicago: S. C. Griggs, 1886: 140-47) [Google Books])

Thompson, Paul B. Liberty's Son: A Spy Story of the American Revolution (Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers, 2009) (Elementary and junior high school) (Pharmacists; Boston (Mass.) --

Tiatorio, Anthony. Shedding Grace: The Story of a Young American's Search For Justice (Victoria, B.C.: Trafford, 2006) (contradictions between Revolutionary fight for liberty and slavery; Boston

Tilton, Dwight [pseud. for Wilder Dwight Quint?]. My Lady Laughter: A Romance of Boston Town in the Days of the Great Siege (Boston: C.M. Clark Pub. Co., 1904 [Internet Archive])(Siege, 1775-

Tinney, Janet. Bunker Hill: A Novel (Nashville: Highland Books, 2000) (Revolution, 1775-1783; Bunker Hill, Battle of, 1775; Warren, Joseph; Physicians) (Amazon and Google Books)

Trease, Geoffrey. Danger in the Wings (London: Hodder Children's, 1997) (juvenile; Revolutionary times; Boston actor goes to England; mystery) (Google Books)

Trottier, Maxine. By the Standing Stone (Toronto: Stoddart Kids, 2000) (Juvenile: grades 7-8) (Series: Circle of silver chronicles, 2) (Brothers and sisters; Teenage boys; Teenage girls;

Tyler, Royall. The Algerine Captive or, The Life and Adventures of Doctor Updike Underhill, Six Years a Prisoner among the Algerines (Walpole, N.H.: Carlisle, 1797 [Internet Archive 1816 ed.)

Ukers, William H. Rosemary and Briar Sweet: An Eighteenth Century Romance of John Company and Young America (New York: Tea and Coffee Trade Journal Co., 1947) (Juvenile)

Van Nuys, Joan. Beloved Deceiver (New York: Avon Books, 1994) (Present: Boston 1765; pirate crime--twenty years earlier; Romance) (Revenge) (Amazon and Google Books)

Warren, Mercy Otis. The group: as lately acted, and to be re-acted, to the wonder of all superior intelligences, nigh head-quarters at Amboyne the author has thought proper to borrow the

-----. The Motley Assembly (Boston: Printed and sold by Nathaniel Coverly, 1779 [Richard Seltzer; accessed 31 Mar. 2008]) (Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Siege, 1775-1776 --

Washington, Martha [pseud. of Leonard Deming]. Battle of Bunker Hill: and Saw Ye my Hero George ([Boston]: Sold at east end Faneuil Hall--Boston., [between 1810 and 1830?] [American Memory,

Webb, Robert N. We Were There at the Boston Tea Party ( New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1956) (juvenile) (Boston Tea Party, 1773)

Weitzman, David. Old Ironsides: Americans Build a Fighting Ship (Boston: : Houghton Mifflin, 1997) (Juvenile: ages 9-12) (lightly fictionalized account of building of U.S.S. Constitution) (Constitution

White, Capers. The British Are Coming (New York: Scholastic, 2002) (Revere, Paul: Lexington, Battle of, Lexington, Mass., 1775; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783)

Wibberley, Leonard. John Treegate's Musket (New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1986) (Juvenile) (Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775) (Amazon and Google Books)

Wray, Kent W. Jeremy and the Redcoats (Kalamazoo, Mich.: RBM Ministries, 1997) (Juvenile) (United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-

Wyckoff, Nicholas Elston. The Braintree Mission: A Fictional Narrative of London and Boston, 1770-1771 (New York: Macmillan, 1957)(Pitt, William; Adams, John; Statesmen; Presidents) (Google

Benchley, Nathaniel. Portrait of a Scoundrel (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1979) (partly, Boston; capitalistic land speculation in the aftermath of the Revolution; c. 1790-1830; based on historical

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Boston. Sicut Patribus, sit deus nobis ... Read in Faneuil Hall, on the Centennial Anniversary of the Destruction of the Tea, December 16, 1873 (Boston: Beacon Press,

Garwood, Julie. Rebellious Desire (New York: Pocket Books, 1986) (romance; set in England 1802; heroine raised for 14 years in Boston) (Amazon and Google Books)

19th Century

Abbott, Jacob. Caleb in Town: A Story for Children (Boston: Crocker & Brewster, 1839 [Google Books]) (Juvenile) (Christian life; Boys -- Conduct of life; Conduct of life;

-----. Marco Paul's Adventures in Pursuit of Knowledge: City of Boston (Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey, 1845 [Google Books]) (Juvenile) (tourist Boston and history)

Adams, Henry. (See McDowell, Katherine Sherwood Bonner.) The Radical Club: A Poem, Respectfully Dedicated to "the Infinite" ([Boston: s.n., 1875 or 1876]) (Radical Club (Boston, Mass.);

Adamson, Mary Jo. The Blazing Tree: A Michael Merrick Mystery (New York: Signet: New American Library, 2000) (detective, a Boston police newpaper reporter) (Reporters and reporting --

-----. The Elusive Voice: A Michael Merrick Mystery (New York: Signet: New American Library, 2001) (Reporters and reporting -- Massachusetts -- Boston; Psychic ability; Murder -- Investigation --

African Society (Boston, Mass.). Grand and Splendid Bobalition of Slavery, and "Great Annibersary Fussible," by the Africum Shocietee of Bosson ([Boston: Flying Booksellers, 1822] [Donald M.

See Reply to the Grand and Splendid Bobalition of Slavery, Contained in a Letter ... (s.n., 1817 [one Reply, Library of Congress; accessed 4 Apr. 2008]) (Google Books) . See also Blubberlip, Cesar.

-----. Grand Bobalition of Slavery.: Grand and most helligunt Selebrashum of the Bobalition of Slabery in de Nited Tate ob Neu Englunt, and commonwet of Bosson in de country of Massa-

Aïdé, [Charles] Hamilton. A Voyage of Discovery: A Novel of American Society (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1892 [Google Books]) (two of main characters, Harvard professor and a Boston

Aimwell, Walter. The Aimwell Stories. Clinton: Or, Boy-life in the Country (Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1853 [Internet Archive 1859 ed]) (Juvenile) (Massachusetts. -- State Reform School

-----. Oscar, or, The Boy Who Has His Own Way (Boston: Gould and Lincoln; New York: Sheldon, Lamport & Blakeman, 1855 [Internet Archive 1856 ed.]) (Juvenile) (Boys; Obedience; Conduct

Alcott, Louisa May. "Kitty's Class Day" (1868) In Kitty's Class Day; Aunt Kipp; Psyche's Art (Boston: Loring, 1868 [Google Books 1888 ed.]) (Harvard; Bail 224-25) (Summary, Gregory Eiselein and

-----. An Old-Fashioned Girl (Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1870 [Google Books 1896 ed.]) (Country girl comes to the city) (Children; Conduct of life; Courtship;

-----. Work: A Story of Experience (Boston: Roberts Bros., 1873 [Google Books 1875 ed.]) (1873) (Genteel working woman in Boston) (Young women--employment) (Amazon and Google Books)

Aldrich, Thomas Bailey. "An Ode on the Unveiling of the Shaw Memorial on Boston Common, May Thirty-First, 1897." (The Cruise of the Dolphin, Baby Bell, and Other Prose and Verse,

-----. "A Sea Turn" (Boston couple summering at Marblehead Neck) (Humor and satire; Fog, Yachts and yatching)

-----. "A Struggle for Life" (starts on Boston Common) (ROMANCE; SUPERNATURAL AND GHOST STORIES; DEATH; FUNERALS; GRAVES)

Alexander, David. "The Man Who Went to Taltavul's" (1956). Rept. in Murder and Mystery in Boston, ed. Carol-Lyn Rössel Waugh, Martin H. Greenberg, and Frank McSherry, Jr. (New York: Dember

Alger, Horatio. Charlie Codman's Cruise: A Story for Boys (Boston: Loring, 1867 [Google Books]) (Juvenile) (1860s; Charlie based in Boston) (Misers; Kidnapping; Ships; Criminals; Conduct of life;

-----. Do and Dare, or, A Brave Boy's Fight for Fortune (New York: New York Book Company, 1909 [Project Gutenberg/UPenn text]) (Washington Street; Old South Church;

Allen, Nancy Campbell. Faith of Our Fathers: A House Divided: A Novel (American Fork, Utah: Covenant Communications, 2001) (One brother in Boston) (Civil War; Moromon families; Plantation life;

-----. Faith of Our Fathers: Through the Perilous Fight (Book 3) (American Fork, Utah: Covenant Communications, 2003) (United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Mormon families; Plantation lives; Southern States; Boston (Mass.); Christian fiction; War stories -- Mormon authors)

Allen, Willis Boyd. The Northern Cross, or, Randolph's Last Year at the Boston Latin School (Boston: D. Lothrop Company, 1887 [Google Books]) (Christian life; Brothers and sisters; Cousins; Students;

Allston, Margaret (pseud. of Anna Farquhar Bergengren). Her Boston Experiences: A Picture of Modern Boston Society and People (Boston: L. C. Page, 1900 [Google Books]) (fiction?) (Bergengren,

Anderson, Catherine. Cheyenne Amber (New York: HarperPaperbacks, 1994) (romance; heroine Boston-born) (Cheyenne Indians; Colorado) (Amazon)

Anderson, Gabriella. A Matter of Convenience (New York: Zebra Books, 2000) (historical romance in Boston; 1st vol. in Destin Coin trilogy) (Boston, Massachusetts) (Amazon and Google Books)

-----. A Matter Of Honor: The Destiny Coin (New York: Zebra Books, 2001) (romance; heroine stowsaway on ship to Boston) (Boston, Massachusetts -- History -- 19th century; Historical romances,

Anonymous. Appeal of the Old Elm on Boston Common ([Boston: s.n., 1860]) (Trees -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Poetry; Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Poetry)

-----. Bob Brooks in Boston: Or, The mystery of the Signet Ring. Bob Brooks Library 1893 (published by Lou H. Ostendorff, Jr.; Gary Hoppenstand The Dime Novel Detective, Bowling

-----. The Boston Calamity ([Boston : s.n., 1872]) (Great Fire, Boston, Mass., 1872 -- Poetry; Fires -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Poetry) [WorldCat entry]

-----. ... BOSTON DOUBLES; or, TRAPPING THE FAKE DETECTIVES," which will "be the next number (566) of "Secret Service." SPECIAL NOTICE:—All back numbers of this ...(Check

-----. The Bradys and the Stolen Bonds; or, A Tangled Case from Boston. In Secret Service: Old and young King Brady Detectives 469 (Gary Hoppenstand, The Dime Novel Detective, Bowling

-----. Carriers' address: To the patrons of the New-England palladium. Boston, January 1, 1829 (1 page praise of Boston, incorporating names of newspapers) (Boston: s.n., 1828) (Boston

-----. City Scavenger's New Year's Address, for 1831 ([Boston: s.n., 1830] [p4A.com; accessed 4 Apr. 2008]) (broadside) (New Year in literature; Refuse collectors -- Massachusetts -- Boston --

-----. City Scavenger's New Year's Address, for 1837 ([Boston: s.n., 1836]) (New Year in literature; Refuse collectors -- Massachusetts -- Boston --

-----. The Devil's Levee in Boston ([Massachusetts? 184- -186-]) (Temperance -- Poetry; Poetry of places; Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Poetry) (Google Books)

----. [Stimson, Alexander Lovett {see below for his "Easy Nat" novel}?] Easy Nat, or, Boston Bars and Boston Boys: A Tale of Home Trials (crime; temperance) (Boston: Redding, 1844) (Brief

-----. The Female Marine and Related Works: Narratives of Cross-dressing and Urban Vice in America's Early Republic . Ed. Daniel A Cohen (Amherst: University of

-----. Globe 'Surprise' Party, July 31st, 1875. The bill of fare, chart of Boston Harbor the poem, essays and lectures, and report of the cruise (The Globe 2 Aug. 1875) (Boston Harbor (Mass.) --

-----. Grand Celebration of Bunker Hill Monument. June 17, 1843 ([Boston? 1843]) (includes poem(s) and Webster address) (Bunker Hill, Battle of, 1775 -- Poetry; Bunker Hill Monument (Boston,

-----. The "Hub of Hell" (Boston?: s.n., 186-?) (Boston (Mass.) -- Poetry; Boston (Mass.) -- Humor) (1 page) (Google Books)

-----. The Imitators: A Poem of Boston Life (Boston: Cupples, Upham & Co., 1886) (152 pages) (Boston (Mass.) -- Social life and customs -- Poetry) (Brief Des., Biblio.com [accessed 2 Apr. 2008])

-----. "In a Fog". Atlantic Monthly 5.32 (June 1860): 649-57[Making Of America, Cornell U]) (crime/police, Boston 1857)

-----. Luke Lovell, the Widow's Son; or, The Adventures of a Young Gentleman from the State of Maine Who Went to Seek his Fortune in Boston (Boston: W. R. Davis, 1848) (City mystery stressing sexual and other traps)

----. Rambles about Boston; or, Efforts to Do Good (Boston: Heath & Graves, 1857) (Social life and customs; Christian life)

-----. The Scavenger's Address to his Employers (Boston : s.n., 1826) (1 page) (New Year in literature; Refuse collectors -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Poetry; Boston (Mass.) -- Officials and

-----. Squantum Festival! Or, Bobalition No. 2.: A dialogue between Scipio Smilax, Barber, & Mungo Meanwell, Bootblack ([Boston: African Society of Boston, 1821]) (satire by Afircan Americans

-----. With My Heart's Wish (London: Edwin J. Brett, 1892) ("Series: The English ladies novelettes, no. 56" WorldCat) (Boston (Mass.))

