Portsmouth Boy Grew to Literary Giant

James T. Fields
(1816 – 1881)
Poet and publisher

His Boston home at 148 Charles Street was the epicenter of literary life. Ralph Waldo Emerson called it “the ark out of the modern deluge.” Henry James said it was his “merciful refuge.” Charles Dickens stayed at no other private home when he toured America in 1867. James and Annie Fields were the ultimate hosts and their narrow three-story house backed up against the Charles River was the warmest and happiest stop for visiting Victorian artists...continues in the catalog