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HOWARD MANSFIELD at Belmont Books

October 25, 2018 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Free

Hear Howard Mansfield discuss his latest collection of essays about property, land, and ownership.

While reporting on citizens fighting natural gas pipelines and transmission lines planned to cut right across their homes, Howard Mansfield saw the emotional toll of these projects. “They got under the skin,” writes Mansfield. “This was about more than kilowatts, powerlines, and pipelines. Something in this upheaval felt familiar. I began to realize that I was witnessing an essential American experience: the world turned upside down. And it all turned on one word: property.

Howard Mansfield is the author of nine books about preservation, architecture, and history, most recently Summer over Autumn (Bauhan 2017). He has contributed to the New York Times, the Washington PostHistoric Preservation, and Yankee. He and his wife, writer Sy Montgomery, live in a 130-year-old house in Hancock, New Hampshire.

Details

Date:
October 25, 2018
Time:
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cost:
Free
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Website:
https://www.belmontbooks.com/event/howard-mansfield-habit-turning-world-upside-down

Organizer

Belmont Books
Phone:
(617) 932-1496
Email:
info@belmontbooks.com
Website:
http://www.belmontbooks.com

Venue

Belmont Books
79 Leonard Street
Belmont, MA 02478
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Phone:
(617) 932-1496
Website:
http://www.belmontbooks.com

Did You Know?

Certain books were “banned in Boston” at least as far back as 1651, when one William Pynchon wrote a book criticizing Puritanism.