Classic Diners of Massachusetts (The History Press)
Cultrera's book explains that Massachusetts was birthplace to the burgeoning "night lunch wagon" manufacturing industry in the late 19th century. The horse-drawn food cart, originated by Walter Scott in Providence, R.I., in 1872, eventually evolved into the classic American diner. After providing a brief history of diners, the author addresses each region of the state, including ours in a chapter that also treats the South Shore and Cape Cod. While some, like the Mill Pond in Wareham and South Coast Local in Mattapoisett, get just a listing, Cultrera covers the Shawmut in New Bedford and Al Mac's in Fall River in depth, down to what specialties to order. --South Coast Today