Cottage Press, Inc.Box 1207 Stockbridge, MA 01262 413-298-3333 "The homes and the sumptuous, servant-encrusted times that produced them come brilliantly to life in a new book by Carole Owens called THE BERKSHIRE COTTAGES...an entire trip could be rewardingly mapped in this fat, oversized paperback. For the stay-at-homes, THE BERKSHIRE COTTAGES is the next best thing to being there." - NEW YORK TIMES "The lifestyle of an aristocratic era comes alive...in a highly readable and enjoyable style...This journey through the past covers the lifestyle of an aristocratic era, complete with grandeur, social etiquette and discrimination among classes (and between the old rich, who made their millions before the Civil War, and the new rich who acquired their wealth later)." - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY "Anyone who has visited the Berkshires knows about its beauty. Anyone lucky enough to spend a summer has probably been haunted by its history. At the turn of the century, the superrich flocked there to build extravagant cottages, many with ground floors that covered an entire acre...Owens documents Berkshire history with delightfully gossipy tales of the cottages and their inhabitants and with historic photos of the opulent interiors." - NEW YORK MAGAZINE, "Best Bets" "...a new guidebook of the very best kind uncovers the secrets of the elegant estates that fill an area that attracted not only the wealthy but such literary giants as Melville, Hawthorne, and Thoreau...provides a historic perspective to the Berkshires...you ought to have a copy of THE BERKSHIRE COTTAGES." - STEVE BIRNBAUM, CBS RADIO "...not only provides a unique look at the life and times of Western Massachusetts in days gone by, but also reaches out and touches the beauty and charm of one of our country's most beautiful areas. To historian and traveler alike, (it) is a wealth of information." - SENATOR EDWARD M. KENNEDY "...philosophical and sociological analyses of cottage life are examined and there is an `Upstairs, Downstairs' flavor...the book is fun...recommended." - LIBRARY JOURNAL "...the work of a dedicated fact finder. Her sources include not only the cottagers themselves, but a collection of what the author calls `mountain lore.' Most of the tradition was oral. Mrs. Owens' book captures mush of it. The lives of the movers and shakers who built 100-room cottages are endlessly interesting." - THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE (MA) Return to Cottage Press Home Page
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