Photographs by Steve Rosenthal
Introduction by Verlyn Klinkenborg
Afterword by Robert Campbell
Published by The Monacelli Press

80 tritone photographs
Hardcover, 136 pages, 14.1 x 12.4 inches
Available at: Historic New England's online bookstore
Retail Price $85.00

"The early churches of New England command a special place in the consciousness of Americans, as much for their physical beauty, simplicity, and elegance, as for their significance in the early history of this country. Places of worship they were and are, but they are also icons of a particularly American sensibility and artistic vision.

Steve Rosenthal has traveled throughout the northeast capturing what remains of the gems of the eighteenth and nineteenth centures. In his photographs, he traces the evolution of church styles from the early dramatically simple meetinghouse form through the changing patterns of Greek and Gothic revivals. His photographs are more than mere documents of these exquisite buildings, however; they are artistic achievements in themselves."