"The warm reception that has been accorded See All the People, Florence Consolati's 100-year history of Lee, is hardly a surprise. It's a handsome book, loaded with good illustrations and with a huge fund of anecdotal material engagingly presented by an author whose affection for the town and its people is obvious on every page - clearly a volume that belongs in the library of anyone interested in the area's history, whether a Lee resident or not."
- The Berkshire Eagle

"...The work is a minor masterpiece of local history - so wonderful!..."

"...Even the captions, too often an afterthought in a book of this magnitude, are written with grace, vitality and warmth"

About the Author:
Florence Consolati was born July 10, 1914 in New York City. She came to the Berkshires in 1920 with her parents "to live in the country." After her graduation in 1931 from Lee high school, she edited the Berkshire Gleaner, an historic Lee weekly. She wrote 36 years for various newspapers including 33 years at The Berkshire Eagle, also for The Springfield Union, The Springfield Republican and The Daily Hampshire Gazette of Northampton. She was named to write Lee's bicentennial history, published in 1978.

Florence is wed to 40-year Lee teacher/coach John Consolati, twice named to the State High School Hall of Fame, now retired. Her family includes six children, 12 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. For the past several years she has written a column, WALK ABOUT SLOWLY, for the Advocate of North Adams.

SEE ALL THE PEOPLE quickly sold out 3,000 copies and is now in its second printing.