William Summer Appleton's Books

Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1887.

Growing up in a small upper Midwestern town in the late 1930s, young Tommy MacAllister is scarcely aware of the Depression, much less the rumblings of war in Europe. For his parents and their set, life seems to revolve around dinners and dancing at the country club, tennis dates and rounds of golf, holiday parties, summers on the Island, and sparkling occasions full of people and drinks and food and laughter. But curious as he is and impatient to grow up, Tommy will soon come to glimpse the darkness that lies beneath so much genteel complacency: hidden histories and embarrassing poor relations; the subtle (and not so subtle) slighting of the “help”; the mockery of President Roosevelt; and “the commandment they talked least about in Sunday school,” adultery. In Testing the Current William McPherson subtly sets off his wide-eyed protagonist’s perspective with mature reflection and wry humor and surrounds him with a cast of vibrant characters, creating a scrupulously observed portrait of a place and time that will shimmer in readers’ minds long after the final page is turned.

This exquisite documentation of the architectural creativity that transformed the country after the Civil War reproduces fascinating and historically important photographs and plans for a total of 97 buildings — 93 houses and 4 casinos — built during the 1880s. Adds a new, thoroughly accurate text by Arnold Lewis. Approximately 200 illustrations.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

This generous omnium-gatherum brings together all the writings William James published that have not appeared in previous volumes of this definitive edition of his works. The volume includes 25 essays, 44 letters to the editor commenting on sundry topics, and 113 reviews of a wide range of works in English, French, German, and Italian.

Draws on newly available material to consider Darwin's personal religious beliefs, profiling him as a man from a specific time in history struggling to harmonize his spiritual worldviews with his scientific findings. Original.

Book's by William Summer Appleton

A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston. Containing the Selectmen's Minutes from 1764 Through 1768

A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston. Containing the Selectmen's Minutes from 1764 Through 1768

A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston. Containing the Selectmen's Minutes from 1754 Through 1763

A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston. Containing the Selectmen's Minutes from 1754 Through 1763

Testing the Current

Testing the Current

American Country Houses of the Gilded Age

American Country Houses of the Gilded Age

American Painters: With One Hundred and Four Examples of Their Work Engraved on Wood

American Painters: With One Hundred and Four Examples of Their Work Engraved on Wood

Essays, Comments, and Reviews

Essays, Comments, and Reviews

Darwin's Religious Odyssey

Darwin's Religious Odyssey

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