-----. Young Sleuth's Boston Haul; or, The Keen Detective's Great Find (Short story? listed The Dime Novel Detective Gary Hoppenstand, 1982: 147) [Check]

Austin, Jane G. Mrs. Beauchamp Brown (Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1880 [Google Books]) (Boston high society; Plum Island; Mt. Desert; Beacon Hill) (Google Books)

Austin, William. "Peter Rugg, the Missing Man" (1824) and "Further Account of Peter Rugg" (1826) ("Some account of Peter Rugg, the missing man, late of Boston, New-England : In a letter to Mr. Herman

Avery, Anne. The Snow Queen (New York City: Love Spell, 1996) (Boston heroine; Colrado Springs; romance) (Amazon)

Baker, Madeline. Prairie Heat (New York: Leisure Books, 1991) (Boston-bred heroine in wild west; romance) (Frontier and pioneer life) (Google Books)

Ballou, Maturin Murray. Albert Simmons: Or, The Midshipman's Revenge (Boston: F. Gleason, 1845) (West End sordidness) (DEATH; FIGHTS; JUSTICE; SACRIFICES; THIEVES; TRIALS)

Balmer, Edwin. "Billings of '49." (Baker's Published Manuscript Readings, no. 18) (Boston: W.H. Baker, 1926) (7 pg. short story) (Harvard College)

Banks, Russell. Cloudsplitter: A Novel (New York: HarperFlamingo, 1998) (John Brown; some scenes in Boston) (Brown, John; Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History -- John Brown's Raid, 1859;

Barbour, Ralph Henry. The Half-Back: A Story of School, Football, and Golf (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1899 [Project Gutenberg]) (Juvenile) (Harwell = Harvard, Yates = Yale, Sailors'

-----. The Land of Joy (New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1903 [Google Books]) (romance at Harvard) (Google Books; Bail 278-79)

Barrows, Albert Bradburn. Jim Bullseye in Boston: A Dialect Poem (Boston: Damrell & Upham, 1890) (55 pages) (English language -- Dialects -- Southern States; Boston (Mass.) -- Poetry)

Bates, Arlo. Love in a Cloud: A Comedy in Filigree (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1900 [Google Books]) (The Country Club) (Google Books)

-----. The Pagans (in part Italian Americans; North End) (Paganism) (New York: Henry Holt, 1884 [Google Books]) (Google Books)

-----. The Philistines (Boston: Ticknor and Co., 1889) (in part Italian Americans; North End) (Google Books)

-----. The Puritans (Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1898 [Google Books]) (Google Books)

-----. A Wheel of Fire (New York: Scribner's, 1885 [Google Books 1889 ed.]) (in and around Boston; wealthy class; hereditary insanity) (Author's Synopsis, Author's Digest: The World's Great Stories

Bauman, Natasha. The Disorder of Longing: A Novel (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2008) (Boston (Mass.) -- History -- 19th century; Brazil; Self-realization; Sex -- Religious aspects -- Tantrism)

Begiebing, Robert J. The Adventures of Allegra Fullerton; Or, A Memoir of Startling and Amusing Episodes from Itinerant Life: A Novel (Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1999)

Bellamy, Edward. Looking Backward, 2000-1887 (Boston: Ticknor, 1888 [Google Books 1889 ed.]) (Two thousand, A.D.; Social problems; Time travel; Utopias) (Amazon and Google Books)

Bender, Karen E. "The Fourth Prussian Dynasty: An Era of Romance and Royalty." The New Yorker 13 Sep. 1999: 88-96 (heroine, "American-born member of a Russian immigrant family in Boston in

Bennett, James W. and Donald Raycraft. Old Hoss: A Fictional Baseball Biography of Charles Radbourn (Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., 2002) (played in Providence 1881-85 and Boston 1886-

Blackburn, Tom Wakefield. Sierra Baron (New York: Randon House, 1955) (1958 film; hero starts off as tough seaman from Irish slums of Boston; mainly California; 1840s) (Gold mines and mining;

Blubberlip, Cezar and Cuff Crookshank [satirical invented names]. Grand Jubelum!!! Order 12f Annebersary ob Affricum Bobalition. Copy of a letter from Cezar Blubberlip to his brother Cuff

Boland, Ellenor Fitzpatrick (under pseud. Alethe). A Lament for the Church of the Holy Cross, in Franklin Street, Boston (Charlestown, Mass.: s.n., 1859) (Church of the Holy Cross (Boston, Mass.);

Bradford, Benjamin. Around the Hub in Rhyme (Boston: Published for the author by Charles D. Cragie & Co., 1900) (wealthy view of Boston) (Poetry) (Brief Summary, New York Times 9 Feb. 1901:

Bretton, Barbara. Midnight Lover (New York: Pocket Books, 1989) (Boston heroine in wild west Nevada; romance)

Brown, Alice. Fools of Nature: A Novel (Boston: Ticknor, 1887 [Google Books]) (West End; fake spiritualism) (Google Books and Summary/Review Literary News Jan. 1888: 23 [Google Books;

-----. Margaret Warrener (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1901 [Google Books]) (set in "Boston lodgings" and "a suburban house"; middling middle-class intellectual and spiritual

Brown, Samuel E. illus. Fernando Edwards Worcester. The Boston Cries, and The Story of the Little Match-boy (New York: J.C. Riker, 129 Fulton-Street., 1844) (13 pages) (Children's stories; Children's poetry; Picture books for children; Child labor; Occupations; Cries -- Massachusetts -- Boston)

Brownson, O[restes]. A[ugustus]. The Spirit-Rapper; An Auotobiography (Boston: Little, Brown; London: C. Dolman, 1854 [Google Books]) (more fiction than autobigraphy; many Boston

Brudno, Ezra S. The Tether (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1908 [Google Books]) (Jewish Americans; Intermarriage; fictionalized autobiography; hero "from the slums of Boston" [Baker]) (Brief Summary

Bunner, Henry Cuyler. "Our Aromatic Uncle". In Love in Old Cloathes, and Other Stories (New York: C. Scribner and Sons, 1896: 187-217 [Internet Archive]) ("when Boston was so frankly provincial

Burgess, Gelett. "The Bohemians of Boston and Their Ways; a Memory of the Jacobean Craze." (The Burgess Nonsense Book; Being a Complete Collection of the Humorous Masterpieces of

Burkhart, Rebecca. "Follow Your Heart" (October 2000) (Boston episode fan fiction of T.V. series Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman) (accessed 3 Mar. 2008)

Burnham, Geo[rge] P[ickering] (pseud. of George Pickering). The Rag-Picker; or, Bound and Free (New York: Mason Brothers, 1855 [Internet Archive]) (anti-slavery; fugitive Slave Law; partially set in

Bynner, Edwin Lassetter. Zachary Phips (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1892 [Google Books]) (Boston boy starts roughly but ends up pillar of society; Aaron Burr; Boston wharves) (Google Books)

Byrne, John. To the Beau Monde ([Boston: s.n., 1809]) (Merchants -- Massachusetts -- Boston; Boston (Mass.) -- Commerce -- Poetry; Advertising -- Massachusetts -- Boston) (Google Books)

Cahan, A[braham]. Yekl: A Tale of the New York Ghetto (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1896 [Google Books]) (mainly New York, but opens with a contrast between Jewish experience in

Cable, George Washington. John March, Southerner (New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1894 [Google Books]) (mainly the South during Reconstruction, but some Boston, e.g., Chapter "LXIX. IN

Campbell, Helen. Ballantyne: A Novel (Boston: Little, Brown, 1901 [Google Books]) (entitled Bostonians) (Google Books)

Campbell, Jane C. "Farmer's Daughter." In The Money-Maker, and Other Tales (New York: J. C. Derby; Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Co., 1854: 274-309 [Internet Archive] (title character marries

Carleton, George Washington. See Freelance, Radical.

Carpenter, Harvey. The Old South or The Sanctuary of Freeedom (Boston, 1876) (3 pages) (Old South Church (Boston, Mass.) -- Poetry)

Carroll, M. [pseud. of Martha Brooks]. How Marjory Helped (Boston: Lee and Shepard, publishers.; New York: Lee, Shepard and Dillingham, 1875 [Internet Archive]) (country girl goes to Boston)

Carter, Marilyn. The Reluctant Debutante (New York: Warner Books, 1987) ("Lady who studied at an exclusive school in England tutors a rakish gambler in Boston." Good Ton [accessed 3 Mar. 2008])

Cassara, Ernest. Murder on Beacon Hill (Cambridge, Mass.: Anne Miniver Press, 1995) (detective/minister is historical; 19th century) (Ballou, Hosea; Beacon Hill; Clergy; Dogs) (Amazon)

----. Murder on Boston Common: A Father Ballou and his Dog Spot Mystery (Cambridge, Mass.: Cambridge Cornerstone Press, 1998) (Dog owners; Clergy; Dogs)

Cavanaugh, Jack. The Colonists (Wheaton, Ill.: Victor Books, 1995) (splintered Boston family; Christian faith across generations) (Amazon and Google Books) [Bostonness?]

Chesnutt, Charles W. Evelyn's Husband. 189?. (first published Jackson: U P of Mississippi, 2005) (African American writer, white characters: jilted Boston "husband" and "wife"'s lover marooned on

-----. "The Passing of Grandison." In The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of The Color Line (Boston and New York: Houghton Miflfin, 1999: 167-202 [Internet Archive] (slave and slave-owner in

Child, Lydia Maria. A Romance of the Republic (Boston: Ticknor and Fields 1867 [Google Books] ) (in part, interracial marriage of male Bostonian; mainly set elsewhere) (BOSTON; MULATTOS;

Chu, Doris C. J. That Gentleman from China (play set in Malden c. 1850) (1997; pub. 2002) (no online record of publication that I can find)

Churchill, Winston. Coniston (New York: The Macmillan Co.; London: Macmillan & Co., 1906 [Google Books 1907 ed.]) (Andrew Jackson's presidency; some Boston) (New Hampshire--

Clark, Thomas M. John Whopper the Newsboy (Boston: Roberts Bros., 1871 [Internet Archive]) (Science fiction; Roxbury; Jamaica Plain; hole to China) ("424 JOHN WHOPPER, THE NEWSBOY"

Clarke, James Freeman. "The 'Old South' Speaks." In Poems of the "Old South" (Boston: W. F. Gill , 1877: 31-35 [Google Books]) (Old South Church (Boston, Mass.) -- Poetry) (Edwin D Mead,

Coe, Marian. Rachel's Story: A Southern Girl in Pre-Civil War Boston (Boone, N.C.: High Country Publishers/Ingalls Pub. Group, 2005) (Elizabeth Peabody; Alcott; Thoreau) (Indian girls;

Cohan, Tony. Opium: A Novel (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1984) (part, 19th-century Lodges and Cabots in opium trade; part 1960s) (Opium trade; Lawyers -- Boston, Massachusetts;

Collins, Laurel. Jordan's Heart (New York: Zebra, 2000) (romance; starts Boston 1887; mainly Colorado) (Women college teachers -- Massachusetts -- Boston; Ranchers -- Colorado),

Coolidge, Susan [pseud. of Sarah Chauncey Woolsey]. What Katy Did Next (Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1889 [Bibliomania]) (Juvenile) (Chapter 3 takes place in Boston) (Amazon and Google Books)

Colman, George and Charles Dibdin. Thimble's Scolding Wife. Together with the Boston Beau and the Cow (Boston: N. Coverly, Jr. [1810-1814]) (Husband and wife -- Anecdotes, facetiae, satire,

Conlon-McKenna, Marita (illus. Donald Teskey). Wildflower Girl (New York: Holiday House, 1992) (Juvenile--ages 9-12) (1850s; thirteen-year-old girl emigrates from Ireland to Boston) (Irish-American

Conway, Moncure Daniel. Pine and Palm (New York: Holt, 1887 [Google Books]) (1861, "A pair of friends, Northerner and Southerner, at Harvard, quarrel on the slavery question"

Copeland, Lauri. Angel Face and Amazing Grace (New York: Fawcett, 1997) (historical romance; small town outside of Boston; single men have girlfriends in Boston; 1870s) (Pinkham (Lydia E.)

