Awarded every honor that can be bestowed upon a book in America, The Flowering of New England is one of the notable literary achievements of our time. It won the Pulitzer Prize for 1937, was chosen by the Booksellers of America for the "National Book Award as the most distinguished non-fiction book of the year," and received the Limited Editions Club's Gold Medal as the book considered most likely to attain the stature of a classic. Critics have vied with one another in lavishing their praise upon it, and the measure of the reading public's enthusiastic response is indicated by the fact that for fifty-nine consecutive weeks it maintained its position as the nation's leading non-fiction best-seller. 

The Flowering of New England becomes the fifty-seventh title in the Modern Library Giant series. It adds new luster to a growing list of books distinguished for their uncompromising standards of literary excellence, attractive format and modest price. As the conservative New York Times says, the Modern Library Giants are indeed "the greatest book bargain in all the world today."