Preface and Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1: One of the Finest Locations in Town, 1839-1874

Chapter 2: Retirement, 1874-1889

Chapter 3: The Price of Prosperity and Privilege, 1889-1905

Chapter 4: Prosperity and Loss, 1905-1939

Chapter 5: Sarah Alone, 1939-1985

Chapter 6: After Sarah, 1986-2018

Suggested Reading

Endnotes

Index

"Wisteria House: Life in a New England Home, 1839-2000 tells the story of the lives lived in a particular house in a particular town at a particular time based on the buildings, furnishings, clothing, personal effects, photographs, correspondence, and financial papers of two upper-middle class families"--