-----. Marrying Walker McKay (New York: Avon Books, 2000) (Boston socialite marries Wyoming rancher; mainly Wyoming with Boston scenes) (Mail order brides; Ranchers -- Wyoming; Wyoming)

Coverly, Nathaniel. The Strong Fast, or Hypocrisy in the Suds (Boston: N. Coverly, Jr. [1812]) (1 page) (Political satire; Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Humor -- Poetry; United States -- Politics and

Crawford, Francis Marion. The American Politician: A Novel (London: Chapman and Hall, 1884 [Google Books]) (see Louise Hall Tharp, Mrs. Jack: A Biography of Isabella Stewart Gardner

Creyton, Paul [pseud. of John T. Trowbridge]. "The Adopted Son: or, The Reward of Charity." In Maturin Murray Ballou, ed., Albert Simmons: Or, The Midshipman's Revenge (Boston: F. Gleason,

Crosby, Tanya Anne. Happily Ever After (New York: Avon Books, 1999) (Romance; late 19th century; heroine, Boston heiress) (Amazon and Google Books)

Cummins, Maria Susanna. The Lamplighter (Boston: John P. Jewett, 1854 [Google Books]) ("sentimental domestic fiction" in Boston, Providence) (Amazon and Google Books)

Cushing, Paul (pseud. of Roland Alexander Wood-Seys ?). Dr. Caesar Crowl: Mind-Curer ("opens in Boston"; psychic healing) (London: John & Robert Maxwell, 1887)

Dall, Caroline Wells Healey. Pattry Gray's Journey: From Boston to Baltimore (Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1869 [Google Books 1876 ed.]) ("Series: Patty Gray's journey to the Cotton Islands: a

Dalton, Donna. Irish Destiny (Adams Basin, NY: The Wild Rose Press, 2007) (1870s; South Boston; Irish Americans) (Homicide investigation; Man-woman relationships) (Amazon and Google Books)

Damon, Norwood. The Chronicles of Mount Benedict.: A Tale of the Ursuline Convent.: The Quasi Production of Mary Magdalen.: [Nine lines from Shakespeare] (Boston: Printed for the

Davis, Suzannah. The Master's Bride (New York: Avon, 1993) (Romance; hero, Boston shipbuilder) (Shipbuilding industry -- employees --Massachusetts; Boston (Mass.)) (Google Books and Books &

Deford, Frank. Casey on the Loose: What Really Might Have Happened (New York: Viking, 1989) (inspired by Ernest Thayer's "Casey at the Bat"; partly set in Nantasket/Boston in 1888;

Dell, Floyd. Diana Stair (New York: Farrar & Rinehart,1932) (1840s; Boston intellectuals; exploitation of women factory workers; slavery; abolitionism) (Google Books)

Dier, Debra. The Sorcerer's Lady (New York: Love Spell, 1999) (Series--Timeswept : Love Spell Time-Travel Romance; fantasy; time travel; Boston in 1880s) (Vikings; Magicians) (Amazon and

Dixwell, Epes Sargent. Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Foundation of the School: Thursday Evening April 23, 1885 (Boston: Boston Latin School Association, 1885) (3 pages) (Boston

Doughty, Francis Worcester [under pseud. A New York Detective]. The Haunted Churchyard: Or, Old King Brady the Detective and the Mystery of the Iron Vault (New York: F. Tousey, 1890,

------. The James Boys in Boston: Or, Old King Brady and the Car of Gold (New York: F. Tousey, 1890) [Check Hoppenstand as p. 64 lists D. W. Stevens as author.]

Douglas, Amanda Millie. A Little Girl in Old Boston (New York: Dodd and Mead, 1898 [Internet Archive]) (Juvenile) (early nineteenth century) (Brief Summary Literary News, Nov. 1898: 345 [Google

Drake, Samuel Adams. The Young Vigilantes: A Story of California Life in the Fifties (Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1904 [Internet Archive]) (starts in Boston; main character, Boston orphan, framed for

Du Bois, W.E.B. "A Unique Vacation" (c. 1889). Shamoon Zamir, Dark Voices: W. E. B. Du Bois and American Thought, 1888-1903 (Chicago: U of Chicago P, 2003) (fragment in Du Bois papers)

Duganne, Augustine J. H. The Knights of the Seal; or, The Mysteries of the Three Cities (Philadelphia: Colon and Adriance, 1845) (City Mystery, one-third set in Boston; "nativism, anti-slavery beliefs,

Dusenbery, B. M. City Sights for Little Folks (Philadelphia: Smith & Peck., 1845) (Juvenile) (Children's poetry: City and town life; Occupations; Boston (Mass.) -- Description and travel; New York

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "O Boston City Lecture-Hearing Hearing" (Poems, Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1904:473 [Google Books]) (moral weakness on slavery of pre-war Boston)

Emmons, William. An oration on Bunker Hill battle, delivered on the battle ground, in Charlestown, 18th of June--1827.: Together with a caucus speech, delivered at Faneuil Hall, May 9th.

Farquhar, Anna. An Evans of Suffolk (Boston: L. C. Page, 1904 [Google Books]) (mild satire of Beacon Hill social life) (Brief Summary/Review The Literary World Mar. 1904: 73 [Google Books])

Faulkner, Armytage. "Friday Afternoon at the Boston Symphony Hall." A Satire Anthology. Ed. Carolyn Wells. New York: Scribner's, 1905: 332-36 [Google Books]) (satire)

Fern, Fanny (pseud. of Sarah Payson Willis Parton). Rose Clark (New York: Mason Brothers, 1856 [Google Books]) (set in part in Boston, e.g., Chapter 13 "A Chapter on Boston, Its

-----. Ruth Hall: A Domestic Tale or The Present Time (New York: Mason Brothers, 1855 [Google Books]) (author lived in Boston for part of her life, characters--satirical portraits of family members,

Field, Elinor Whitney. Try All Ports (New York: Longmans, Green, 1931) (Juvenile) (young English boy comes to Boston in the days of the clipper ships to search for family records) (Boston (Mass);

rsity, pp. 64-69 [Bail 343])

Fitch, Albert Parker (Harvard 1900). None So Blind (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1924) (Bail 305: "the development of the character, morals, mind, and body of Dick Blaisdell during his senior

Fitzjames, Phoebe. Silver Angel (New York: Zebra Books, 1994) (Boston heroine in Arizona) (Amazon)

Flandrau, Charles Macom. Diary of a Freshman (New York: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1901 [Google Books]) (College students; Harvard University; College stories) (Google Books; Bail 266-71)

-----. Harvard Episodes (Boston: Copeland and Day, 1897 [Google Books]) (focuses on vices) (Harvard University; College students; College stories; Short stories) (Google Books; Bail 255-64)

Follen, Eliza Lee Cabot. Sketches of Married Life (opens in Boston) (INDEPENDENCE; SICKNESS; WOMEN'S RIGHTS)

Forbes, Esther. O Genteel Lady (19th century; Boston-Concord-English literary figures) (Women authors) (Brief Summary, Jonathan Nield , A Guide to the Best

Foster, Frank. Evolution of a Trade Unionist (Boston: Allied Printing Trades Council], 1901) (South End boarding houses, etc.) (Sarah Deutsch, Women and the City: Gender, Space, and Power in

Freelance, Radical [pseud. of George Carleton, the publisher] The Philosophers of Foufouville (New York: G.W. Carleton, 1868 [Google Books]) (Utopias; Satire, American; Cooperative

Frothingham, Charles H. With the Compliments of Chas. H. Frothingham (Boston.: C.W. Grant, printer, 143 Washington St., 1873) (Streets -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Poetry; Street addresses --

Frothingham, Charles W. The Convent's Doom: A Tale of Charlestown in 1834 ; And, The Haunted Convent (Boston: Graves & Weston, 1854 [WRLC Doc 5th ed.]) (Brief Summary, Charles

-----. Six Hours in a Convent, or, The Stolen Nuns! : A Tale of Charlestown in 1834 (Boston: Graves & Weston, Office "American Union" ..., 1855 [Google Books 8th ed.])

Frothingham, Eugenia Brooks. The Turn of the Road (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1901 [Google Books]) (Boston people mainly abroad; career woman and blind suitor) (Literary News

Fulton, Justin D. illus. Henry M Snyder. Show Your Colors, or, A Story of Boston Life (New York: American Baptist Publication Society, 1875) (Juvenile) (Christian life; Friendship; Students;

Garland, Hamlin. Jason Edwards: An Average Man (Boston: Arena, 1892 [Google Books 1897 ed.]) ("Boston mechanic takes his family West, drawn by advertising circulars. But he finds that all land

Garwood, Julie. Prince Charming (New York: Pocket Books, 1994) (romance set part in Boston, part in Montana) (Amazon)

-----. Rebellious Desire (New York: Pocket Books, 1986) (romance; set in England 1802; heroine raised in Boston) (Amazon and Google Books)

Gear, W. Michael. The Morning River (New York: Forge, 1996) (1825; main character is a Harvard philosophy student suddenly thrust on his own to struggle and grow on the western frontier) (Young

Gentry, Georgina. Apache Tears (New York: Zebra, 1999) (romance; heroine attends finishing school in Boston, but mainly Arizona) (Apache Indians) (Amazon and Google Books)

-----. Cheyenne Captive (New York: Kensington, 1987) (Great Plains; Cheyenne Indians)

-----. Cheyenne Splendor (New York: Zebra Books, 1994) (romance; heroine forced to leave Native American husband and return to Brahmin Boston; sequel to Cheyenne Captive) (Indians of North

-----. To Tame a Savage (New York: Kensington Pub. Corp., 2002) (Boston Brahmin cavalry officer fathers Sioux son as adult brought to Boston) (Indians of North America--mixed descent;

-----. Warrior's Prize (New York: Zebra, 1997) (romance; finishing school in Boston, but mainly Colorado) (Arapaho Indians; Indians of North America; Colorado) (Amazon and Google Books)

Gerritsen, Tess. The Bone Garden: A Novel (New York: Ballantine, 2007) (modern and 1830 mystery combine; Oliver Wendell Holmes) (Medical examinaers (Law); Forensic pathologists)

Gibbons, Kaye. On the Occasion of My Last Afternoon (New York: Putnam, 1998) (1842-1900; takes place in South, not Boston; Civil War era southerner marries Boston surgeon, one of the Lowells)

Gilman, Caroline Howard. Recollections of a Housekeeper (New York: Harper & Bros., 1836 [Google Books]) (More commonly titled Recollections of a New England Bride) (New England -- Social

Gilmore, James Roberts. See Kirke, Edmund.

Goodger, Jane. Anything for Love (New York: Topaz, 1997) (also 20th c.; Irish Americans; Immigrants; Romance; "pregnant Irish maid in 1898 Boston" [Kathe Robin]) (Time travel; Women domestics --

----. Dancing With Sin (New York: Topaz, 1998) (catylst woman character from Boston; Springfield (Mass.); romance; late 19th century; French-Canadian Catholics) (Amazon and Google Books)

Goodman, Jo. My Reckless Heart (New York: Kensington Pub. Corp., 1998) (Boston and England; 1840s) (Ship captains; Seafaring life; Brothers) (Amazon and Google Books)

Goodrich, Samuel Griswold. The Adventures of Billy Bump in Boston, California, Etc.: Being the Life of a Boy in America (Rev. ed. Darton, 1862 [Internet Archive]) (Juvenile) (starts with

Goodwin, James S. A Day in the Boston of the Future (Boston: William B. Clarke, 1879) (with illustrations) (Social life and customs; Humor)

Gordon, Noah. Shaman: A Novel (New York: Dutton, 1992) (Boston, 1839, immigrant and medical world, Oliver Wendell Holmes, pp.19-43) (Frontier and pioneer life) (Amazon and Google Books)

Gouge, Louise M. Hannah Rose (Colorado Springs, Colo.: River Oak, 2005) (Capt. Ahab's widow in Boston; Christianity; Abolition) (Widows; Slavery; Boston (Mass.); Mothers and son; Whalers'

Gow, Ronald. A Boston Story: A Comedy (1966) (London: English Theatre Guild, 1969 or Pretoria : P.A.C.T., [1961?[WorldCat] 1964 title Watch and Ward) (Three Acts; based on Henry James's first

Graham, Brendan. The Element of Fire (London: HarperCollins, 2001) (Widows; Immigrants; Irish -- Massachusetts -- Boston; Boston (Mass.); Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852) (Google

Graham, Heather. Runaway (New York: Delacorte Press, 1994) (1830s; mainly Florida, but heroine runs away from false murder charges in Boston) (Seminole Indians -- Florida; Florida)

Grant, Robert. The Little Tin Gods-on-wheels, or, Society in Our Modern Athens: A Trilogy after the Manner of the Greek (from Harvard Lampoon) (Cambridge, Mass.: Charles W. Sever, 1879

Grasso, Patricia. To Tame a Duke (New York: Kensington Pub. Corp., 2001) (War of 1812; spies; heroine, Boston English spy catcher) (Kidnapping; Boston (Mass.) -- History -- 19th century) (Amazon

Greenwood, Leigh. A Texan's Honor (New York: Leisure Books 2006) (romance; family business in Boston; heiress in Texas) (Orphans -- United States -- History -- 19th century; The Eighties (19th

Gresham, G. R. Official 17th Sept[ember] Programme: Containing Full Particulars of All Arrangements for the Dedication of the Soldiers' Monument (Boston: C.W. Calkins & Co., 1877)

H. M. On Bunker Hill Monument,--Finished June 23d, 1842 ([Charlestown, Mass.: s.n., 1842]) (1 page) (United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Poetry; Bunker Hill Monument (Boston,

Haeger, Diane. Angel Bride (New York: Pocket Books, 1994) (romance; immigrant heroine marries Boston Brahmin) (Immigrants; Rich families; Poor families; Classism; Men/women relations; Brothers

Hale, Edward Everett. The Brick Moon, and Other Stories (Boston: Little, Brown, 1899 [Electronic Text Center, U of Virigina Library; accessed 5 Feb. 2008]) (Many Boston settings,

-----. "Christmas Waits in Boston, a Christmas Story". In His Name and Christmas Stories (Boston: Little, Brown, 1899): 206-232.

