The Lowells of Massachusetts: An American Family

Written by Nina Sankovitch

Narrated by Jo Anna Perrin

The Lowells of Massachusetts were a remarkable family. They were settlers in the New World in the 1600s, revolutionaries creating a new nation in the 1700s, merchants and manufacturers building prosperity in the 1800s, and scientists and artists flourishing in the 1900s.

Though no strangers to controversy, the family boasted some of the most astonishing individuals in America's history: Percival Lowle, the patriarch who planted the roots of the family tree; Reverend John Lowell, the preacher; Judge John Lowell, a member of the Continental Congress; Francis Cabot Lowell, who some say was founder of the Industrial Revolution in the US; James Russell Lowell, American Romantic poet; Lawrence Lowell, one of Harvard's most controversial presidents; and Amy Lowell, the twentieth century poet who lived openly in a Boston marriage with the actress Ada Dwyer Russell.

The Lowells realized the promise of America as the land of opportunity by uniting Puritan values of hard work, community service, and individual responsibility with a deep-seated optimism that became a well-known family trait. Long before the Kennedys put their stamp on Massachusetts, the Lowells claimed the bedrock.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Highbridge Company
• Release date: Apr 11, 2017
• ISBN: 9781681685311

Nina Sankovitch

Nina Sankovitch launched ReadAllDay.org in 2008, and at the end of her year of reading, she was profiled in the New York Times. She continues to review books on ReadAllDay.org and for the Huffington Post. She lives in Connecticut with her husband and four sons.

Reviews for The Lowells of Massachusetts

[linda.marsheells · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I was one of the lucky ones who got a peek into this treasure of a book before it gets released. Having been born in Lowell Mass., it piqued my interest, and THIS is the most well- researched, well-written historical book i've read in a long while. It starts with the arrival of Percival Lowle and flows along with the following generations, each "facing a new world." Preachers, town founders, slavery fighters, factory builders etc. this family has had its fingers in every pie regarding progress and growth. Names like Putnam, Lowell, Lawrence, Roosevelt and Cabot.....and for the most part ,buried where? With my own ancestors at Mount Auburn cemetery! Sure it tickles my bones that i was able to relate to so much of the book... However if you are the least bit interested in history, or the initial beginnings in New England, then give THE LOWELLS OF MASSACHUSETTS a try...it'll be well worth it!OCCASIONEM COGNOSE