A Boston Harbor Islands Adventure (Event Video)

Stephanie Schorow and volunteers from the Friends of the Boston Harbor Islands present on their new book A Boston Harbor Islands Adventure: The Great Brewster Journal of 1891. In July 1891, four intrepid women from Lowell, Massachusetts, set off for Great Brewster Island in Boston Harbor for an adventure they would remember all their lives. Calling themselves “the Merrie Trippers,” the women created a journal of their 17-day sojourn with entries, illustrations and photographs – like a 19th Century Facebook page. But they did not include their names. Volunteers from the Friends of the Boston Harbor Islands, led by author Stephanie Schorow, did a deep dive into the mysteries of the journal. In an illustrated lecture Schorow explores the journal’s discovery, its intriguing entries and photographs, and how volunteer researchers managed to identify the writers. Some of the volunteers read excerpts.

This event was held on October 28, 2023 at 2:00 p.m via Zoom (and also to an in person audience at the JP Branch Library). Click on the triangle below to watch the presentation.