-----. If Jesus Came to Boston (Boston: Lamson, Wolffe, 1895 [Google Books]) (45 pages)

-----. "The Old South Meeting-House." In Poems of the "Old South" (Boston: W. F. Gill , 1877: 21-30 [Google Books]) (Old South Church (Boston, Mass.) -- Poetry) (Edwin D Mead,

-----. "One Cent." Christmas in Narraganset (New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1884: 43-47 [Google Books]) (East Boston trolley; lesson to rich about poverty) (Google Books)

-----. Susan's Escort (Boston: Lend a Hand Society, 1895 [Internet Archive]) (Susan constructs male-looking dummy so she can walk around Boston)

Hale, Edward Everett and Lucretia P. Hale. The New Harry and Lucy: A Story of Boston in the Summer of 1891 (Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1892 [Internet Archive]) (Juvenile) (uses Maria Edgeworth

Hale, Lucretia P. The Peterkin Papers (Boston: Ticknor, 1886 [Google Books 1914 ed.] (children; "Bostonians' penchant for self improvement"; 1870s--about one hour from Boston by train) (Family;

-----. The Wolf at the Door (Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1877) (Juvenile)

Hardy, Charles. Ecce signum!: Effigies of Charles Hardy, for Several Years a Sweeper of Streets in Boston ([Boston: s.n., 1824]) (New Year in literature.; Street cleaning -- Massachusetts -- Boston

Harris, Joel Chandler. Azalia. In Free Joe, and Other Georgian Sketches (New York: Charles Scriner's Sons, 1887: 138-236 [Google Books 1901 ed.]) (opens in Boston 1873; Boston woman in the

Harrison, Maria E. My Dearest Jane (Bloomington, IN: 1stBooks, 2002) (before and during Civil War; Boston mental asylum) (Adult child abuse victims; Massachusetts; Historical fiction; Love stories)

Hart, Catherine. Mischief (New York: Avon Books, 1995) (Boston debutante takes over father's saloon in Dodge City) (Jill Brager, Summary/Review, Romantic Times Book Reviews, accessed 23 Jun.

Hart, Derek. For Love Or Honor Bound ([Philadelpha, Pa.]: Xlibris Corp., 2001) (some Boston, e.g., "Chapter 3 Planned Interception Boston Harbor December 1, 1863" and "Chapter 6 Busy Dance

Hawthorne, Julian. Idolatry: A Romance (Boston: James R. Osgood, 1874 [Google Books]) (partly Boston, e.g. "IV A Brahman" 42-50)

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Blithedale Romance (Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1852 [Google Books]) (West Roxbury; Brook Farm) (Collective farms; Communal living; Farm life) (Google Books)

Hazel, Harry [pseud. for Justin Jones] The Belle of Boston, or, The Rival Students of Cambridge (Boston : F. Gleason, 1844) ("first Book of Harvard fiction" [Bail 219]; June 1820s; Fresh Pond;

-----. Big Dick, the King of the Negroes; or, Virtue and Vice Contrasted. A Romance of High & Low Life in Boston (Boston: "Star Spangled Banner" Office, 1846) (main character African American

-----. The Nun of St. Ursula, or, The Burning of the Convent. A Romance of Mount Benedict (Boston: F. Gleason, 1845 [American Catholic History Research Center and

Hemyng, Bracebridge. Jack Harkaway Around the World (New York: Federal Book Co., [1904?]) (Juvenile) (Fathers and sons; Boston (Mass.); New York (N.Y.); Adventure stories; Dime novels;

----. Jack Harkaway and His Son's Adventures Round the World (New York: F. Tousey, 1879 [Internet Archive Chicago: M.A. Donohue, 19-? ed.]) (Jack and son use inheritance to travel world;

Henke, Shirl. The Endless Sky (New York: St. Martin's, 1998) (romance; illegitimate/Indian upperclass Bostonian outcast male and blueblood Bostonian woman in Boston and mainly in the Valley of the

Hermann, Spring. Seeing Lessons: The Story of Abigail Carter and America's First School for the Blind (New York: Holt, 1998) (Elementary and junior high school; 1832; Perkins School for the

Hersey, William H. Celebration of the Centennial Anniversary of American Independence, July 4th, 1876 ([Boston]: William H. Hersey, 1876) (United States -- Centennial celebrations, etc. -- Humor;

Heti, Sheila. Ticknor (Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 2005) (Ticknor, George; Prescott, William Hickling; Jealousy; Self-perception) (Amazon and Google Books)

Hewes, Agnes Danforth. illus. N.C. Wyeth. Glory of the Seas (New York: A. A. Knopf, 1933) (Juvenile) (East Boston; Donald McKay) (Clipper ships; Boston (Mass.);

Hockett, Kathryn. River of Passion (New York: Kensington Pub. Corp., 1993) (prim and proper 19th-century Boston woman physician on the Congo River searching for long-lost brother; romance)

Holmes, Mary Jane. Rose Mather: A Tale of the War (New York: G.W. Carleton, 1868 [Internet Archive]) (Title character Boston Civil War wife/widow[?]) (United States -- History -- Civil War,

Holmes, Oliver Wendell. The Auotocrat of the Breakfast Table (Atlantic Monthly 1857-58; Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Co., 1858 [Google Books 1859 ed.] ("less a novel than a collection of short,

-----. "The Brave Old South." In Poems of the "Old South" (Boston: W. F. Gill , 1877: 8-11 [Google Books]) (Old South Church (Boston, Mass.) -- Poetry) (Edwin D Mead, Context, The Old South

-----. Dorothy Q, together with A Ballad of the Boston Tea Party and Grandmother's Story of Bunker Hill Battle (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1893 (copyrights 1874 and 1875) [Google

-----. Elsie Venner: A Romance of Destiny (Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1861 [Google Books]) (Introduces term Brahmins for upper-class Bostonians; one major character, a doctor, is a Bostonian, but

-----. Iris. The Little Classics, ed. Rossiter Johnson Vol. 7: Romance. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1875: 7-82 [Google Books] (Boston boarding house)

-----. "Poem for the 250th Anniversary of the Founding of Harvard College" (1886). In The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, ed. Horace E. Scudder (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin,

Hooker, John. Love and Beans ([Boston?: s.n., ca. 1880]) (three stanzas) (Courtship -- Poetry; Beans -- Poetry; Boston (Mass.) -- Poetry)

Hopkins, Pauline E. Contending Forces: A Romance Illustrative of Negro Life North and South (Boston: The Colored Co-operative Publishing Co., 1900; copyright 1899 [Digital Schomburg African

-----. Of One Blood (Colored American Magazine Nov. and Dec, 1902, and Jan. 1903; 1902-03; New York: Washington Square P., 2004) (main character, medical student from Boston; starts in

Hopkinson, Deborah. Fannie in the Kitchen: The Whole Story from Soup to Nuts of How Fannie Farmer Invented Recipes with Precise Measurements (New York: Atheneum Books for Young

Hosmer, Harriet Goodhue [pub. anon.]. Boston and Boston People in 1850 (Boston: [s.n.], 1850 [Google Books]) ("one nineteenth century American's viewpoint on how wealthy Bostonians treated the

Howard Athenaeum. Temple. ... From the Howard Anthenæum. The thrilling play and life-like panorama called Boston Before the fire!--On fire!--After the fire! ... (Boston: s.n., 1872) (Farce;

Howatch, Susan. Cashelmara (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1974) (three generation Irish/Irish-American; partly Boston) (Irish American families) (Amazon and Google Books)

Howe, Cheryl. The Pirate and the Puritan (New York: Lesiure, 2003) (romance; Boston Puritan heroine and Carribean pirate; 1721) (Amazon and Google Books)

Howe,Julia Ward. "The Old South." In Poems of the "Old South" (Boston: W. F. Gill , 1877: 12-15 [Google Books]) (Old South Church (Boston, Mass.) -- Poetry) (Edwin D Mead,

Howells, William Dean. April Hopes (New York: Harper, 1887 [Google Books 1888 ed.]) (Boston society; first seven chapters Class Day at Harvard in 1880s [Bail 344]) (Amazon and Google Books)

-----. A Chance Acqaintance (Boston: J. R. Osgood, 1873 [Google Books]) (Male Boston snobbery away from from home ruins romance) (Young women; Upper class; Saint Lawrence River; Boston

-----. An Imperative Duty (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1892 [Google Books 1893 ed.]) (North slope of Beacon Hill, African-American community) (Racially mixed people) (Google Books)

-----. A Hazard of New Fortunes (New York: Boni and Liveright, 1889 [Internet Archive] (starts in Boston as main character moves from Boston to New York; mainly New York) (New York (N.Y.);

-----. The Lady of Aroostock (Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Co., 1879 [Google Books]) (some Boston, but mainly elsewhere) (Google Books)

-----. The Landlord at Lion's Head: A Novel (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1897 [Google Books]) (partly Boston, partly mountains; Harvard University; country folk; society people) (Artists) (Google

-----. The Minister's Charge or The Apprenticeship of Lemuel Barker (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1886 [Google Books]) (Protestant working class [and rural immigrants] in Boston) (Amazon and Google

-----. A Modern Instance (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1881 [Google]) (Boston journalist and divorce; commercial values in the "city on a hill"; West End) (Married women; Journalists' spouses; Boston

-----. The Rise of Silas Lapham (Boston: Ticknor and Co., 1885 [Google Books]) (Businessmen; Rich people; Socialites) (Google Books)

-----. The Shadow of a Dream (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1890 [Google Books]) (Begins in a Nahant-like cottage near Boston) (Psychological fiction; Triangles (Interpersonal relations))

-----. Suburban Sketches (New York: Hurd and Houghton; Cambridge: Riverside P, 1871 [Google Books]) (New and Enlarged Ed., 1872+) (Italians; Irish; Immigrants; African Americans; Cambridge

-----.The Undiscovered Country (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1880 [Google Books]) (spiritualism; opens with seance in Boston; western Massachusetts; Shakers) (Amazon and Google Books)

-----. Their Wedding Journey (Boston: James R. Osgood and Co., 1872 [Google Books]) (Boston couple; starts and ends in Boston [later editions add last chapter return to Niagra 12 years later]; Niagra

-----. A Woman's Reason (Boston: James R. Osgood, 1883 [Google Books]) ("study of feminine nature and of social values in Boston" [source?]) (Google Books)

Baxter, Sylvester. "Howells's Boston". The New England Magazine N.S. 9.2 (October 1893): 129-52. [Making of America, Cornell U Library]

Hubbard, Elbet [Green]. Forbes of Harvard (Boston: Arena, 1894 [Google Books]) (Bail 252-54: despite title, only slight Harvard connection; Class of 1852; mainly west)

Inglee, K. B. "Murder in a Posh Hotel: Boston, November, 1894." ORCHARD PRESS MYSTERIES, SHORT FICTION & POETRY 2007 (accessed 21 Feb. 2008)

Ingraham, J. H. Alice May, and Bruising Bill (Boston: Gleason's, 1845 [WorldPublicLibrary, accessed 2 May 2008]) (Harvard; two separate stories; "Bruising Bill," town-gown fights 1840; Bail 222-23)

-----. Grace Weldon, or, Frederica, The Bonnet-girl: A Tale of Boston and its Bay (Boston: H.L. Williams, 1845) (millinery trade)

-----. Steel Belt, or, The Three Masted Goleta! A Tale of Boston Bay (Boston: Yankee Office, 1844) (may be 18th c. as there's mention of Bunker Hill; almost completely takes place at sea) (Amazon

Jacobus, Russell P. An Escape from Philistia: A Novel (Boston: J.G. Cupples, 1893 [Google Books]) ("novel of Boston life"; Copley Square; Trinity Church) (Brief Review, The Literary World 17 Jun.

