Best General Rhode Island Travel Guides
Provides directions for forty walks, describes the wildlife and points of interest along each trail, and list each walk's length and hiking time.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I love this book because I have been in the house with an illness for almost 5 years and have not gone to those special places that I want to go to in RI."
"This is a great book for anybody hiking in ri ."
"This book is a fantastic resource."
"Bought for a gift."
"Product Description. A gentle hiking guide to Rhode Island's diverse natural and historic treasures."
Rhode Island may be the smallest state, but it boasts beautiful beaches, the Narragansett Bay, splendid Newport mansions, boat races, and music festivals.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"It came just in time for a class project that my daughter was working on."
"Did you know that the the state bird is the Rhode Island Red Hen, and it is this hen that lays the distinctive brown eggs you'll find in Rhode Island."
"First of all, I love the size of this book, petite."
The 40 walks and gentle hikes he has chosen for this completely updated third edition travel the best terrain the state has to offer, both urban and rural. Ken Weber provides an excellent primer on how to get the most out of your trip to some of the finest natural areas in Rhode Island.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I have taken all the walks in this book, a lot of them several times and only a small handful would I say are not worth it. The only small complaint that I have about this book is sometimes the authors directions to the trail heads are a little lacking, or quickly stated, as if everyone in RI is already well familiar with all parts of the state seeing its so small."
"His descriptions and difficulty assessments are usually dead on correct, so you can easily judge which hike to take and how hard it will be."
"Weber's Walks and Rambles in Rhode Island is the best compendium by far of the Rhode Island's out door offerings for those who travel on foot."
Best Newport Rhode Island Travel Books
Founded by a small band of religious freedom seekers in 1639, Newport, Rhode Island, subsequently became a bustling colonial seaport teeming with artists, sailors, prosperous merchants and, perhaps most distinctively, the ultra-rich families of the Gilded Age. Larry Stanford, a native of Newport, currently works as an Information Specialist at the Newport Visitors Center.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This book was surprisingly full of juicy stories about the gilded age and recent times of Newport, Rhode Island."
"Everything I wanted to know about Newport in its gilded age!"
"A very quick... a lot of repeat material... but this was well written and had some very interesting sections."
"Book has interesting stories but is a little dry."
"Wicked Newport is a pleasant rehash of the well-known society hijinks of turn-of-the-20th century Newport."
"When did a tower with no real defined builders become sordid?"
"Short chapter's made a fast read."
"Reads more like a brochure than an actually book, very light reading and oddly laid out."