James, Henrietta (pseud. of Celia B. Whitehead). Another Chapter of "The Bostonians" (Bloomfield, N.J.: S.M. Hulin, 1887) (27 pages; happy feminist ending) (Husband and wife -- Fiction;

James, Henry. The Bostonians: A Novel (London, New York: Macmillan and Co., 1886 [Internet Archive]) (New York; Cape Cod) (Triangles (interpersonal relations); Young women; Feminists; Cousins)

-----. The Europeans: A Sketch (London: Macmillan, 1878 [Google Books 1879 "New Edition"] (1830s; Boston and environs) (BROTHERS AND SISTERS; MORALITY; NEW ENGLAND;

-----. The Portrait of a Lady (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1881 [Google Books 1908 ed.; Vol. II. 1909 ) (some Bostonian characters, esp. Caspar Goodwood) (Archer, Isabel (Fictitious character);

-----. "A New England Winter" (1883). Tales of Three Cities (Boston: James Osgood, 1884: 269-359 [Internet Archive]) (on shift from Beacon Hill to Back Bay) (Introduction and Text Adrian Dover)

-----. "The Patagonia" (1888). In A London Life, The Patagonia, The Liar, Mrs. Temperly (London: Macmillan, 1889): 161-240 [Google Books--page 239 unreadable]) (Beacon Hill in summer)

-----. Watch and Ward (1871 Atlantic Monthly) (Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Co., 1878 [Google Books]) (partly in Boston) (EROTIC LOVE; LOVE; PATRIARCHY) (Google Books and Gow

James, Samantha. Just One Kiss (New York: Avon Books, 1996) (Starts Beacon Hill, 1854; romance) (Massachusetts -- History -- 1775-1865) (Amazon and Google Books)

Jenkins, Beverly. Before the Dawn (New York: Avon Books, 2001) (heroine, African-American Boston tavern owner; action mainly Colorado) (African Americans; Colorado; Boston (Mass.); Inheritance

Johnson, Shirley Everton. The Cult of the Purple Rose: A Phase of Harvard Life (Boston: Richard G. Badger, 1902 [Google Books]) ("coded homage to Oscar Wilde" [Stone and Wofsey 1996]; semi-

Johnson, Susan. Blaze (New York: Bantam, 1986) (Boston heiress kidnapped by Indian chief in land dispute) (Absaroke Indians; Boston, Massachusetts -- History -- 19th century; Historical romances,

Johnston, Norma. Lotta’s Progress (New York: Avon Books, 1997) (Elementary and junior high school) (1838; 1840s) (German immigrants helped by Alcotts) (Alcott, Louisa May; German

Johnstone, William W. The Last Gunfighter: Avenger (New York : Pinnacle Books, 2007) (Series: The last gunfighter) (pursuit to Boston; 1890s) (Amazon)

-----. Rage of the Mountain Man (New York: Kensington Pub. Corp., 1996) (Kidnapping in Boston; most of the action in the west) (Rocky Mountains; Kidnapping) (Amazon Back

Joyce, Brenda. Captive (New York: Avon, 1996) (Romance; 20th and early 19th c.; starts "Boston, 1996") (Time travel; Harem; Boston (Mass.)-- History; Africa, North--History--1517-1882) (Amazon

Judd, Sylvester. Margaret: A Tale of the Real and Ideal, Blight and Bloom; Including Sketches of a Place Not Before Described, Called Mons Christi (Boston: Jordan and Wiley, 1845 [Google

Kane, James Johnson. Ilian; Or, The Curse of the Old South Church of Boston: A Psychological Tale of the Late Civil War (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1888 [Internet Archive]) (supernatural)

Kay, Alan N. Send 'em South (Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Kids, 2000) (Juvenile) (abolitionists; Irish Americans; escaped slaves in pre-Civil War Boston) (Underground Railroad; Fugitive slaves;

Kauffman, Reginald Wright. Jarvis of Harvard (Boston: L.C. Page & Co., 1901 [Google Books]) (Undergraduate students) (Harvard University) (Google Books; Bail 271-76)

Kay, Alan N. On the Trail of John Brown's Body: Young Heroes of History (Shippensburg, PA:White Mane Kids, 2001) (Juvenile--Elementary and junior high) (starts in Boston, but mainly Kansas and

Kelleher, Lawrence R. The Lads: Erin's Far-Flung Exiles (New York: iUniverse, 2005) (Civil War; Irish immigrants from same family from Boston fight others from New Orleans) (Amazon and Google

Keys, Elizabeth. The Darling (New York: Zebra, ) (romance; young society woman flees proper Boston for Maine; nineteenth c. ?) ( Young women -- Massachusetts -- Boston;

King, Basil [pseud. of William Benjamin King]. Let Not Man Put Asunder[: A Story of Modern American Life {Cover but not title page}][: A Novel {1901 ed.}] (New York; London: Harper &

King, Karen L. The Wedding Runaway (New York: Zebra Books, 2005) (heroine Boston heiress in England; romance) (Men/women relations; Single women; Heirs and heiresses -- Boston,

Kirke, Edmund [pseud. of James Roberts Gilmore]. My Southern Friends (New York: Carleton, 1863 [Google Books]) (partly set in Boston)

Kittredge, Daniel Wright. The Memoirs of a Failure: With an Account of the Man and his Manuscript (Cincinatti: U. O. James, Bookseller, 1908) (Harvard, Chapter 2 [Bail 344]) (Google Books and

Kraus, Jim & Terri. The Quest: A Novel (Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale House Publishers, 2001) (Series: Circle of destiny, 4) (Harvard student needs/seeks/finds Christ; class of 1845) (Harvard University --

Krensky, Stephen. Sisters of Scituate Light (New York: Dutton Children's Books, 2008) (Juvenile--ages 4-8) (Massachusetts -- History -- War of 1812; Lighthouses; Sisters; Scituate (Mass.) -- History

Lander, Sarah W. Spectacles for Little Eyes (Boston: Walker, Wise, 1862, ©1861) (Juvenile) ("good account of the sights of Boston and the vicinity, with pretty illustrations" (by Winslow Homer, etc.)

Landis, Jill Marie. Come Spring (New York: Jove Books, 1992) (starts in Boston in 1890s; Wyoming; Romance) (Amazon and Google Books)

Langton, Jane. The Deserter: Murder at Gettysburg (New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2003) (Harvard "deserter") (Kelly, Homer (Fictitious character); Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863;

-----. Steeplechase: A Homer Kelly Mystery (New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2005) (1868; fictional Nashoba, Mass.) (sequel to The Deserter) (Kelly, Homer (Fictitious character); Middlesex County

Lasky, Kathryn. Daughters of the Sea: Hannah (New York: Scholastic Press, 2009) (1899; wealthy Boston and Maine coast; three mermaid sisters; first of trilogy) (Mermaids; Identity; Social

----. Illus. David Catrow. She's Wearing a Dead Bird on Her Head! (New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 1995) (Juvenile: ages 9-12) (1896; fictional account of founding of

-----. True North: A Novel of the Underground Railroad (New York: Blue Sky Press, 1996) (Juvenile: grades 6-9) (one main character is a Beacon Hill socialite; "Chapter 27 June 16,

Lee, Hannah Farnham Sawyer [pub. anon.]. Rosanna; or, Scenes in Boston. A Story (Cambridge: John Owen, 1839 [Google Books]) (temperance; Irish immigrants) (Google Books and Summary The

Lee, Linda Francis. Blue Waltz (New York: Jove Books, 1996) (romance; Boston, 1893) (Widows) (Amazon and Review Romantic Times Book Reviews [accessed 5 Mar. 2008])

-----. Dove's Way (New York: Ivy Books, 2000) (Boston-born heroine grows up in Congo; on return tries to become proper lady) (Congo; Society manners; Romance; Upperclass) (Amazon

-----. Nightingale's Gate (New York: Ivy Books, 2001) (Romance) (Prostitutes -- Massachusetts -- Boston; Serial murderers -- Massachusetts -- Boston; Women lawyers -- Massachusetts -- Boston)

-----. Swan's Grace (New York: Ivy Books, 2000) (Sequel to Dove's Way, Boston 1892; Romance) (Amazon and Google Books)

Leon, Bonnie. The Heart of Thornton Creek: A Novel (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Fleming H. Revell, 2005) (romance; Boston socialite heroine moves to Australia in 1871; mainly Australia) (Pioneers;

Leslie, Eliza. "The Escorted Lady." In Pencil Sketches: Or, Outlines of Character and Manners (Philadelphia: Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1833: ?-? (opens at the Tremont Hotel; pampered woman

Leslie, Madeline J. Hyde. Sophia and the Gipsies (Boston: Andrew F. Graves, 1870) (Romanies; Farmers; Travelers; Diseases; Children -- Conduct of life; Christian life; Boston (Mass.))

Lester, Julius. "A Christmas Love Story." This Strange New Feeling (New York: Dial, 1982: 73-149) (Juvenile) (three short stories; escaped slaves in Boston; Fugitive Slave Bill 1850; based on real

Lidstone, James Torrington Spencer. The Bostoniad Giving a Full Description of the Principal Establishments, Together with the Most Honorable and Substantial Business Men, in the Athens of

-----. The Third Bostoniad: In Two Parts [i.e. Parts 2-3] (Boston: Pub. under universal patronage Hollis & Gunn , prs, 1853)

Lindsey, Johanna. Paradise Wild (New York: Avon, 1981) (romance; mainly Hawaii, but Boston heroine and Boston scenes; 1890s) (Amazon and Google Books)

Litton, Pamela. Scoundrel (New York: Jove Books, 1994) (romance; mail-order bride from Boston; Brides of the West series) (Bride price; New Mexico) (Amazon)

Lord, Mary N. Mary Milton; or, The Conquests of Grace. A Brief Account of the Life, Experience and Labors of a Humble Servant of Christ (Claremont, N.H.: Printed by the Claremont

Loring, Frederic W[adsworth]. Two College Friends (Boston: Loring, 1871 [Internet Archive]) ("a romantic friendship set at Harvard. Not explicitly gay, but coded in Whitmanesque language" [Stone and

Lunt, William P. Poem: Recited by the late Rev. William P. Lunt, on the occasion of laying the corner stone of the Sailors' Snug Harbor, July 14, 1856 (Boston: J.M. Hewes, Printer, [1857?])

MacLane, Mary. My Friend Annabel Lee (Chicago: Herbert S. Stone and Company, 1903 [Google Books]) (friendship in Boston) (Author's Comments, The Literary News Aug. 1903: 255 [Google

Maclean, Anna. Louisa and the Missing Heiress: A Louisa May Alcott Mystery (New York: Signet and New American Library, 2004) (Beacon Hill; Pinckney Street; Commonwealth Avenue)

MacGowan, Alice. The Last Word (Boston: Page, 1902 [Google Books]) (Texas/New York/Boston; young women; romance) (Google Books and Brief Review The Bookbuyer, Oct. 1902:251-52

Madden, Sandra. Comfort and Joy (New York: Zebra, 2001) (romance; Brahmin amnesiac marries Irish serving girl; stolen art; Christmas) (Amnesiacs -- Boston, Massachusetts; Art --

Mahony, Dora [pseud.]. Six Months in a House of Correction, or, The Narrative of Dorah Mahony Who Was Under the Influence of the Protestants about a Year, and an Inmate of the House of

Mann, Rufus [pseud. of Sophia Penn Page Shaler]. The Prelude and the Play (Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 1900 [Google Books]) (Harvard University) (Google Books and

McCall, Sidney. Truth Dexter (Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1901 [Internet Archive 1906 ed.]) (Southern wife, Boston husband; critique of Boston society) (Amazon and Google Books)

McClymer, Kelly. The Infamous Bride: Once Upon a Wedding (New York: Kensington Pub. Corp., 2001; New York: Zebra; Southampton: Mallard, 2001) (Romance; 1840s; Boston merchant family;

McCorry, Peter. Mount Benedict, or the Violated Tomb: A Tale of the Charlestown Convent (Boston: P. Donahoe, 1871 [Wright American Fiction 1851-1875, Indian U]) (based on the burning of

McDowell, Katherine Sherwood Bonner [under pseud. "By an Atom"]. The Radical Club: A Poem Respectfully Dedicated to "The Infinite" (Boston Sunday Times, May 8, 1875) ("parody of Poe's

[Chip. The Radical Club: A Poem Respectfully Dedicated to an Atom (Boston: William F. Gill, 1876) ("Written in reply to: The Radical Club / by an atom [i.e. Katherine Sherwood Bonner McDowell]" [Google Books]; 27 pages) (Google Books)]

McKinstry, L. C. The Burning, Commemorative of the Destruction by Fire of "The Scriptural Tract Repository ...": During the Great Fire of Nov. 10 and 11, 1872 (St. Johnsburg [Vt.]: C.M.

McMahon, Kay. Chase the Dawn (New York: Jove Books: Berkley Pub. Group, 1992) (romance; heroine, Boston doctor; Civil War; mainly in South) (Google Books)

McMahon, Thomas. McKay's Bees (New York: Harper & Row, 1979) (Boston Brahmin in 1855 Kansas) (Frontier and pioneer life; Bee culture; Bee keepers; Kansas) (Amazon and Google Books)

Mead, Lucia True Ames [pub. under maiden name Lucia True Ames]. Memoirs of a Millionaire (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1889 [Google Books]) (Boston heiress puts philanthropy into

Merrick, Mark. Detective Jack; Or, the Night Hawks of Boston (New York: N. Munro, 1884) (Number 94 in series; Dime Novel) (Check Hoppenstand; listed p. 104)

Merritt, Christopher C. Faneuil Hall: "The Cradle of Liberty" ([Boston: s.n.], 1895) (4 pages) (Faneuil Hall (Boston, Mass.) -- Poetry)

Meyer, L. A. Curse of the Blue Tattoo: Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady (Orlando, Fla.: Harcourt, 2004) (Elementary and junior high school)

M'Glenen, H. A. The Ray. Boston, October, 1882. New England edition (Boston: H.A. M'Glenen, 1882) (The Ray was a series of theatre programs.) (Meritt, Paul.; Harris, A.; Boston Theatre

Mills, Anita. Comanche Moon (New York: Topaz Books, 1995) (heroine returns from Boston finishing school to Texas; mainly Texas; 1873) (Comanche Indians) (Amazon and Google Books)

Moffat, A. S. Cedar Brook Stories; or, The Clifford Children. / Vol. 1. The Young Seed-sowers (Boston: Graves and Young; New York: Sheldon and Company; Cincinnati: George S. Blanchard, 1864)

Moody, Charles C.P. , William B Tappan, and George Russell. Celebration Hymns, on the Introduction of the Cochituate Water in Boston, October 25, 1848 ([Boston] Old Dickinson Print. Office,

Moody, William Vaughn. An Ode in Time of Hesitation (1900). In Gloucester Moors and Other Poems. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1901. 12-21 [Google Books] (Robert Gould Shaw/Massachusett

Morgan, Henry. Boston Inside Out! Sins of a Great City! A Story of Real Life (Boston: Shawmut Pub. Co., 1880 [Google Books 1895 ed.]) (anti-Catholic diatribe against Catholic-Brahmin conspiracy)

-----. Ned Nevins, the News Boy, Or, Street Life in Boston (Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1867 [Internet Archive]) (Brief Contemporary Review The American Farmer (Jul. 1867: 223) [Google Books])

Morrow, Victoria. The Eagle and the Dove (New York: Leisure; Enfield: Publishers Group UK [distributor], 2007) (romance; Boston heroine; railroads; gold mines; class snobbery) (Amazon and

Moulton, Louise Chandler. "A Letter, and What Came of It." Some Women's Hearts (Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1874: 289-320 [Google Books])

-----. Miss Eyre from Boston: And Others (Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1889 [Google Books]) (short stories) (Google Books)

Mullan, William. Furrows Through Brook Farm (Boston: William Mullan, publisher, 1899) (31 pages) (Brook Farm (Boston, Mass.) -- Poetry)

Murphy, James R. They Were Dreamers: A Saga of the Irish in North America (New York: Atheneum, 1983) (Irish-Canadians migrate to Boston; 1832-74) (Irish-Canadians;

Nelson, Truman John. The Passion by the Brook: A novel about Brook Farm (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1953) (Brook Farm Phalanx (West Roxbury, Boston, Mass.)) (Google Books)

-----. The Sin of the Prophet (Boston: Little, Brown, 1952) (African Americans; 1854) (Parker, Theodore; Burns, Anthony; Fugitive slaves; Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Anti-slavery

O'Brian, Patrick. The Fortune of War (London: Collins, 1979) ("lead characters . . . prisoners in Boston during the War of 1812 . . . volume 6 in O’Brian’s Aubrey/Maturin series of historical

O'Connor, William Douglas . "The Ghost." Little Classics, ed. Rossiter Johnson. Vol. 8 Mystery. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1875: 7-70 [Google Books]. (West End; Beacon Hill; Bowdoin Street; Hanover

----- [pub. anon.]. Harrington: A Story of True Love ( Boston: Thayer & Eldridge, 1860 [Google Books]) (Begins in Boston in 1852 with racist mistreatment of African Americans and

O'Donnell, Terence. The Lenore: A Maritime Chronicle (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1926) (opens on the Boston docks, 1857, but most of the action happens at sea) (Google Books) (fiction?)

Olds, Bruce. Raising Holy Hell: A Novel (New York: H. Holt, 1995) (John Brown with some key Boston scenes with radical abolitionists) (Brown, John; Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History -- John

Optic, Oliver [pseud. of William Taylor Adams]. Living Too Fast; or, The Confession of a Bank Officer, (Boston: Lee and Shepard and New York: Charles T. Dillingham, 1876) (Juvenile)

-----. Make Or Break: Or, The Rich Man's Daughter (Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1869) (Juvenile) (Barbers; Poor; Banks and banking; City and town life; Physicians; Temperance;

-----. Now or Never; or The Adventures of Bobby Bright: A Story for Young Folks (Boston: Brown and Bazin, 1857 [Google Books]) (Juvenile) (Fishing; Widows; Mothers and sons;

Otis, Eliza Henderson Boardman, Mrs. The Barclays of Boston (Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1854 [Wright American Fiction 1851-1875, Indiana U]) (Review, Putnam's Monthly

Page, J. W. Uncle Robin in his Cabin in Virginia and Tom Without One in Boston (Richmond, Va.: J. W. Randolph, 1853 [Wright American Fiction 1851-1875, Indiana U]) (benevolent southern

Paisley, Rebecca (pseud. of Rebecca Boado Rosas). Barefoot Bride (New York: Avon, 1990) (romance; Boston and North Carolina) (Amazon)

-----. Heartstrings (New York: Dell, 1994) (comedy; romance; Boston-intellectual in Texas wants to bear child for barren sister from man who resembles physically/intellectually her Harvard-

Palfrey, Sarah Hammond [also under pseud. E. Foxton]. Old Times and New (Boston: W.B. Clarke Company, 1899) (49 pages) (Boston (Mass.) -- Poetry) (Google Books)

Parshley, Frank E. The Voice of Cambridgeport ([Cambridgeport, Mass.? : s.n., 1876]) (Merchants -- Massachusetts -- Cambridgeport; Merchants -- Massachusetts -- Boston. Merchants -- Poetry;

Parton, Ethel. Melissa Ann: A Little Girl of the Eighteen Twenties (Chicago: E.M. Hale, 1931) (Juvenile) ("Melissa Ann, who lives in Boston with her grandmother and four aunts, is always

Pastore, Clare. Fiona McGilray's Story: A Voyage from Ireland in 1849 (New York: Berkley Jam, 2001) (Juvenile--grades 5-8) (teenager and her family emigrate to Boston) (Irish-American girls --

Peale, Cynthia (pseud. of Nancy Zaroulis). "The Bones of St. Botolph." Globe 7/29/01 14-19) (Jack and Isabella Gardner) See also Mysteries.

-----. The Death of Colonel Mann: A Beacon Hill Mystery (New York: Doubleday, 2000) (death of gossip publisher/blackmailer in Victorian Boston) (Beacon Hill; Brothers and sisters) (Amazon and

-----. Murder at Bertram's Bower (New York: Doubleday, 2001) ("Jack the ripper" in Boston 1892) (Beacon Hill; Brothers and sisters) (Amazon and Google Books)

-----. White Crow: A Beacon Hill Mystery (New York: Doubleday, 2002) (spiritualist; seances; William James)(Brothers and sisters) (Amazon and Google Books)

Pearl, Matthew. The Last Dickens (London: Harvill Secker, 2009) (trans-Atlantic murder mystery; 1870) (Dickens, Charles, -- 1812-1870 -- Death and burial; Dickens, Charles, -- 1812-1870 --

Pentz, Albert Du Verney. "The Big Stranger on Dorchester Heights." Boston Transcript. The Best Short Stories of 1916, ed. Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien (Boston: Small, Maynard, 1917: 72-74

Pettis, Samuel. Boston and Its Environs as They Appear from the Cupola of the State House: A Poem (Boston: L.C. Bowles, 1832) (47 pages) (Poetry)

Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart. Fourteen to One (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1891 [Google Books]) (Short stories, many set in Boston, e.g., "Mary Elizabeth" 370-80: beggar girl on Washington Street and Parker

-----. The Sunny Side: Or the Country Minister's Wife (Philadelphia, Pa. [u.a.]: American Sunday-school Union, 1851) (consequences of low pay for ministers) (some Boston, e.g. Chapter "CHAPTER

-----. The Silent Partner (Boston: J.R. Osgood and Co.; London: Samson Low & Co., 1871 [Google Books]) (Boston heiress unsuccessfully tries to help factory workers who work in her mills) (Amazon

Phillis, Pompey or Pompey Smallhead or Christian Brown [various ed.] . Dreadful Riot on Negro Hill! (? 1816 [American Memory, Library of Congress, 1827 ed..]) (Broadside; "Phillis" insulting reference

-----. Bosson Artillerum election, or The African's Reply to the Burlesque on their Late Celebration of the Abolition of the Slave Trade ([Boston: African Society of Boston, 1828]) (response to

Piel, Stobie. A Brighter Dawn (New York: LoveSpell, 1997) (romance; Civil War; wealthy Boston widow disguises as soldier to expose Confederate spy murderer of husband; mainly Virginia) (Civil War,

Pier, Arthur Stanwood. The Pedagogues: A Story of the Harvard Summer School (Boston: Small, Maynard, 1899 [Google Books]) (young English teacher) (Harvard University) (Google Books and

-----. The Sentimentalists: A Novel (New York: Harper & Brothers., 1901 [Google Books]) (western nouveau riche make way in Boston society) (Google Books)

Pool, Maria Louise. Mrs. Keats Bradford (New York: Harper Brothers, 1892) ("Boston marriage"; sequel to Roweny; mainly rural setting) (Brief Review, The Literary World (Jul. 1892: 261)

-----. Roweny in Boston: A Novel (New York: Harper, 1892 [Internet Archive]) ("Boston marriage")

Poor, Agnes Blake. Boston Neighbours: In Town and Out (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1898 [Google Books]) (short stories) (Pub. Des.. The Literary News Apr. 1898: 127 [Google Books]))

Porter, Cheryl Anne. Hannah's Promise (New York: St. Martin's, 1997) (romance; heroine in Boston with murdered mother's family; mainly, wild west) (Sisters; Revenge) (Amazon and Google Books)

Post, Waldron Kintzing. Harvard Stories: Sketches of the Undergraduate (New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1893 [Google Books]) (College stories, American; Harvard University; College

Pozzessere, Heather Graham. . An Angel's Touch (New York: Zebra, 1995) (in part, angels in a Boston bar; Archangel Gabriel; one of six miracles in Boston) (Angels; Massachusetts) (Amazon and

Price, Eugenia . The Waiting Time (New York: Doubleday, 1997) (Boston Brahmin woman marries Georgia slaveowner; 1850s; abolition; one return visit to Boston; mainly Georgia) (Men/women relations

Price, Marjorie. Emerald Embrace (New York: Kensington Pub. Corp., 1989) (romance; mid-19th c.; Irish Americans; Lowell; Boston; Fugitive Slave Act) (Brothers and sisters) (Google Books)

Pryor, Bonnier. Luke: On the Golden Trail, 1849 (New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1999) (Elementary and junior high school; boy moves from Iowa to Boston; 1849; more on Iowa and the

Quirk, Lawrence J. Some Lovely Image (New York: Quirk Pub. Co., ©1976 or Secaucus, N.J.: Meadowland Books, 1989) (gay men; Harvard; Beacon Hill; Lynn; 20th c. narrator/investigator and

Rand, Edward Augustus. Two College Boys, Or, the Old Man of Mountain (New York: T. Whittaker, 1895) (New Hampshire temperance and virtue at Harvard; Bail 254-55) (White Mountains)

Reasoner, J. L. Healer's Calling (New York: Berkley, 1996) (Boston woman physician goes west) (Women physicians -- Massachusetts -- Boston; Frontier and pioneer life; Boston (Mass.)--History--

Reed, Helen Leah. Brenda, Her School and Her Club (Boston: Little, Brown, 1900 [Google Books]) (Juvenile) ("instructive in its information about Boston" [American Monthly]) (Google Books and Brief

-----. Brenda's Bargain: A Story for Girls (Boston: Little, Brown, 1903 [Google Books]) (Juvenile) (school and settlement work in Boston) (Google Books)

-----. Miss Theodora: A West End Story (Boston: R.G. Badger, 1898 [Internet Archive]) (West End; Pen and ink sketches of streets; local color; "quaint sketches of scenes fast fading" (Pub. Des.);

Reed, Rebecca Theresa. Six Months in a Convent, Or, The Narrative of Rebecca Theresa Reed, Who Was Under the Influence of the Roman Catholics About Two Years, and an Inmate of the

Rees, Douglas. Lightning Time: A Novel (New York: DK Ink, 1997) (Juvenile--Elementary and Junior High School) (14-year-old hero leaves Boston to go with John Brown; 1850s; Harper's Ferry)

Rideing, William H. A Little Upstart: a Novel (Boston: Cupples, Upham, 1885) ("covert portraits, with racy and sometimes sarcastic sketches of society and literary life in Boston" [A Little Upstart The

Robbins, Joseph Willet. Progress: A Local Poem, Read Before the Roxbury Mechanics' Institute, Tuesday Evening, Feb. 19, 1861 (Boston: s.n., 1861) (Roxbury (Boston, Mass.) -- History -- Poetry)

Robins, Elizabeth [1st ed. under pseud C. E. Raimond]. The Open Question: A Tale of Two Temperaments (London: Heinemann, 1898 [Google Books]) ("the hero's family lives at Elizabeth's Boston

Robbins, Sarah Stuart. illus. Henry L Penfield. Turning a New Leaf, or, The Story of Charles Terry (New York: Robert Carter & Bros., 1865 [Google Books])

Rockwood, Harry (pseud. of Ernest A. Young). Clarice Dyke: The Female Detective (New York: J.S. Ogilvie, 1883) ("knows the criminals of Boston . . . proving that the streets of Southie and the

-----. Nat Foster, the Boston Detective: A Thrilling Story of Detective Life (New York: J. S. Ogilvie, 1883)

Roddan, John T. John O'Brien; or, The Orphan of Boston, A Tale of Real Life (Boston: Patrick Donahoe, 1850) (Irish immigrants and hostile Yankees; 1819-c. 1850) (Google Books and Detailed

Rodrick, Diane. Love's Eternal Golden Flames (Virtualbookworm Inc., 2001) (romance; some Boston, but not grounded in real Boston) (Google Books)

Rogers, Cameron. The Music of Razors (Ringwood, Vic.: Penguin, 2001) (partly, Boston 1840) (Supernatural) (Amazon and Google Books)

Rogers, Rosemary. A Dangerous Man (New York: Avon Books, 1996) (Opens Boston, September, 1845) (California -- Social life and customs -- 19th century) (Amazon Back Cover)

Russell, Benjamin. The Fortieth Annual Address, of the carriers of the Columbian centinel, to its patrons : with the best wishes and salutations of the season, for January 1, 1824 (Boston: [B.

Russell, David. Autobiography of David Russell: A Boston Boy and True American (Boston: The author, 1857 [Wright American Fiction 1851-1875, Indiana U]) (Classified by Wright as fiction)

Ryan, P[atricia]. B. Death on Beacon Hill: A Gilded Age Mystery (New York: Berkley Prime Crime, 2005) (1869: Irish governess) (Sweeney, Nell (Fictitious character)) (Amazon and Google Books)

Salisbury, Luke. The Cleveland Indian: The Legend of King Saturday (Brooklyn, N.Y.: The Smith, 1992) (1897; several scenes in Boston) ) (Sockalexis, Louis; Cleveland Spiders (Baseball team) --

Samuels, Adelaide F. illus. John Andrew. Fighting the Battle; or, Dick and Daisy's City Life (Boston: Lee and Shepard and New York: Lee, Shepard, and Dillingham, 1871) (Juvenile; 2nd in series)

-----. illus. John Andrew. Grandfather Milly's Luck, or, Dick and Daisy's Reward (Boston: Lee and Shepard and New York: Lee, Shepard, and Dillingham, 1871) (Juvenile) (4th in series;

-----. illus. John Andrew. Saved From the Streets; or, Dick and Daisy's Protégés (Boston: Lee and Shepard and New York: Lee, Shepard, and Dillingham, 1872) (Juvenile; 3rd in series)

Sanborn, Alvan F. Moody's Lodging House, and Other Tenement Sketches (Boston: Copeland and Day, 1895 [Internet Archive]) (Homeless persons -- Massachusetts -- Boston;

Sandifer, Linda. Raveled Ends of Sky (New York: Forge, 1998) (romance; independent women; upperclass Boston woman travels overland to California; mainly on the road and California; mid 1840s)

Santayana, George. "Fair Harvard." In A Hermit of Carmel, and Other Poems (New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1901: 165-66)

Sawyer, Walter Leon. A Local Habitation (Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1899 [Google Books]) (Chinatown; "a newspaper man's story of life in South Boston [mistake for South End, as much of

Sayles, Ginie. She Was A Bigamist: Was She A Woman Without Honor? Or A Woman Who Loved Too Much? (New York: iUniverse, 2004) (c. 1885; Newport; Marth's Vineyard; some Boston)

Scank, Philemon [pseud. of G.A.M. Elder]. A few Chapters to Brother Jonathan, concerning "Infallibility, &c." or, Stictures [i.e., Strictures] on Nathan L. Rice's "Defence of Protestantism," &c.

Schaff, Donna. Just One Kiss (Unity, Me.: Five Star, 2001) (historical romance; nineteenth century [?]) (Louisiana; Boston (Mass.); French teachers)

Schefrin, Aram. Consider the Elephant (Podiobook.com [accessed 23 Feb. 2008]; c. 2001, 2006, 2007; only available in audio format(?)] (Some scenes in Boston, e.g., Chapters 1, 6, 12, 20; John

Schottenstein, Shevy. The Promise of Freedom (Southfield, MI: Targum Press, 2007) (Jewish immigrant from Lithuania to Boston heroine) (Jews -- Migrations; Orthodox Jews; Jews --

Scott, Joanna. "Dorothea Dix: Samaritan." Various Antidotes: Stories (New York : H. Holt, 1994: 102-25) (Dorothea Dix; short story) (Amazon and Google Books)

Scudder, Horace Elisha. Boston Town (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company ; Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1881 [Internet Archive]) (Juvenile) (Boston Latin School) (Students; Grandfathers; City and

-----. Doings of the Bodley Family in Town and Country (Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1875 [Google Books]) (Juvenile) (Children -- Conduct of life; Conduct of life; Family: Moving, Household; Farm

Scudder, Vida. A Listener in Babel: Being a Series of Imaginary Conversations Held at the Close of the Last Century (Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 1903) (autobiog. novel about

Sedgwick, Anne Douglas. A Fountain Sealed (New York: Century, 1907 [Google Books 1908 ed.]) (mainly New York, England, and elsewhere, but opens in Boston in winter) (Google Books)

Severance, Mark Sibley. Hammersmith: His Harvard Days (Boston: Houghton, Osgood, 1878 [Google Books]) (Student experience; Bail 237-41) (Harvard University; California) (Google Books)

Shaw, Allie. The Impossible Texan (New York: Ballantine Books, 2001) (romance; 1888; all Texas; hero, Harvard educated Boston aristocrat campaign manager) (Political campaigns -- Texas; Campaign

Sherburne, James. Hacey Miller: A Novel (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1971) (Kentuckian from pro-slavery family becomes abolitionist at Harvard; 1845+) (Amazon and Google Books)

Sheridan, Eliza. Ellen Fenton, or, The Miser of the North End! (Boston: Jones's Pub. House, 1847) (Check)

Shertzer, Linda. Chasing Rainbows (New York: Berkley Pub., 1994) (romance; 1874; Harmony, Kansas; heroine, Boston-educated reporter) (Google Books)

Shiefman, Vicky. Good-bye to the Trees (New York: Atheneum, 1993) (Juvenile--grades 5-8) (13-year-old Russian immigrant girl in early 20th-century Boston) (Emigration and immigration; Russian

Shiplett, June Lund. Boston Renegade (New York: Harlequin, 1992) (Bostonian male do-gooder in the wild west) (check)

Shreve, Anita. Fortune's Rocks (Boston: Little, Brown, 1999) (Boston Brahmins summer in New Hampshire in 1899) (Young women--Sexual behavior; Mills and mill-work) (Amazon and Google Books)

Sinclair, Upton. Manassas: A Novel of the War (New York: Macmillan Co., 1904 [Internet Archive]) (Pro-Civil Rights view of Boston; several scenes set in Boston) (United States -- History -- Civil War,

Smith, Michael. Boston! Boston! (Dublin: Poolbeg, 1997) (Juvenile) (Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852; Immigration and emigration; Connemara (Ireland) -- Imigration and emigration)

Smith, Seba [using pseud. Jack Downing]. The Life and Writings of Major Jack Downing of Downingville, Away Down East in the State of Maine (Boston: Lilly, Wait, Colman & Holden, 1833

Sokolov, Raymond. Native Intelligence (New York: Harper & Row, 1975) (author, class of '63 ; "in large measure about Harvard and its mentality in the early days of the Kennedy meritocracy,"

Sprague, Charles. An Ode Pronounced Before the Inhabitants of Boston, September the Seventeenth, 1830: At the Centennial Celebration of the Settlement of the City (Boston: John H. Eastburn,

Stevens, D. W. [under pseud. A New York Detective] [Also, attributed to Francis Worcester Doughty. See Google Books.]. The James Boys in Boston: Or, Old King Brady and the Car of Gold (New

Stimson, A. L. Easy Nat, or, The Three Apprentices: A Tale of Life in New York and Boston but Adapted to Any Meridan (New York: J.C. Derby, 1854 [Wright American

Stimson, Frederic Jesup [pseud. J. S. of Dale]. Guerndale: An Old Story (New York: Scribner, 1882 [Google Books 1899 ed.]) (some Harvard University; Crimean War; Bail 245-46) (Google Books

-----. Pirate Gold (Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 1896 [Google Books]) (begins 1830 on a commerical wharf in Boston harbor) (Google Books)

-----. The Residuary Legatee, Or, The Posthumous Jest of the Late John Austin (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1888 [Google Books]) (Brookline) (Inheritance and succession) (Brief Review,

Stirling, Jocelyn. Promises to Keep (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1986) (romance kindled at Boston wedding of mismatched couple; partly set in Boston in early 19th century; also New York,

Stoddard, Elizabeth Drew (Barstow) . The Morgesons (New York: Carleton, 1862 [Wright American Fiction 1851-1875]) (some Boston, including a stay at the Bromfield House on Bowdoin St., Boston,

Sullivan, Thomas Russell. Roses of Shadow: A Novel (New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1885 [Internet Archive]) ("Another Boston novel, in the sense of locale" Literary

Swartz, Katherine. Another Country (London: Robert Hale, 2007) (Heroine immigrates to Boston, 1832; Glasgow; Prince Edward Island) (British -- United States; Boston (Mass.) -- Social life and

Swazey, Arthur [pub. anon.]. A Boston Girl: A Story of Boston, Bar Harbor, and Paris (Chicago and New York: Belford, Clarke & Co., 1886 [Google Books]

Thayer, William Makepeace. The Bobbin Boy; or, How Nat Got his Learning: An Example for Youth (Boston: J.E. Tilton, 1860 [Project Gutenberg]) (Juvenile) (fictionalized boyhood of N.P.B.)

Thayer, William Roscoe. In the Meshes; or, A Drop of Boston Blue Blood (Cambridge, Mass.: C.W. Sever, 1881) (62 pages; humor and satire; from Harvard Lampoon)

Thomas, Carroll. Ring Out Wild Bells: A Matty Trescott Novel (Elementary and junior high school) (Hanover, NH: Smith and Kraus, 2001) (sleuth attends women's medical school in Boston)

Thompson, George [pseud. Greenhorn]. City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston (Boston: W. Berry, 1849 [Project Gutenberg]; Reynolds and Gladman, pp. 107-310)

-----. My Life: Or the Adventures of Geo. Thompson: Being the Auto-Biography of an Author (Boston: Federhen, 1854 [Project Gutenberg]; Reynolds and Gladman, pp. 311-78)

-----. Venus in Boston (New York: Printed for the publisher, 1849 [Project Gutenberg]; rpt. Venus in Boston and Other Tales of Nineteenth- Century City Life, Edited with an

Thompson, Joan. Parker's Island (New York: St. Martin's, 1979) (romance; 1890s; summer island and then Boston; young Boston banker to be and chambermaid) (Hotel cleaning personnel -- New

Tilden, Catherine. The First Patient: A Story, Written in Aid of the Fair for the "Channing Home" (Boston: J. Wilson, 1859 [Google Books]) (Boston (Mass.). -- Channing Home)

Townsend, Virginia F. A Boston Girl's Ambition (Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1887)

-----. But a Philistine (Boston: Lee and Shepard; New York: C.T. Dillingham, 1884 [Google Books]) (West End) (Brief Review, pre-title page note {pasted in?] [Google Books])

Tripp, George Henry [pub. anon.]. Student-Life at Harvard (Boston: Lockwood, Brooks & Co, 1876 [Google Books]) (c. 1866; Bail 232-37) (Summary/Analysis, Susan Ikenberry, "Education for Fun

Trowbridge, John Townsend. Bert's Thanksgiving." Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know. Ed. Asa Don Dickinson (New York: Keep-Worthy Books, Parents' Institute, 1915: 146-156

-----. (under pseud. Paul Creyton) Martin Merrivale: His X Mark (Boston: Phillips, Sampson and New York: J.C. Derby, 1854 [Google Books]) (insider view of Boston's cheap publishing trade)

Turner, Joseph W. History of the Island Rangers: A Juvenile Zouave Company (East Boston: Published at No. 6 Winthrop Block, 1864) (may take place in East Boston and harbor islands) (Island

Tuthill, Cornelia L. Hurrah for New England! Or The Virginia Boy's Vacation (Philadelphia: Perkinpine & Higgins, ©1846 or Boston: Crosby, Nichols, 1847 [Project Gutenberg "between 1858 and

Tuthill, Louisa [same as above]. Get Money (New York: Charles Scribner, 377 and 379 Broadway., 1858 [Google Books 1871 edition]) (Juvenile) (Brothers and sisters; Domestics;

-----. I Will Be a Gentleman: A Book for Boys (Boston: Crosby, Nichols, and Company, 1844 [Internet Archive 7th ed 1846]) (Juvenile) (Children's stories; Young men --

----. I Will Be a Lady: A Book for Girls (Boston: Crosby, Nichols, Lee & Co.., 1844 [Open Collections Program Working Women 1800-1930, Harvard U Library, 2nd ed. 1845]) (Juvenile) (Children's

-----. Love of Admiration; Or, Mary's Visit to B----- [oston]: A Moral Tale (New Haven: A. H. Maltby, 1828) (Juvenile)

Underwood, Francis Henry [pub. anon.]. Man Proposes: A Novel (Boston: Lee and Shepard and New York: Charles T. Dillingham, 1880 [Google Books]) (some Boston; some Boston characters)

Varnham, R. G., Mrs. [pub. "By a Lady"; also attrib. to Mrs. Farren]. Boston Common: Tale of Our Times (Boston: J. French, 1856) (Wright American Fiction 1851-1875, Indiana U) (early depiction of

Vaughan, Vivian. No Place for a Lady (New York: Zebra Books, 1996) (romance; "straitlaced [Boston] suffragette" in wild Texas; all Texas) (Suffragists-- Texas; Texas) (Google Books)

Verne, Jules. De la Terra a la Lune. 1865 (trans. From Earth to the Moon, Literature.org) (some Boston, e.g., Chapter 4 Reply from the Observatory of Cambridge [i.e., Harvard], also sightings from

Warfield, Teresa. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (New York: Boulevard Books, 1996) (daughter of Boston physician leaves Boston to practice medicine in the west) (Women physicians -- History -- 19th

Warren, Charles. "The Colligo Club Theatricals." The Girl and the Governor (New York: Scribner, 1900) (short stories; politics in Massachusetts; Harvard University) (New York Times Rveiew13 Oct.

Washburn, William Tucker [pub. anon.; Harvard '62]. Fair Harvard: A Story of American College Life (New York: G.P. Putnam & Son; London: S. Low, Son & Marston, 1869 [Google Books])

Waterston, R. C. Poem Delivered at the Semi-centennial Anniversary of the English High School, May 2, 1871 (Boston: Printed by Nathan Sawyer & Son, 1871) (17 pages) (English High School

Wells, Kate Gannett. Miss Curtis: A Sketch (Boston: Ticknor, 1888 [Internet Archive]) (Beacon Street; children of clergyman; spinster) (Review, Literary News, Jan. 1888: 14) [Google Books])

Wharton, Edith. "The Lamp of Psyche." (1893; pub. Scribner's 16 (1895)) (Boston wife-New York husband; in part, visit to Boston; lack of Civil War service) (Summary/Assessment,

Wheelwright, John T[yler]. A Child of the Century (New York: Scribner, 1887) ("modern" Bostonian runs for Congress; politics) (Brief Review , Literary World , 30 Apr. 1887: 138-39) [Google Books])

Wheelwright, John Tyler and Frederic Jesup Stimson [under pseud. Francis G. Attwood]. Rollo's Journey to Cambridge (Boston: A. Williams and Co, 1880 [Google Books]) (orig. appeared in Harvard

Whippoorwill, Tim [pseud.] Nelly Brown, or, The Trials, Temptations and Pleasures of College Life (Boston: "Yankee Office," 1845) (Harvard; Bail 220-21) (Brief Summary, John T. Bethell, Richard

White, Eliza Orne. Miss Brooks: A Story (Boston: Roberts, 1890) (satire of typical Bostonian young woman's Bostoncentrism) (Brief Review, Literary News, Jul. 1890: 202 [Google Books])

White, Michael C. The Garden of Martyrs (New York: St. Martin's Press, 2004) (Based on 1806 trial; anti-Catholicism) (Daley, Dominic; Halligan, James; Travelers--Crimes against; Executions and

-----. Soul Catcher (New York: William Morrow, 2007) (escaped slave hunter, partly in Boston; post Shadrach Minkins) (Fugitive slaves; Slavery -- Southern States) (Amazon and Google Books)

Whitman, Walt. "A Boston Ballad (1854)." Leaves of Grass (Philadelphia: Reese Welsh, 1882): 109-11 [Google Books]) (protest against implementation of Fugitive Slave Law)

Whitmee, Jeanne. The Thriving Thorn (Sutton: Severn House, 2000) (starts with arrival in Boston in 1838) (Young women; Women domestics; England) (Amazon and Google Books)

Whitney, A[deline].D[utton].T[rain]. Hitherto: A Story of Yesterdays (Boston: Loring, 1869 [1911 ed. Google Books]) (early 19th century; rural setting; some Boston scenes) (Google Books)

-----. The Other Girls (Boston: James R. Osgood, 1873 [Google Books]) (Juvenile) (Parent and child; Courtship; Friendship; Fires; Youth -- Conduct of life; Boston (Mass.) -- Fire, 1872)

-----. Real Folks (Boston: J. R. Osgood, 1872 [Google Books]) (Juevnile) (partly Boston, eg. Chapter VIII Eavesdropping on Aspen Street [Beacon Hill]) (Children's stories; Young women;

Whitney, Louise Goddard. The Burning of the Convent (Boston: James R. Osgood, 1877 [Google Books]) (Purports to be memoir of former school girl but seems more like a fiction because of the

Wiggs, Susan. The Charm School (Don Mills, Ont.: MIRA Books, 1999) (1851; proper Bostonian young woman breaks convention and finds wild romance with southerner on high seas and Brazil)

Wilder, S. Fannie Gerry. Boston Girls at Home and Abroad (Boston: James H. Earle, 1890) (Children -- Conduct of life; Friendship; Children and death; Voyages and travels;

Wiley, Melissa. Across the Puddingstone Dam (New York: HarperCollins, 2004) (Primary school) (Tucker grows up to be Laura Ingalls Wilder's grandmother) (Tucker, Charlotte; Wilder, Laura Ingalls;

------. Little House by Boston Bay (New York: HarperCollins, 1999) (Juvenile) (1814) (Tucker, Charlotte; Wilder, Laura Ingalls; Family life--Roxbury; War of 1812)

-----. On Tide Mill Lane (New York: HarperCollins, 2001) (Juvenile--grades 4-8) (Roxbury; War of 1812) (Wilder, Laura Ingalls, 1867-1957 -- Family; Five-year-old girls -- Boston, Massachusetts;

-----. The Road from Roxbury (Elementary and junior high school) (New York, N.Y.: HarperCollins, 2002) (Tucker, Charlotte; Wilder, Laura Ingalls; Family life -- Massachusetts -- Roxbury

Williams, John. Butcher's Crossing (New York: Macmillan, 1960) (main character, Bostonian, Harvard grad, under Emerson's influence, in 1870s; all the action takes place in Kansas and Colorado)

Williamson, Penelope . Heart of the West: A Novel (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995) (proper Bostonian elopes with Montana cowboy in 1880s; mainly Montana) (Frontier and pioneer life --

Wilson, Donald Robert. The Bucket Flower (Sarasota, Fla.: Pineapple Press, 2006) (Boston Brahmin Wellesley College graduate goes to Florida to study plants; 1893; starts in Boston but soon shifts)

Wister, Owen. Philosophy 4: A Story of Harvard University (New York: The Macmillan Company 1903 [Google Books 1909 ed.]) (Cambridge in the 1880’s) (Harvard University; College stories)

-----. Romney (1912) (unfinished, Boston vs. Philadelphia aristocracies; 1880s) (Romney: And Other New Works about Philadelphia, ed. James Butler. University Park: Pennsylvania State

Worthington, Frank. Philip Moreton, the Poor Gunsmith, or, Circumstantial Evidence: A Tale of Boston in Olden Times (Boston: R.B. Fitts & Company, "American Union" Office ..., 1850) Wright, Henry Clarke, Hammatt Billings, and Alonzo Hartwell. A Kiss for a Blow, or, A Collection of Stories for Children: Showing Them How to Prevent Quarreling (Boston: Dow and Jackson,

Wright, N[athaniel]. H. Boston, or, A Touch at the Times a Poem, Descriptive, Serious, and Satirical (Boston: Printed by Hews & Goss, 1819) (24 pages)

Yankee Boot Maker. The Hub in Flames (Boston: Shepard & Co., printers [187-?]) (Disasters -- Poetry. Fires -- Poetry; Boston (Mass.) -- Fire, 1872 -- Poetry; Boston (Mass.) -- Churches -- Poetry;

Zaroulis, Nancy. The Last Waltz (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1984) (Boston Brahmin scandals and troubles in the last quarter of the century ) (Amazon and Google Books)

Allen, Willis Boyd. Play Away!: A Story of the Boston Fire Department (Boston: D. Estes & Co.,1902 [Google Books]) (Juvenile) (Google Books)

Bancroft, Mary. Upside Down in the Magnolia Tree (Boston: Little, Brown, 1952) (growing up around Cambridge c. 1900) (Google Books)

Bartlett, Frederick Orin. The Web of the Golden Spider (Boston: Small, Mayard & Co., 1909 [Google Books]) (Adventure story beginning and ending in a closed house on Beacon Street; theological

Bishop, Donald. Regiment in Bronze (1996) (Poem; Boston Common; Robert Gould Shaw/Massachusetts 54th Infantry Regiment Monument; Saint Gaudens; 1863-1996)

Brace, Gerald Warner. The Garretson Chronicle: A Novel (New York: W.W. Norton, 1947) (mainly fictional "Compton. . . near Boston, not far from Concord" 322 and other burbs, but pp. 69-89 and

Cather, Willa. "A Wagner Matinee." In The Troll Garden (New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1905: 193-210 [The Willa Cather Archive, accessed 8 May 2008] (concert in Boston)

Cheever, John. The Wapshot Chronicle (New York: Harper, 1957) (Some Boston) (Fishing villages) (Amazon and Google Books)

Dineen, Joseph F. Ward Eight (New York; London: Harper & Bros. Publishers, 1936) (Irish ward bosses; copy in Sawyer Library, Suffolk U, inscribed by John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald, JFK's

Green, Helen. "The Boston Kid's Last Trip" (1905) (Bostonian in Alaska)

Grumbach, Doris. Chamber Music (New York: Dutton, 1979) (in part, turn of the 19th-20th century genteel Boston) (Musicians' spouses; Domestic fiction; Lesbians) (Amazon and Google Books)

Holland, Rupert Sargent. The Count at Harvard: Being an Account of the Adventures of a Young Gentleman of Fashion at Harvard (Boston: L. C. Page & Co., 1906 [Google Books]) (Harvard

Keratsis, Dina. Charlesgate (Wings ePress, Inc., 2005) (romance; ghosts; 1891-1990s; corner of Beacon St.) (Google Books)

Kingsley, Florence Morse. And So They Were Married (New York: Dodd, Mead, 1908 [Google Books]) (young marrieds in Boston) (Brief Summary, The Bookman (Nov. 1908: 286) [Google Books])

Lincoln, James. "Rosa: The Story of a Queen of Hearts." Short Stories: A Magazine 52 (October-December 1903: 129-45 [Google Books]) (Cubans; Harvard University; Radcliffe College; Cambridge)

Macomber, Clarence R. Welcome Home (Boston: The Author, 1907) (Boston (Mass.) -- Poetry; Poetry of places)

Makepeace, Carrie J. The Whitest Man (Boston: Richard G. Badger, 1905 [Google Books]) ("exaltation of motherhood" Preface; opens in house on Huntington Avenue)

Mason, Eveleen Laura. Mad? Which? Neither? (Boston: G.H. Ellis, 1904 [Google Books]) (Christian message; women's rights; equality; much set in Boston) (Author's Account, The Discovery of

Pidgin, Charles Felton. The Hidden Man: A Novel (Boston: Mayhew Pub. Co., 1906 [Google Books]) (in and around Boston) (Brief Summary, The Annual American Catalog 1906 (New York: Office

Rosenberg, Vivian Alpern. Lonely Love ([Philadelphia, Pa.?]: Xlibris Corp., 2000) (1885 to prohibition) (Brookline (Mass.)) (Amazon and Xlibris)

Santayana, George. The Last Puritan: A Memoir in the Form of a Novel (London: Constable & Co., 1935) (Unitarianism; Beacon Hill; Harvard; Oxford; Homosexuality) (Young men) (Amazon

Smith, Sarah. The Vanished Child (New York: Ballantine Books, 1992) (Boston in 1887 and fifteen years later; Switzerland) (Missing children; Absence and presumption of death) (Amazon and Google

Spellman, Cathy Cash. So Many Partings (New York: Delacorte Press, 1983) (1875-1950; one major character emigrates to Boston) (Irish Americans; New York (N.Y.); Ireland) (Amazon and Google

Train, Arthur [Cheney]. The World and Thomas Kelly (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917 [Google Books]) (Bail 299: "Boston's Back Bay in the 1880's and '90's," Harvard in the 90's, and

Young, Rida Johnson and Gilbert Payson Coleman. Brown of Harvard (New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1907 [Google Books]) (Bail 286-90: based on 1906 play of same title by Young;

Ziporyn, Terra. Time's Fool (Philadelphia: Xlibris, 2001) (middle aged Boston physician in 1907, the product of eugenic breeding at Onedia c. 1867) (Physicians; Utopias; Onedia County (N.Y.) (Amazon